The credenza and hutch corner unit looks lop-sided in the room. I would try moving the desk to face the window (not on an angle - but straight and have the longer part of the unit behind the desk.

Another option would be to separate the 2 pieces of the credenza and hutch unit (if you can) to make it one long piece and place it centered behind the desk as it sits now.

Not quite sure of your wall color. But I think I would change it to a cooler color, since everything is so brown, perhaps a gray or blue gray that you could check to make sure worked with your existing furniture and also with the entry color if keeping. I like your art, perhaps you could draw on that as your inspiration. I would consider drapes that were higher than the existing drapes. I don't think the plant works well there. I would remove that and add art - perhaps a gallery of art.

I would move the tree to the other corner behind the desk where the painting currently hangs. Paint walls a medium blue or green color pulled from your large painting, along the lines of BM Silken Blue. Try the 2 guest chairs in corners facing the desk. The large painting will go on wall facing window centered between credenza and entry wall (may try angling them towards desk or facing each other). I would get the next size up rug and with a larger pattern on it maybe more movement that has blues, greens, neutrals and maybe small amounts of red /gold in it. Recover cornice in a small scale pattern fabric to coordinate with rug and hang higher on the wall. If you can make it wider than window, do that also. Get neutral drapery panels to hang outside of window frame (so they don’t block any light). I mean neutral here to be like dark beige similar to natural or flax linen fabric type color on the lighter side to bring some brightness and contrast. Hang another smaller art piece behind desk. Add books, and other colored accessories to shelves incorporating blue, green neutral and you can keep some of the red.

What if you took the top part off the corner unit. Then, arranged it toward the back of your desk L-shape (where printer is and then against wall)Then you would have a place behind your desk to have 2 pretty lamps with your art work in between. This would make a huge difference in creating balance. I would like to know the colors in your foyer rug. Having a larger rug in your study would make your space feel larger as well as having your draperies go all the way up to the ceiling. I can send you options for fabrics (trim). Your two chairs are fabulous and I can see them recovered in a great fabric, which I can send you as well. You may email me directly. KimNielsenInteriors@gmail.com

Best,

Kim

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With your art as the inspiration, and painting the room a light beige, I would be sure to incorporate some of the other colors from the art in the room elsewhere. I like Kim Nielsen's idea about a larger rug. I would bring in some of the cooler colors from the painting into the rug in perhaps a larger abstract print. For the windows, I would go with a fabric that brought in some of the cooler shades of the print for window treatments - perhaps a solid and hung higher as you noted. I would definitely add some cooler colors to the bookcase, and since it is a bookcase in a study, books as well.

Yes, I understand that it cannot be split up (except you can take the top off, correct?) Move it towards the center of the back wall behind/close to your desk. It would close to where your printer is (so move your printer to that part of the corner unit) and obviously, the rest would be on the back wall. It does not need to touch the desk just go behind it. Is this making any sense?

Best,

Kim

Very neat look. The picture looks a little jammed into the corner. It might look better centered behind the chair/desk.

The shelves don't actually have to form a corner do they? You could flatten them out on the back wall--one on right one on left.

The fastest fix would be to move your rug out from under those chairs. It's not large enough to support them and the desk stylistically. Have you tried turning the chairs at an angle so they make a more "V" shape? You could also get a newer, larger rug or move two legs of each chair off the rug to open up the area.

This room is in dire need of neutral paint. A blue-gray or a icy white would do wonders for the light in the room, like something found in your painting (which looks like the start of a great gallery wall!). You currently have warm colors dominating the room - the walls, chair, desk, credenza, and flooring are all very similar warm tones. It may also help to darken the furniture to a walnut or a dark oak stain, which are popular right now. The chairs are looking a little dated as well. But they are in great shape and you could easily recover them, or sell them and try something new.

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I do not like the area rug you currently have in the room, nor do I like where it is positioned. I think your room has such a traditional feel that it needs a large Oriental or Persian rug which has red & gold in it. Place the whole desk, chair & the facing chairs on it.

Check Ikea for grommet top drapes in a red to coordinate with the area rug & hang them from just below the ceiling down to the floor. Ikea sells by the pair and not by the panel as most stores do. Check Ikea or Overstock.com for the area rug.

Remove the tree if it is not alive. I love the painting, however with this room I think a large map would be best. Check Great Big Canvas for specific types of art & you can size the art more to your needs. They also have wall peels which when removed will not damage the wall.

Choose a paint by buying sample cans of 2 or 3 colors from the rug. Paint it on 2 foot X 2 foot poster boards to move around the room at different times of the day. This is the only way to choose a paint color. Add a live blooming orchid to the desk, and add books to the bookcases.

Great. It looks wonderful. Move the art more to the center of the wall. At least to the center of the wall space between the corner & the credenza. I think it will show much nicer there.

Since you don't meet clients here, the desk doesn't need to be in the command center position. I would turn it to face the window and flank the window with the two chairs. Use painter's tape to tape out a "rug" on the floor. It should sit entirely under the desk and chair, and the two chairs should have their first 1/3 on it as well. Hang the art in right of the credenza, and next winter put the plant in the corner where the art is now. Paint needs to work with the warm upholstery and the cool colors in the art, so that's a bit tricky.

I think in addition to the good suggestions above, if you added books, maybe a throw on a chair, etc, you might get more of a library feel.

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I will give you my opinion. Love the room without the upper part of the credenza. It is looking good to me. Yes, those drapes would work. How about a lamp and some small picture frames or a vase or even a plant to balance the nice big one you have, on your credenza. You could also if you wanted to (but not necessary) you could put a small round table with a lamp on it between the two chairs. I like keeping everything simple and neat.

Needs books and furniture that doesn't look like it came from Office Depot.