Have some photos of the space in question but need help figuring out how to get them out of my dumb phone. Ca nt you just plug it via cable into your computer like a regular camera?

In the meantime - let me explain. The living room/dining room space is quite large, in some ways its like a large single room about 28 ft x 14 foot with a wide arched opening between them.

10 foot ceilings, 5 large windows all around, BUT most of them face north and east, only one window facing south and its shaded with trees.... so its not like it gets much direct light at all. In winter it looks and IS cold in that room.

The medium-light yellow that is in there now looks OK on a sunny day, but any other time it is a rather cold yellow, and has a gray-greeny tinge that seems to clash with the rich maple syrup brown of the 100 year old vintage maple floors.

Actually that icky yellow reminds me of the eerie yellow light that you see in the sky when a tornado is nearby. ln other words - I hate it and I wonder if that's why my more recent tenants haven't stayed long? (The color before the yellow was a wonderful warm terra cotta and the tenant stayed 7 years.)

I really think the walls need to be more of a warm earthy browny-gold to better relate to the aged maple floors and red-brown woodwork, or some kind of warm beigey-griegey color.

Because of the openness of the space (with the vast expanse of wood floor) I think I want to do some sort of midtone - not too light or white - but on the other hand it should be something tenant-friendly, something neutral enough to go with a lot of different colors.

Although I use the word "neutral" hesitantly - I think it doesn't need to be "neutral" so much as it needs to be the RIGHT color.

One other thought - Im removing some of the wall paper in the house down to the original 100 year old paint colors - which were these fabulous rich Craftsman colors - ie various browns, golds throughout most of house, dark navy in BR, dark green kitchen, etc. This n'hood is a bit artsy and sophisticated so .... I wonder about going vintage & original in a big way?

And window treatment suggestions - affordable, durable, AND looks good and harmonious with the walls/ wood work and floors.

Thank you all!