I'm open to anything.....

How about picking a color from your large rug? The blue, for example, would be lovely with the sofas.

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I love the look of warm white walls with natural trim. If you go that route you might need a darker rug to balance out the beams and help ground the space. This article has other color suggestions as well. I would also consider editing and reworking your accessories, art, lamps, etc.

https://www.simplehomesimplelife.com/blog/living-happily-with-wood-trim

You need to work with rug and furniture as they are staying. I agree with blue , very light, and it should go throughout the foyer also

I like the blue idea as well but if you are thinking something more neutral, I think an oatmeal type color (from your rug) would be nice.

IMO since floors are the next biggest thing to walls in a home I would work on the floors first and IMO from what I can see of your decor white I think will not be the best wall color. I love grayed / greens for walls they are neutral but still a color , they go well with wood and brick and tha mattin on that painting is a greay green so use that for a start in choosing the actual color but just lighter than the matting.

All good suggestions. It's an inherited house and much of the decor is left from my mother and I won't necessarily keep it forever. The painting I sat on the mantle because my grandmother painted it, but it's not going to live there forever either. I was basically trying to get rid of the drab faded wall paper and put up a light color that won't conflict with the colors from the wood and brick. After agonizing all day, I'm thinking of trying BM Pale Oak for the foyer, Revere Pewter for the dining room, and BM Swiss Coffee for the living room, and BM White Dove for all trim and bottom of dining room walls (below chair rail). I am fearful some horrid undertone is going to come out and yuck it up, or these colors won't play well together.

The floors are a later project as i'll be adding hardwood down the hall and I really can't stand this wall paper any longer.

I have questions. Are there really two colors of brick (red brick fireplace, orange brick wall)? If it isn't two colors, any guesses as to what's going on to make it look like two colors? I usually favor keeping brick as is rather than painting or schmearing, but I don't think I could live with pink and orange.

Is the ceiling as yellow-green as it appears in the photos, or is it a trick of the light/photography/my monitor? I don't normally have a visceral reaction to ceiling color, but that looks horrible (some of that may be how it pairs with the grasscloth). The BM Wind's Breath looks very similar to the ceiling color, so I'm a big NO on that color (again, could be the photography or my monitor).

I'm guessing that there is a green shift in how colors are reading in your space and it isn't just photography or my monitor. If that's the case, you need to factor that into your choice of paint colors. I think something on the warm side of neutral would still look neutral post color shift, or you could just embrace green as Patricia suggested above.

I think the right paint will transform the space.

It's just tricks of lighting. Brick is uniform throughout and ceiling is white. I just can't see painting green next to peachy brick.

The light hits the hearth differently but the brick is uniform throughout.

With a lot of wood trim, you might find some compatible paint colors shown in this article:

https://www.houzz.com/magazine/11-terrific-paint-color-matches-for-wood-details-stsetivw-vs~9025200

Do think carefully about having so many different colors. And also consider hiring a color consultant who can look at your house and furnishing in all light conditions.

If you're thinking blue, here's a room in a similar style:

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Thanks that article helps. A cream that isn't too yellow sounds right.

BM Gentle Cream is lovely and soft. It's shown in one of the photos in that article. Why don't you save the other colors you like for the bedrooms or side rooms that don't open up on each other? I like your brick a lot, btw. You can place a large, modern work of art over the fireplace, add beautiful modern lighting like that fixture in the photo and update the rooms quite a bit.

I hope you keep the wood trim and hearth as is for now--costly to paint in any case. They will add so much color, texture, and character to the room. More easily changed is paint and new furnishings and lighting.

Paint the brick! Indoor brick does not weather like outdoor brick. I’ve had my fireplace painted for 15 years and it looks like it was done yesterday. But what I am really wondering - what are you doing with the poofy purple armchair??!!

Haha! It's amazing what light does...that's actually a brown recliner, which of course means that a Mr. likes it. Totally not purple. The suggestion above for the Romabio limewash sounds interesting. I looked that up and that's exciting. And it's not permanent if a mind change occurred.

That limewash product looks amazing. It says it let's you tint the color (not that color choices are my strength). After all of the comments, I think I want a light, creamy white for the great room walls and this will be the same color as the trim in the dining and foyer/hall ways. Perhaps a pale pewter, or greige for the foyer/hallway walls, and the same creamy white trim color below the chair rail in the dining room with a stronger color on top. I really just need to decide on the white that will be carried through the rest of the house and make sure it plays well with a lightened revere pewter or other light gray and the as yet to be determined dining room top color. At least this way one color will be consistent throughout the house. Wish me luck ya'll.