Woops I gave the wrong link above.

Here is a link that might be useful: Iced Cube Paint Tour

I remember your post with the tile samples (that was you, wasn't it?).

Have you chosen that, and the carpet, yet? I'd really want to see what they were like before choosing a paint color.

The silver does look a little cold for your room.

Yes Parma that was me. This is the tile that I chose:
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The carpet has not been picked out yet as I thought I'd wait until the tile was in...but probably a neutral frieze with creams, beiges, browns. The window coverings a natural woven panel on the patio door. I'm looking to trade out the coffee table/entertainment center at some point with dark wood. Does that help?

I've got to scoot for a while but I'll bump this up for you.

Do you have any windows in that room? The mirror sounds nice and if it has some light to reflect off of, even better.

On your first post about the tile, I thought you had some better pics of the fireplace area. Those would help people, a lot. If your stone is a combo of warm and cool colors, you'll have to decide what vibe you want for your space.

With a warmer wall color, you still can have cooler accents. I think it's a much more interesting look than having everything the same. I just don't want to see you frozen out of what's supposed to be a relaxing room. :)

I wonder if a warm gray would look nice - something like SW Anew Gray. IOW, a light gray with a little beige in it to warm it up. The ice cube to me looks too cool.

The warmer gray would still give you a contemporary, sophisticated look and provide a neutral backdrop for a colorful accessories.

Since I'm back to the drawing board with this...what about a brown or a buff?

Brown or buff. There are many choices, but my favorite SW brown/buff is Latte or if that's too dark for your space, the next shade up - Nomadic Desert. Beiges are tricky - they can tend pink, peach or green in certain lights. Latte and Nomadic Desert do not have noticeable undertones and I think they would blend nicely with your tile and carpet choices.

Latte looks great with olive green, gold or brick red accents (pillows, etc.).

Thanks so much randita. I will have to look up those colors tomorrow. I am also considering BM tucson tan or sepia tan. They both look good with my fireplace rock and tile. My fireplace has some coppery tones to it. (I had moved my cream sectional into the front room to paint, and my son keeps saying that it looks better in that room which is green. I think it is because it pops more than it did with the cream that is currently on the family room walls. As I have thought through that element I think it is another reason to go darker.) I decided against the gray simply because I think it is such a tough color to get right and I can't quite make sense of when it is warm and when it is cold... Since I can't take down the chair rail, I wondered how it might look if I used the bottom paneling and chair rail in white, and the upper in the color I choose. So I would get this kind of effect. Not sure if it would work, but may play with it. Thanks again for your input!
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The picture you posted is EXACTLY what I did with our den! We had half wall wood paneling which I painted white, then painted the wall above SW Latte. I did it about 6 months ago and I really like how it turned out. It's a dark room and I wouldn't have gone as dark as Latte unless I painted the paneling white. The white provides enough brightness and the Latte gives it warmth and coziness, if you know what I mean.

We have a brick fireplace and the Latte looks nice against it. Other furniture are two burgundy leather recliners and a tan microfiber sofa. All looks good with the Latte, IMO.

I think you're on the right track and will like the look. It's very classic, yet fresh at the same time.

Randita, can I twist your arm to share a picture of your room?

I think you are right to go much warmer than that grey. A lot of warm tones will work-- you'll probably have to go into major sample mode to get the perfect one. But I think you can go pretty dark on the wall (with a warm color) whether or not you keep that white. I sort of wonder if the half-white deal might be the wrong feel for your room-- the half-white look is very cottage to me and your room is scandinavian-sleek.

With that high ceiling (and the white of the ceiling) you have license to do something pretty bold.

Thanks nesting. So funny your should say that, just 10 minutes ago my 20 year old son said basically the same thing. I have put BM sepia tan on the upper half of one wall, and the jury is still out on whether that is the right one or not. {{!gwi}}
Will have to look at it again tomorrow in different light/fresh perspective. If I did another color on the bottom it will not be white. I'm just not sure what it will be. My son thinks I should do a darker color on the bottom, like BM guesthouse which is the next one of the strip. I just can't visualize it. wig

Kawininja,

I have BM sepia tan on my dinning room wall and BM guesthouse on the walls of my adjacent kitchen--honestly you can barely discern the difference between the two and I do not think that they would look good together on the same wall. Either color looks terrific with white trim.

for a non-BM color: I used Lowe's Valspar Hotel St. Francis Clay Angel (totally ridiculous name, paint # is 7002-1) on my BR wall, and love it. Very light -- pale beige in some lights, warm grey in others. Might not be enough color for your situation, though.