Pic of fireplace and existing hardwoods.

Another entry from front. Pic of tile. Very open concept. All walls surrounding this room are painted a very light beige/ off white.

It's not so bad. You are just ready for a change.

If it were my room I would match the hardwoods, paint the wall SW kestrel white, paint any trim creamy white. Then add in color with pillows and acessories.

I would stick with the tan/beige family and do colors with accessories.

Yes I would do a light beige. Your room is really very pretty.

I don't think it's horrible at all!

I think, though, that before you do anything, you need to figure out at least one thing (beyond hardwoods) that you envision. Have you been on Houzz or Pinterest? I'd like to see what inspires you . . .does not have to be a room or anything related to interior design. Art or just a photo of a scene helps! Could be absolutely anything.

Thanks everyone! I have been on both Pinterest and houzz and even tried to get suggestions from houzz. Not much luck. I'm really not a rustic/dark color type of person. I've been drawn to the beige colors and even light sage green, but with everything being different browns I just didn't know how adding another shade of brown would look. I wish I had the ability to see what the color would look like before committing haha. Any particular shades come in mind so I could look them up? Thanks again!!

Google "Natural Linen." It's a paint color you can get at the Big Box stores, and it's a light, soft, beigy green. It won't look green at all, but if you accent with silk plants, it will pop them, and it's a comfort color!

Suzi

SW Kestrel is a perfect color for that room. I used the color recently on our office building with SW marshmallow trim, and the combination is very, very nice. You have a lot of good features in that room.... Get it painted and the. Tackle the rest. Good luck

Sage green would be pretty!

I am guessing you will have an area rug? For me, rugs are the most difficult so I would start there first. Paint can come last! Artwork is also something to keep in mind.

Here's a room with similar sofa colors. It's lovely in a light shade and I also think a gold would work well with the fireplace , you have lots of options. Try to narrow it to three colors and then show them to us and you can choose the majority.

Here is a link that might be useful: [brown sofa room[(https://www.houzz.com/products/brown-sofas-prbr1-br~t_524~a_88-3)

Here's a room with similar sofa colors. It's lovely in a light shade and I also think a gold would work well with the fireplace , you have lots of options. Try to narrow it to three colors and then show them to us and you can choose the majority.

Here is a link that might be useful: [brown sofa room[(https://www.houzz.com/products/brown-sofas-prbr1-br~t_524~a_88-3)

I vote for sage green. And you can try playing with the color visualizer on SW,although I don't like the newest version as much, it doesn't seem to cover very well. It could give you an idea at least.

Juliandgrey, you only think you've used Houzz and others. I know you haven't even started because you came here with questions wide open, not having narrowed down your preferences at all.

How about investing some time searching for rooms you definitely like and printing out pictures of them? No limits. Forget what you have now, what you can afford. Any colors, any room, any house style--if you love the banquet room in a Bavarian castle, print it out.

This is to identify what you really like so you can focus in on those possibilities and to identify all the so-sos so you can discard them.

So, after you're tired of that and have so many pictures you don't remember what's in the stack, start sorting. Light rooms, dark rooms, the 2 pastel rooms with French and Scandinavian furniture that you love above everything, the 3 oddball but--hey, you really like them--rooms featuring saffron orange.

When you sort, you'll see patterns start to emerge. Set aside the patterns you simply can't do now for another room or house.

Keep the ones you can. Time to start analyzing. What is it you like about them? Why do you like them? Most show lots of lots of contrast? Most tend to use medium-range colors, few darks, few pastels, and gentle contrast? Does it turn out a lot of favorites show some combination of blues and oranges, even when the blue is really bluish gray and the orange pumpkin? (This is one of my patterns.)

You're considering going beige but realize your 2 beige rooms were only printed out because you really liked the curtains? Cross beige off your list (phew--dodged a bullet there), but not before figuring out what is so pleasing about the curtains. Etc.

Then come back and tell us you've decided to paint the walls midnight blue and reupholster your sofa in saffron gold, or vice versa, and need input on how to pull it all together. :)