Fantastic....I did the same with a big dark cabinet....painted it a cottage green and now get soooo many compliments.

Your right. I think it might look better without the couch. We just purchased the gray couch and moved the brown couch there until we sell it. Now that the brown couch is there my husband likes it. He likes to read his newspaper in the morning on it. I was thinking of putting a side table in place of the couch of getting a cover for it.

First of all, I don't think that furniture is comfortable enough to sit and watch TV, so the TV should be remove from that room, the purple wall paper and the purple furniture is too much, you should consider another color for that wall and the furniture against the wall it doesn't look good. What is that room at the end is kind of dark and I cannot appreciate exactly what is the purpose of that room. I'm a firm believer in skylights, we have skylights in the laundry room, kitchen, living room and office, they make a big difference. (if you cannot have skylights (or tube lights) can lights are a great option. There are a lot of great ideas from everyone. I can't wait to see the after photos.

I would like to see the recliner sofa moved off the wall closer to the tv so you walk behind it. Add a couple swivel chairs. Add barstools at counter and move your china hutch to wall where l-shaped sofa bed is now. Not sure this will work as I guessed on the room dimensions.