You have described a fictional room in detail, yet the scene still feels empty. Instead of adding more furnishings, make a private inventory of what the person using the room would need to do.
Where can they put a wet coat? What must be moved before they can sit? Which object is always within reach, and which one is awkward to retrieve? Practical questions can reveal a room’s relationship with its occupant.
Keep most of the inventory off the page
The list is a drafting tool, not a demand to describe everything. Choose one detail that affects the scene’s action. A chair buried under papers may matter because a visitor cannot sit down, not because the reader needs a complete account of the furniture.
Now remove one expected object from the imagined room. Consider how the character adapts. This can suggest habit, constraint or choice without requiring an explanation of the whole backstory.
Avoid making every absence symbolic. Sometimes the useful result is simply a more believable route from the door to the desk.
Return to the scene and insert only the detail that changes an action. The room will feel more inhabited when its arrangement has consequences for somebody inside it.