Piano room update

Here's the to-date progress of the front room/piano room

before move-in

the first furnishings...

A new piano...

removed bookcase and added reclining chair and console for piano music.

same time, just angled to get couch in...

painting! A little on the minty side...but not worth painting over...yet.

After 20+ curtains bought and returned, a decision was made and curtains hung!

New family picture above piano.

New clock Dan picked out for my birthday.

Sconces I love from Hobby Lobby, picture raised, potential topiaries and piano lamp. 

(what do you think about the topiaries? the idea would be to have three the same height (the shorter ones), but I think they get lost behind the lamp. Other suggestions?)

probably going to paint the wall on the right a deeper brown like the opposite wall. Looking for a prettier lamp and art work to go on green wall by curtains.

In this corner there will be a tree with a light shining up from the bottom. Also, a round end table for the opposite side of the couch, with a possible lamp? 

And here it is all together.

 You can barely tell we painted this wall, and this is AFTER we painted it the second time. We didn't want to go too dark, as to have two accent walls. 

Any suggestions? things you don't like? Honestly, when looking at these pictures, I don't really like it! I like it better in person. I don't know if I can't take pictures correctly, or if I'm so used to it that looking through pictures make it seem like a totally different room. 

Things I don't like from the pictures:

1) The curtain height? Too high from the window?

2)  The blinds. Not liking the mesh of oak and dark wood.

3) It looks so bare still! I don't want it to look busy or cluttered, so hopefully with the tree and some throw pillows it will look better.

NEW couch!

 I found something to make my old, worn-out couches look so much better! It had so many scratches it just looked terrible. A friend told me to try shoe-polish, but that didn't really work.

Before                                                                                                               After

Then somehow I came accross a wood-stain marker! Wood STAIN! So I bought one in Dark Walnut and it worked like a charm!!

These pictures don't really do it justice,  but to me they look a million times better!

PLEASE give advice on frontroom.

Okay, I Need some help. This room has got me. I want to decorate other areas in our home that I have inspiration for, but Dan wants this one done first, because it is the first thing people see. 

I've labeled the pictures for reference purposes, so I'm not reposting pictures and making this LONGER than it is. 

Picture A:

(The view from the front door)

How about a LARGE clock that centers in the peak of the vaulted ceiling? 

Picture B:

(Looking in from the Kitchen)

Picture C:

(The front door, from the corner by the piano) Notice the vaulted ceiling, and the bajilion angles. WHERE to paint?!  I thought about a smaller console table behind the front door, or a half circle one, with a large mirror above it? Or just a large vase/plant in the corner by the closet? 

Picture D:

Picture E:

Picture F:

Any thoughts on what to put above the piano? I don't like the smaller pictures. I was thinking a large clock or a LARGE family picture with wall scones on either side? 

Or, I could hang this clock on the outside of the wall, that goes too the kitchen. so you can see it from the kitchen AND the living room.

(Okay, I couldn't get it to load, but it's one of those double sided trains-station like clocks. )

Would you paint this wall? Leave the trim part on top a cream, so it looks like trim? or leave it alone.

Some things to keep in mind:

1) ONLY the piano MUST stay. 

2) The couch was given to us. We love it because it is super comfy, so probably won't replace it in the next year, but it is not a permanent fixture.

3) I need something to store my music, and piano teaching stuff.

4) What walls do I paint?

This is a console table found at Walmart. I like the tall doors, for a place to stash music, and the drawers for my little things: flashcards, metronome, stickers, etc.

Another option:

 I would also use the space for what I have previously kept here:

This is the round table in the corner by the couch, as seen in PICTURE B. The table would go under neath the window where the two lone chairs are currently.

So, I was thinking of scooting the piano towards the tile area, and opening up the corner and putting something like this in the corner:

(I like the rug also, but might be too bland?)

For painting I like this idea:

I like the color also. I noticed how well it went with the oak mantel. I would put this on the wall that continues on into the kitchen. 

Some "inspiration pieces" I like: 

I would like a coffee table, but Dan thinks it will make the room feel to crowded. Opinions?!

OKay, that's all for now. ANY imput would be awesome...via comments or e-mail?