Farrow and Ball Bone, BM Balboa Mist, BM White Dove

Agree! BM White Dove would be a wonderful color in this room. Walls need to be light and fresh.

I'm digging Balboa Mist!!! thank you! how about an accent wall? what color would you go? North facing in the PNW - WOWSA sooooo dark all the time. promising full room pics as soon as I clean up a little.

I just did some research on Balboa Mist and it has a purplish undertone...hmmm. perhaps White dove would be wiser.

I think White Dove will be too bright with furnishings and decor. I too would consider Farrow and Ball bone, or SW Neutral Ground, Behr Hazlenut Cream, BM Navajo White, etc.

Farrow and Ball 'bone' seems very green online....thoughts?

how about an Eggplant accent wall...perhaps not eggplant but in that tone

Not a Pro.

I think we need to see the whole room before you decide on an accent wall.

Philadelphia Cream is pretty. May be too yellow for you. I would not do an accent wall.

finally, have a current image. This is a great pic of what we are dealing with. All furnishing will be kept. Open to new paint, new pillows, new art, area rug.

No to accent wall especially as you are keeping curtains and sofa. FB Bone definitely leans towards green. I have it in a north facing room. Order some samples from SAMPLIZE.com or buy some paint and paint white poster board leaving a white border. Hang them om the wall in various places to see the color

Your clerestory windows are fabulous.

those windows only see a couple of hours of actual light during the day. Regardless, thank you. they are a lovely feature of this room.

I decided, for the holidays, to put twinkle lites in the clerestory windows. stay tune for pics.

With the sofa wall and your bookend bookcases I see an opportunity to bring drapes onto the wall behind your sofa, put the rod up right under the clerestories. Drapes on a wall are cozy. It would look nice to balance out the window/drapes wall. Also, I think your drapes are a bit too bright (on my monitor) for the room and especially for colors you're thinking of changing to(too light) I think you should keep a darker wall color with your sofa, how about something in the taupe family (brown/grey).

Wow! thank you Melissa! This is a true reality check.

What if we changed the color of the drapes? perhaps a linen wheat color??

I like your curtains or the navy blue curtains

here they are with your wall color

I'm afraid the drapes are the worst feature of the room. New ones should match your chosen paint color, although I would prefer just the shades. I would hang the art in a group of four (2 and 2 vertically) with one hand's breadth between the pieces. The current grouping is too long for the sofa and shouldn't exceed 75% of its width for visual balance. Lower it so the bottom is 5" above the sofa.

I see it! even the lighter drapes with the dark walls look better. OK!!! The coffee table is something my father-in-law made....must keep. Would any of you suggest an area rug by chance?

I LOVE THESE COLORS. I'm back on the accent wall in eggplant with the surrounding walls creamy. change the drapes

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really appreciate thoughts

I wouldn't do an accent wall, they are kind of out of style now. If you love eggplant color maybe try it a a rug?

rug and pillows! thank you so much, Melissa! you make this so much easier with your magic on the images! Are accent walls really out? with all the wallpaper craze I thought they would be in again. That sounds like a great conversation string to have on Houzz!

Hey Milissa R - any chance you can entertain me with an eggplant color in the room and whatever drapes you think are right?

Not a Pro.

Sounds like you really want that shade of eggplant on your walls, or accent wall. If you are keeping your sofa, it will not show up in your room like it does in your inspiration picture, well I don't think it will. The lighter wall shades compliment your sofa. As you can see by the eggplant area rug, it doesn't work well in your room.

Consider eggplant accents, like a vase, drapes, throw. Some books on your table, with a tray and some eggplant colored flowers.

Hopefully Melissa will prove me wrong.

excellent feedback! I have a purple sofa in the adjacent room that i was thinking would give some continuity to space.

and of course, any feedback on this space is always welcome.

That was an issue for me with my living room, my favorite colors were already in my furniture so I was given the (not so good) advice to paint my walls it's complimentary color. I wasn't going to be pleased with that color on my walls at all though. I'm going with a different neutral wall color that has complimentary undertones to my furniture. So, you can have your favorite color in wall color and neutral furniture or color in furniture and neutral wall color. Accents follow suit to whatever color scheme. I can now have art in my favorite color on my walls and it really pops with my neutral complimentary wall color.

Changing focus/direction for a moment. I am thinking of focusing on changing the drapes and selecting an area rug. I am now considering more caramel color walls. perhaps one that is a lighter color to the leather chairs. maybe even a slightly darker color on the back wall and then a few levels lighter on the other walls. What rug would you all choose?