I'll try to post my photos.

I would keep the wall color neutral with the cream and bring in more color by way of pillows and a throw. You have a lot of brown going on which is giving it a blah feel. Adding a couple of pops of color here and there will wake the room up.

As for the kitchen, you need contrast so instead of using dark green accessories to go with the counter, you should change it up a bit by introducing a different color into the space. Golds and reds maybe?

you have sharper contrast going on in your (very pretty) kitchen, and very mild contrast if at all in your living

in order to repaint you need somehow to bring a bit of that sharper contrast in your living as well, or else the space will feel disjointed

Frankly I'd do it even if I wasn't going to repaint

you have very dark strong green plus black plus white in the kitchen..plus beautiful wood

in the living though you have various browns as in the wood only

you need to borrow some of the other colors from the kitchen for your living. Not necessarily to match them precisely, and doesn't have to be lot, but yes to more green in the living..and to a bit of black..and to maybe something patterned

(it's harder to do vise versa since your kitchen has more or less permanent materials that already work very well together, and your living is much more flexible to bring the small changes in. Can be pillows, throws, rug, art, plant..all of the above

then, whether you leave it current color, or go for a deeper color (I envision variations on what you already have in your kitchen..shades of blue green? beautiful tan, but you know with minimum yellow-lighter variation of your wood? grayish off white-hint on your black? you also need to take into account your ceiling, I can see it's this triangle shape, and i can't see the height..sometimes you need to be more mindful of the contrast that darker paint will create with the ceiling, especially if the ceiling has more character.

It doesn't mean you can't choose deeper color but it does mean you need to consider how it will look next to your ceiling, and maybe take a paint, or milder variation of it, to your ceiling too. really depends on the height, the light, and many other things.

So if I go by order of things..first I'd go with what lukkirish suggested..introducing some things into living

in the kitchen. I'd just take some things away. whatever you don't need. even if to see it better, in terms of the future color choice

then I'd see the emerging pattern for that new wall color, if you'll still want it by then

lukkiirish I totally agree.. so much brown! Can you tell my husband chose sofa and loveseat? Well, I figured he lives here too, so as long as he's happy, right! We've lived in our modest mobile home for 21 yrs. and it's never been painted. Just a yearly scrubbing. The living room gets less light due to the large covered porch. I'd prefer a lighter feel to the room. I'm looking for new curtains and hardware. And as you suggest, some color.

aprilneverends, thank you for the complement on my kitchen. The celing is valted and will be painted also. Nearly everything we have was given to us. Passed down by parents and granparents, who are no longer with us. Lots of pictures and drawings from grandchildren do add to the cluttered look on the fridge! Lol!

I forgot to mention that the wall behind the loveseat is a work still in progress. We took down the wall vertical wall strips on that wall, and husband still hasn't completely finished. We have that unsubstantial, brown trim at the ceiling and around doorways throughout the house, I think we should paint trim at the ceiling the same as the walls.

not at all I really really like it. including the drawings. My fridge used to be full of drawings etc

(right now it isn't because it's new and we still didn't peel that protective thing off, lol. so it doesn't magnetize..))

I would suggest you choose the perfect colour for your home because the colour scheme helps create the mood. Read this article: "How Choosing the Right Colour Scheme Can Affect Your Mood at Home"

Hi There!

You can see the psychology behind colors here:
http://www.hgtv.com/remodel/interior-remodel/the-psychology-of-color

https://freshome.com/room-color-and-how-it-affects-your-mood/

http://www.centura.ca/blog/how-choosing-right-colour-scheme-can-affect-mood-home/