What a nice space and I love the furniture you have so far. Will you be looking for an area rug in the living room? If so, you might take a look at Company C rugs, as they have some really pretty, colorful patterns. Since you'll have a strong color on your accent wall and strong colors in your furniture and (I assume) accessories, I'd recommend staying fairly neutral on the rest of the walls. Maybe a shade a bit lighter than the color of your sofa and chair. Take a look at a color like BM Everlasting, if that's not too pale for you. Also, you might bring that pretty turquoise back into the kitchen with backsplash tile...

I think yellow would be lovely as your main color. But, I think what you need to do is go to the paint store, buy a few pots of paint, paint them on some boards and start moving them around your house. See how the different paint colors react in the light, how do they feel at night, how are they during the day, do the colors evoke a positive feeling for you? Unfortunately, there is no short cutting this process. It can be a frustrating and lengthy process but in the end this is the best way to ensure that you will actually like the color or colors that you choose. Good luck!

I've just repainted my whole house. I really like Sanderling SW7513 in my LR and Pavilion Beige SW7512 in my BR. My DR is a darker color that I really like too, Homestead Brown SW7515.

Beautiful house! Personally, I would find an inspiration piece. For example, I would use the pillows on your bed. The green in the pillows looks about the same (on my computer screen) as the green in the couch. I would paint the walls the blue in the pillow and hang green curtains that match the green in the settee. Since you said that you don't like warm colors I would just leave the dark brown to the wood furniture.

If you don't like that idea, then go shopping for an inspiration piece, preferably one that has 4-5 different colors, that has the blue and green in it that you like. Then paint the walls the lightest color and go from there. You'd be surprised at how easy it is once your colors are already picked out for you. Good luck!

Can't help with paint suggestions but want to say your home is beautiful!! Can you share what kind/brand of floor you have? Type of wood? Engineered? Was it finished on-site? How's it holding up? Really pretty.

Your home is beautiful w/present paint color.....very elegant! Personally, I would use color in fabric, area rugs, accessories, etc. ;o)

Your home is gorgeous! I love all the windows and warm wood tones. You mentioned that your flooring is maple stained toffee. It is beautiful. I'm curious, because I thought I had heard that maple cannot be stained well. Would you mind sharing how your floor was finished?

As for the paint colors, I agree with others who stated that you might find it best to keep your background neutral if your furniture fabrics and accessories will be bold and bright. When we built our home, the most helpful thing in terms of choosing paint colors was to buy sample pots and paint poster board or wood to see how it would look in the rooms. It's better to spend a little money on samples than to choose something you don't end up liking and either have to live with it or pay to have it repainted.

WOW thanks for all the comments all!

Jan in Wisconsin- I may have miss typed it. My cabinets are maple, not the floor. My floor is Capella Pecan, prefinsished. I also agree that I want my background neutral as i'm looking for a color to paint most of the areas. I know that accent wall will be tealish, which is bright enough, so I want the rest a neutral color. I'm not sure if I should go more beige, taupe, or gray. Or, a yellow as someone suggested. I like colors in accessories, but walls to be relatively neutral, minus my crazy accent wall ;)

Hilltop - My floor is called Natural Pecan by Capella. It is engineered and comes prefinsihed (does al. It holds up well when say, walking on it with heels (no little indents) but is scratches like crazy! My dad helped us move in and slide our mattress across the floor. I now have a 10 ft long scratch that is deep. I beleive it's only in the top coat, but whatever coat that is, it sure does like to scratch. My refrigerator also left long indents when being installed by the deliverymen. I stll have no regrets though, it's just beautiful in person!!

I do like warm colors, I just don't want dark colors such as deep reds or sages. I think I'm going to pick of a sample of Nomadic desert and revere pewter. This is so much harder than I thought it would be. I have a sample of kilim beige on the wall right now and it turned out a bit lighter than I thought it would be :(

I also lke the suggestion of yellow, but i'm afraid w/ the teal accent wall it will look a little like easter in here :/ Hmm...

Thank you again! More suggestions are welcomed, specially w/ pictures of paint colors if anyone has them! :)

What a lovely house you have!! How about trying something like Sherwin Williams Ivoire or BM French White just to give some contrast against your white trim. I think either of those colors would be safely neutral, yet still give some contrast, and both would look fine with your accent wall color.

Here is a link that might be useful: SW Ivoire

Here's the French White

Here is a link that might be useful: BM French White

If you like teal as an accent color....
then you really might like Silver Fox. It is a gray color
but it is one of those pale grays that looks stunning with
warm wood floors. And it is a bright gray not a downer
dark gray that is sooooo coool you feel depressed.

Here is Silver Fox BM

and here are some gray combos with teal accents.

Even with your oak kitchen the gray might be lovely.
This image is of a darker gray but I think silver fox
might work.

boxerpups! Wow thanks for all the pictures! I like the idea of gray too. It will work well with our warmth, actually it may tone down some of the warm. OUr cabinets are actually Maple, but they do have an oragnish glow to them that i'd like to tone down!

We tried Nomadic Desert and Kilim beige in our home and it was HORRIBLE. Kilim beige looked like silly putty with more pink, and Nomadic Desert looked like really cheap foundation on a girls face.. kinda pinky and too dark.

We also tried SW Universal Khaki and it has a gray sheen to it. So far I love it but I think it may have too much green in it; I'm not sure. . I'm going to go to the store tomorrow and get the silver fox! Thanks for the suggestion!

Your home is beautiful. My new home is similarly painted like yours with white woods and creamy ecru walls. I think you have to be in a home or have furniture set up to get the color inspiration. Take your time and just work on the rooms as they start to develop. Sorry no help on the colors, but I have ended up leaving some of my walls as is and brought color in other ways. Good luck, I'm sure you will do a great job.

Those are nice picture boxerpups...thanks for posting them.

HI guys! I finally found a paint and it looks perfect! It's SW Urban Putty. I loovee loovee loove it! We're snowed in from the blizzard so we're painting away :)

Can't wait to see. Post pictures as soon as it's done!

Laurie

Hey guys! I lost this thread for a while :(

I took a pic after we painted so I figured i'd post it! The drapes arn't up yet, but they are an off white silk... beautiful! Also, that random floor lamp doesn't belong there.. it was helping us paint in the dark since we haven't installed ceiling lights yet.

The Urban Putty is a bit darker than in looks in the main room. The most realistic picture is by where the column is. THe blue is also a bit more subdued.

I lovee it!

Boxerpups - great ideas and pictures!

I painted my entire first floor (excluding my kitchen) BM Muslin. It is so neutral - literally every color goes with it!

Here are some LR pics.

Here is a link that might be useful: BM Muslin

Willowdecor -- I LOVE Muslin. It was actually one of the contendors until we settled on Urban Putty which just looks perfect in our space. We love it :)