Thanks everyone, some great ideas here. I think I'm going to go for a big modern lamp, although the idea of a Tiffany lamp has me thinking. Adding a bold bit of colour. I won't go for a table as I think I've got too much oak and furniture in the room. Had looked at a corner unit and there are some fantastic ones around. But again it's another piece of furniture. I'm not discounting the plant idea either but will decide in the next few days. It's just strange having two sofas instead of the corner unit. I'm going to start by taking down the curtains and getting lighter ones. Will post a picture when I've finished. Thanks for all your input, it's helped a great deal. X

I have the same space, but all ready have a cupboard accessible from the bedrooms. Trying to decide whether to board over the space to have a sloping ceiling which is what a neighbour has just done. We would then extend the cupboard, but don’t really want to add another door from the bedrooms. Or possibly make a feature and cover it with large antique style mirror tiles. Please post pictures of what you do?

Hi Laura, I am not sure of the dimensions, but perhaps a narrow sideboard or dresser can be positioned in place of the chair, that way there will be extra storage for dinnerware etc. Then maybe a gallery wall above the radiator. I believe a single large portrait on the wall between the windows would work well to complement the windows. Or a floating shelf could also do the trick in resembling a “mantelpiece” with display items on it.. Some examples attached. I hope this was helpful. Good Luck!

I would wall mount the screen and hide the wiring in the wall. If that’s not possible, how about having a taller unit? We’ve got so used to assuming a ‘tv unit’ is the only furniture we can mount a tv on we’ve forgotten there are other options. I’ve a wall mounted tv on a false chimney breast and the wires feed behind it to an Ikea Besta cupboard with a glass front to which I added some obscuring film so we don’t have to look at the ugly add-ons like the games console and the Sky box, whereas in my last home I could feed all the wires through the metal stud wall and wall mount everything