Yes, I do need a day, maybe two to three days of painting. It's interesting that you mention the light gray because I was thinking the same thing. I'm going to post the hardwood look tile I'm considering for my floors..also, the picture of my television, I want to use an accent color for that wall, maybe a burgundy? What do you think? The other pic is the hallway from the wall with the television (the pics of the tile were taken in someone else house)..This pic connects to this wall...

Forgot to post the pics of the tile...remember, the tile was taken from someone else place

I was going to suggest that rather than change the wall color to change the floors. That being said, I know floors are extremely expensive, but I'd personally save up for that rather than spend the time/money painting the walls. If you want/need a quicker fix to connect spaces, I'd look for a good-sized cabinet (can be just lower or more armouire type to house the TV) instead of the open shelving.

Thanks siennasaddler, I'm going to do both

I agree with siennasaddler... i think it's the floors... i love the paint colors! I have the same floors in my kitchen, but with all your other neutral colors...... or even a hallway runner may help. Have you thought of a wall paper border? or painting quotes or designs on the walls?

No beachrunner5, I never thought of that...my wall colors are all white..just want it to blend in more with my furniture, etc....

You're very welcome! Good luck, and I'd love to see your "after" pictures!

Also, if you didn't want to do the floors, I'd add some molding around the top of your kitchen cabinets in the same color, and a cheap fix for making drying rack more attractive is to use a plastic tray, like this one: http://www.decorativethings.com/butlers-tray-ikat.html

And you could use that pattern/colors for accents in your kitchen.

Thanks again, siennasaddler

You are so welcome!

FWIW I really wanted to install wood porcelain tile in our LR instead of wood, but MrSS was not thrilled with that (but he let me pick out all the carpet/paint/tile without consulting him, so I figured the wood tile was really not his thing!). But I love the look and would definitely have it in my house!