I'm not sure I'd have used the adjective bland, but I'd happily live with minimalist. It's very much a 'found' shot rather than a set up, I didn't even bother dragging the tripod out, which would have at least made me pay more attention to the composition and not rely on IS. Moving the chair physically is probably not a good approach, as it never moves and the dents in the carpet would be very obvious.
In real life, the light is rather more interesting at that location than comes across here - HDR would probably get more out of it, particularly the glass bricks that make up the window.
BTW the way, I very much take the comparison to Tony's work a compliment, though I blush to think I might have been referencing his work even sub-consciously.