I actually really like how it looks now and the pine gives it a lovely cottage feel. I also like the contemporary cabinets, giving the bright white some warmth. My taste are more eclectic so I have no problem mixing various styles.

I also like how it is now

Do you feel that a pop of colour would take away from the cottage feel? I was thinking a bluey grey. This is the living room across from the kitchen (it’s all one big open space).

Add colour in curtains, carpet, art, pillows. Add plants too

That’s a great suggestion. Thank you! Do you think it would take away from things if I painted it a bold colour?

Yes.

it would take away if you painted it a bold color.

Bring in color with an area rug, the floors and pine in the living room arent a great combination.

Also, a light colored ceiling fan.

Use colored curtain panels mounted close to the ceiling to bring height.

Adfing artwork to walls will also help being in color to break up the pine.

Don't paint the walls or ceiling. 1. In an open space there is no clear end point. 2. Why put in lovely wood if only to paint it? You could have just dry walled. 3. Others have suggested great ways to bring in color and brightness. I like your sofa and your white cabinets. They are both great neutral bases from which to play around with either muted or bright colors.

Get some sweaters, table cloths, jackets - anything that has colors on it that you like and start placing them around the room to see what colors resonate with you. I'd love to see something between a raspberry and burgundy in here with a pop or two of sky blue.

Decorate and live with it. Remember, you can always paint in a few years if you don't like it. However, you can't "un"paint it without significant effort.

Love your kitchen. Fun to see contemporary cabinets and older table. Hope you have a vintage piece or two in the living room.

Thanks for the feedback! I’m hoping to find an old hutch to put under the tv and am thinking of sanding down the table and keeping the top a stained wood and then painting the legs and chairs a nice colour.

We were also thinking of painting the bedroom doors, which are just off the living room, a nice blue grey. Yay or keep white? One door is visible from the living room.

Agreeing with all the suggestions made so far. About the doors - I’d put the paint idea away or on a very back burner until building complete and all decor in. Painted doors might create a checkerboard look & just feel / look odd.

I wouldnt paint the doors yet either. It may just make it all look off and and once you paint, then it needs to be painted forever. I also agree with above, get your color in accessories, rugs and furniture.

I am not a wood lover and usually say apint it but I like the way the pine looks in your place I do not however like it with the floors in the kitchen/ What are they? Look like vinyl pank. Waht is the space with all the wood planking piled up ?

Can’t do anything about the floors at this point - they’re vinyl. The space with the wood piled up is a bedroom.

Agreed the vinyl is not great. Rugs and other decor will help distract from it

I have that same pine in my Maine cottage and installed it knowing I was going to paint it. That much wood is overpowering to me.

Thank you for the insults and condescending remarks. They were helpful and the reason why I posted on here. I hope you enjoy sprinkling your rays of sunshine on many who just want some input and design ideas.

Ignore @klem1 some people are just miserable and need to take it oit on others,

You asked about painting the doors blue-gray. Not sure how well that would work eith the pine, youd pro have better luck with a blue minus gray.

Agree with the others to wait on painting - finish the project, add color with the other elements and live with it for a bit, it is a charming space!

Don't paint the pine. It's a cottage and the pine gives a feeling of bringing the outside inside. I'm with the others, though, that the gray vinyl planks are all wrong with the golden pine.--wish that driftwood trend would just go away.I guess you can put down some irea rugs to deal with it if it's in other spaces, too. Don't paint the doors either. Use rugs, art, and pillows to add color and pattern to your rooms. Your palette should be golds, a bit of gray, and ivory with occasional accent color of blues.

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Get a large living room rug in this palette to cover up the vinyl flooring. Notice how the palette has gold in it with les gray to echo the pine walls. Keep things very light going forward, but no more stark white.--go in the direction of off shite/cream for bed coverings, curtains, etc.

Choose special art for each room that reflects nature outside and also has some gold and grays so everything harmonizes. These are all from society6.com and are very affordable. You can get the prints in almost any size. Large prints for the living room will make you forget about painting the pine.

Keep bedrooms simple and light