Fun contemporary "face lift" living room

Fun contemporary "face lift" living room

Looking for help with a living/dining room.

Client needs help with the main room, a "face lift" for a new space. She has a couch that was a recent purchase that she wants to incorporate, otherwise it's a blank slate.

Contemporary style, with some added fun, she's in love with plants and adding texture.

It's an open floor concept with a long living room, plenty of natural sunlight, but it only gets morning light.

How to put the pieces together and make it feel "full" and pop and have a distinct feeling. She wants to feel like everything in the space has a purpose, adding detail is where she needs help. She knows she wants pictures, art, plants, and throw pillows, and has a vision for them, but wants help making it flow and look good together.

She has a vision for the space, how she will use it, and how each "zone" of the room needs to be used. But she doesn't have ideas on what it means and how it's put together.

She's attracted to;
plants, plants, greenery overboard
whites, greys, black, dark woods
patterns
mid-century modern contemporary style
throw blankets, layered textures, on top of clean lines

She does NOT like; cottage-feel, doilies and feminine pieces, she wants color in the plants and certain accents but nothing "glaring" color. She would rather have color come in the smaller pieces than large ones.

She needs the Living space to function as a living room, but the Dining space is going to be a mixed use sewing & work station.

Dining space area:
she doesn't need or want a formal dining table or space for eating. She wants a desk station for work, and then a separate desk or area for sewing and crafts.

She is considering this option for making the working desk a "standing height".

Real plants, no faux!

Suggestions for planter containers are needed!

Contemporary

Room & Board, Crate & Barrel, Target, Ikea, West Elm, Wayfair, AllModern, Anthropologie