What to do with this long wall (living room and dining room share a wall)

Hey folks.

We have a long l shaped living space where the front entry opens up to a shared living and dining space. The living room "zone" and dining area share a long 360 inch long wall.

Wife and I initially thought it would be a good idea to put up some wood panels in the area in front of the sectional and tv/tv console (around 180 inch long space) since it's alot of wall space to decorate, and we wanted to create different zone separation. Now I'm having second thoughts considering it will be a sudden transition going from panels to a blank wall.

Any ideas or recommendations here?

*note - we are planning on buying additional panels to fill the gap to the window. We have not installed the panels yet , so they are up for placement and visualization.

Thanks!