Well, you have a wide variety of tones in these two rooms. The brick seems to be odd man out. Almost pink tones but monitors and color are not accurate to real life. The brick is my main problem. Any thoughts to stain it and go whiter on brick and walls? Romabio is good line of products to do this and then you can match up wall color to that. Good choices of colors and you can control amount of lightness by controlling application.

If you don’t want to stain brick, you need sample wall colors. You have to test in your room with your light. Your sofas look light Gray to me and the rug looks blue gray. Is that accurate? If so, you need to work with that not with what is in kitchen. Do not paint splashes of sample paint on your walls. Samplize.com has most SW and BM paint samples in 12 x 12 inch squares. These have peel off backing so you can stick on wall to see what color looks like on various walls at different times of day. No excess sample paint leftovers to dispose of either. Try 3-4 colors. Get BM Pale Oak, SW Pure White and 2 others you like from paint store chips.

I agree with Flo's comments. I want to add that I have the same color floor, granite & light cream cabinets. I brought a sample of my cabinet to BM & they made me a custom color to match. We painted the open plan kitchen & breakfast area, family room, foyer walls, ceiling & trim all the same color; flat on walls & ceiling, semigloss on trim. It looks fantastic & expands the space & was a nice update. Sorry, no photos yet.

I would also do your fireplace.

The couches are wheat, so more of a beige. The carpet has more of taupe cream and gray blue. I also sampled gray mist, hushed hue and soft chamois on the color squares. If I don’t lighten the brick will one of these work? I don’t see color. So difficult. What color is pale oak, is it gray. I was leaning more on the creamy side.

Ok, so pale oak, pure white.?Not sure if I’m going to do fire place at this moment

I have used Pale Oak in several homes. It is a bit of a chameleon color. In one house where the floors were creamy tile it looked creamy. In another where the floors were more cherry it looked more gray but that house also had low light. You appear to have pretty good light. I will try giving you color analysis later today.

I had these handy. You have to pick up paint chips, put in room then look at them one at a time. Not next to each other. Then get the larger samples from samplize.com. I typically use flat or mat finish on walls and ceiling and “Satin” on trim.

Thank you !

If you want an off-white here is a Off White Color chart that can help you a lot in seeing what Hue family a color falls into. This has both BM and SW off white colors. (opps can't upload here, have to go to my cell phone. bbl)

Here you go. The higher the LRV number for a color the lighter and more reflective a color is. The lower the Chroma number the less it has color or graying. That is simplified description of these numbers.

I'd keep the rug you show with the sofas, and paint the walls a warm white with a slight hint of green. It would lighten the room and give it a fresh feel but still work with the warm countertops and fireplace. The blue/gray rug is too cool for everything else in the space.

The rug is old , it needs to go. My furniture is a beige and white . So I wanted to do something neutral that goes with furniture and fireplace.

I agree w/Flo. whitewash the brick w/romabio. they have diff colors. your brick is pink and clashes w/the yellow/tan/beige tones.

this shade is Nube Gray.

If you don't like any of these, they have a masonry paint w/heavier coverage. you could do a gray or off white,,

just a quick photo shop so you can see how much better it looks w/your rug.

This is a nice off-white that would look nice w/every one of your elements (after you cover that brick)

if you don't like Pale Oak, try some of these. they will work w/your wood floors and your rug.

or, maybe you're ready to cover it and try some thing diff (over the brick)

Wow thank you. But right now I just am looking for a paint color to go with the furniture and from there I’ll consider doing the brick. Such great info. Thanks . I’ll sample anything?

I'd look for a rug first that incorporates more warm colors, and then you can choose the right warm white color for the space. You might consider BM Elmira White.

I have dark hardwoods that throw purple and pinks. Right now I have a duck white and it’s throwing pink. I also triad creamy and that was throwing pink. I don’t know what neutral colors don’t throw pink.