What about a rich, red/burgandy color?? Do you get very much light in the room where a darker color would be a problem? I think it would look nice with the curtains and add a little drama. Plus red works with sage you have elsewhere.

That was my first thought also, a deep, rich wine color would be dramatic and beautiful with your rug and furniture.

kathleen, I also think a wine color would look great. My furniture is similar in color to yours and I used Sherwin Williams fine wine and restrained gold.

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Citymom, yes that might be a problem. As you can see in the second pic, there is a wide doorway which opens to the den which is all windows and cathed ceiling, so lots of light gets in from there.
Onourway and robbyrob, thank you. Robby, your dining room is lovely, mine is a little less formal. I love how your paint and chair rail look. I don't think dh will go for a dark color, esp since I was so sure about the rose, which I now don't like!! My previous home was beiges, not brave! But I have color (but not darks) in every room here, so I am improving.
It's raining here, so I had to use the flash on one, but maybe you can see the colors better...
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Thanks for the close-up of the fabrics. Very pretty. How about a soft golden-beige? Maybe something like Sherwin Williams Blonde. I have it in my kitchen and I love it. It's soft but still brings warmth to the room.

Lovely DR -
I agree the rose is not doing the room justice

No expert my any stretch - here's what I see your last photo (right above this post) Bottom toward Right there is a pretty orangey/adobe almost morning glory flower - I think that would look great

I would consider no treatments on the french doors - having floral on the floor & going up the wall is "busying" up the room. See how it looks after painting w/o treatments - If they do go back up - I would install them sans the valance - pull the drapes further away from the door (looks like they don't clear for door opening now) and perhaps bring the rod down a bit.

I have a hard time choosing paint color & need all the help I can get! that said, I see lots of yellows, bronze, oranges in your furnishings and accents - I scrolled around on the BM site - a few ? Autum orange, butterscotch, dried mustard, rust, aztec brick, butterscotch sundae

I think I would purchase some samples and paint some large swatches & live with them for awhile before choosing

Good luck!

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I've always loved floral draperies, and it's only this year that I've changed over to a textured chenille. Normally, I like color for walls, but in this case, with the trellis-patterned rug and the feminine floral on the drapes, I think if it were my dining room, I might just move on to an ivory or cream or something similar to the background color in the drapes. If you were changing out the window treatments, it would be different, but there is already so much pattern and visual interest in these two big areas, window and floor, that keeping the walls more muted would work better.

If you did decide to try jejvtr's suggestion of leaving your french doors unadorned with treatments, then, you could work with the wood in your room to choose a nice wall color with more color to it. In that case, I know you didn't want a green, but green to show off all the oak would be nice. Or even a taupe shade would look nice and let your room be more of a sophisticated space. You would need to find one that played off the wood in a nice way.

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I think you have some very pretty things in your room to work with!

I also think you have some limitations due to all the yellow/golden tones of all the oak in the room. Then you are also keeping the drapery and rug, which further might limit your choices.

My first thought is a richer green, which I think would show off the rose colors in the fabric and rug, and play nicely with the oak. But you have ruled that out, I guess because you feel you have enough green already elsewhere.

The drapery does have some other great colors, but I am afraid that many of them will end up making the oak look even more yellow/gold, rather than showing off the pretty colors in the fabric and rug. Warm yellow can be wonderful with pinks and roses, but again I worry about the furniture.

I think Jejvtr is on to the right idea of going into the brick tones, as seen on the edge of the trumpet shaped flower on the top of the closeup pix.

Otherwise, the best thing might be to just do a creamy soft ivory, and bring the color in through other means.

I could see artwork matted in burgundy, some color added in the china cabinet in the form of some pretty vases or large platters in the back in deeper colors. A runner on the table in the deeper tones of the greens and burgundies would be pretty. Or a centerpiece in a cachepot that has the rich colors on it, with more shades and colors in the greens and florals - the glass vase just gets lost on there, imo. Candles, perhaps painting the rattan (I think) plantstand by the window in a richer color, etc.

One other thing that might make a difference would be to make slipcovers for the backs of the chairs with matching seat cushions, or just a slipcover for the whole chair. Something in a companion print of a pretty stripe or plaid would bring more color into the room and break up all the oak.

Thanks, all. The furniture is 5 yrs old too,as is the rug so it is staying. I may someday change the drapes, but for now they stay. I have the same chairs in my breakfast nook, so I can have 12 of the same chairs in the dining room. I have thought about slipcovers for the chairs, but it is far down on the list.
The plant is gone, I just had it there for some sun, it is not part of the decor! LOL
We don't use the door, so the drapes are not a problem, and I live in the country, so I don't want formal, I don't think my choice of furn lends itself to formal. I had the formal look for 27 yrs in our previous home, so as this will be our last home, I wanted something more country.

I thank all of you for your wonderful advice, you are so helpful. As I said, enough green, so maybe I will go for the other suggestions. I have BM Manchester tan in the den which adjoins, so not that, but maybe the blonde. I def will buy the samples and do the squares! I learned that when I had 3 diff greens before I found the one I liked...anyone need gallons of green paint? I am 45 min from large stores, so I bought it all, then decided it was not right!
Les, I usually have the 2 leaves out, with a runner and a diff centerpiece. The leaves were in for a party, so I just plopped it there, it is usually on the side board.
Lots of food for thought, paint is first.
Thanks again, all of you!!! I appreciate all your advice, and your time.

Good luck with your choice Kathleen. If you want to see what the blonde color looks like on the wall you can check out the mirror over sofa thread. Judith posted a pic of her living room wtih that color. Her room seems to get a lot of natural light like yours. You have a very pretty room. Keep us posted on what you decide!

Kathleen, take a look at BM Shaker Beige. It's available in those little pots.