Kids bathroom. This layout is bizarre but nothing we can do about it right now. Wall paper has got to go. Want a paint color that works with the rest of the house but also the white and blue tile. Maybe more of a grey grey (as opposed to the green grey)? Also open to painting the vanity but other oak trim stays.

Forgot to add details about our current furniture.

We don't have any furniture to go in the "window room", so open for suggestions here. Looking for something where our family of four can relax, read, talk, and also a space that will be accommodating for entertaining. Sophisticated but comfortable and functional. Maybe a sectional with some accent seating.

Dining furniture is a darker wood queen anne china cabinet and table with 6 fiddle back chairs (ivory upholstered seats). No rugs, so also looking for a rug suggestion for dining area.

Plan to change out lighting above dining table and bar area, also plan to remove ceiling fan from kitchen with possibly an oscillating fan. I like the industrial lighting and think that would go well.

Our current living room furniture will go in the smaller living room off the kitchen - sage green couch and love seat, antique oak rocking chair and round side table. Need a coffee table. I will lay it out differently from the current layout, with a tv on the wall to the left of the stairs, not under the windows.

Bedroom furniture is cherry - queen bed with headboard and footboard, bench for end of bed, dresser with mirror, tv armoire, two night stands, and chest of drawers. All a matching set.

Bonus room - have a mix of IKEA white and black-brown storage units and larger kid toys that have espresso/black-brown and white finishes to them. Gravitating toward the beige upholstered IKEA sleeper sofa. Looking for an inexpensive set of two accent chairs.

Same here. We have orange-y honey oak trim *everywhere*. The current 1980's peach walls have got to go.

Look at Benjamin Moore's Maritime White as a possibility for a light, creamy neutral. You can see it on the walls in these pics.

The oak in your house looks beautiful. Your husband is right, especially with your outdoor surroundings. Women say men are incapable of painting wood. lol. But in a factual twist, I think women don't understand how much is cost to do a house in oak trim. At least triple. So yes, as a man I don't understand why you would want to paint something more expensive and looks more expensive and paint it white which is cheap and looks cheap. Just because some bozo in a magazine says is dated? Yeah right.

I'm in the chicago area and have been to many homedepot's and menards. Pretending I wanted to get new doors I asked which are most popular and which sells the most, oak or white doors (both solid core). The stores near upscale neighborhoods said the oak sells like crazy and the rest said people want the oak but it is to expensive. A whole different world of brain washing on this site.

So if you already have the top notch quality material, why would you paint it to look like cheap garbage?

Our home is very similar. It is difficult to fi d a nice color that goes with the oak. We love how edgecomb grey looks with the oak. Oyster bar also looks nice. Hope that helps