A bigger picture would help.

Bigger pictures. Thank you!

Hi Susie, you have a cute little condo there! The wall color ideally would be the last thing you pick. Since everything is going and you are starting fresh, maybe pick a piece of art you love and start building your color scheme around that.

If you need to paint pronto, before other colors are picked, my vote would be for a clear, neutral white. My favourite is Ben Moore Simply White - it goes with everything!

If you are looking,to update the kitchen, you could do a little DIY painting on the cabinets. A medium bluish Gray would look nice and modern, and would work with the countertop color. I would paint the wood trim on the cabinets as well - make it all grey. You could then put modern pulls on the doors.

I love these suggestions! Thank you so much. Do you have any ideas what colors are on the cabinets?

If you skip all those awful peachy/sea foam colors, rattan everything, palm trees & shell designs, you will do just fine. Think of your lifestyle when there..relaxed, cozy, comfortable, then choose pieces you like..keep it "clean", "fresh", and "comfortable".

I think you should keep the bar stools I love them!!!!

Oh yes, just now noticed the bar stools. Agree, rachealy, they are perfect for a beach condo!

A dove gray. On all walls. Floors are great. When buying furn. Go a solid color on sofa. Use a print in chairs. Stay in the aquas, & blue shades. Vertical are going too I hope.

I would pain cabinets in kitchen. With a cabinet paint not wall paint. Go a dark shade of gray with brush nickel pulls 4" long. Lights should stay same finish. To give condo a updated look. Right now it's struck in the 80s.

Use a sunburst mirror over sofa, 45" hang all art items 6-7" above furn top. Get a Long low media for TV to sit on. (In dark wood. )Don't hang on wall. Use palms in ceramic pots in corners. A sisal 8x10 on floor in front of sofa. A 36" coffee table or big ottoman a chair on either side of coffee. . Woven bar stools.

New recessed lights in kitchen. Update. It doesn't cost much and will improve your look.

All appl should match. Go stainless. Granite counters in gray tones. Backsplash in stainless subway tiles. Use a floor lamp on one end of sofa and a tall lamp in a turquoise vase and white drum shade. On a small table. Sofa can be a aqua, chairs swivel in a white leather or a print with a aqua in it. Stage patio, it's part of your living space if at beach. Take advantage of that. Get patio furn in a woven look with shades of blue striped pillows. Keep same wall color going though out condo. Use same colors in other rooms. to tie together. Decor items on coffee and end table go big shells, red corol. T JMax has some items. I wouldn't keep table, looks crowded instead put a small one outside. Everyone likes to eat outside.

Add 3 small pendant light over bar.

Karen, good job on paint.

Amazing Travis and everyone. Thank you so much! Such wonderful advice and so detailed. Thank you again.

Do you think there's enough space for a sofa and a chair? It's pretty small. Do you think I should put the sofa against the wall

Maybe don't put the sofa right against the wall - bring it our a bit, even if it's just a foot or so. Then coffee table in front, and two small arm chairs on opposite side,facing sofa.

If you will be putting a TV in the room, it would go on opposite wall - so make sure the arm chair backs are low enough that they don't block the view to the TV.

Also, try to think outside the box for TV stand. You could set the TV on a long,dresser, or a console table. Try to keep it from looking too "techy".

Do you have room dimensions? And how many people are you wanting to seat in this room?

Great ideas. I would like to seat 4 people in the room and I don't know the exact dimensions of the room but here are a few other pictures that may give you a better idea.

Would you want a table and chairs in your new arrangement, or would bar stools at the peninsula be adequate?

Painting those cabinets is easier said than done. Make sure they are prepped properly and the right type of paint is used. Melamine doesn't hold paint as well as wood. I would consult a pro.

I think I can do without the table and chairs. I just really need the space and can do with eating at the peninsula - and yes I hear you bluenan about the cabinets. I plan to have a pro do them...just wondering about a budget now!

I also think I'm going to put the new couch on the other wall and the tv on the wall where the couch is now.

Susie, Switching sofa and TV might work, but you should watch for balance. Currently you have a lot of visual weight on the kitchen side, and a sofa also carries a lot of visual weight. If the TV is going on the opposite wall, you may want to consider including vertical bookshelves on each side of it to create balance.

Also (and this is without knowing room dimensions), if you can more or less centre the conversation area in the room - in front of the patio door area, you may get a more pleasing arrangement than you would with everything backed up against the walls.

You will need to consider access through the patio doors and from other areas when deciding on the best spot for the conversation area. But basically, without a fireplace or other architectural feature as your focal point, using the window (and hopefully a pretty view outside it!) as your focal point suggests your furniture should be arranged to support it.

Depending on the color scheme and look you develop, you can add to this window-as-focal-point by hanging some beautiful curtains in an interesting pattern, rather than the usual "background" neutral.

Just some ideas to mull over. I'm really excited for your transformation - it will be lots of fun!

Do you have some colors in mind? Do you prefer bright and happy? Bold and dramatic? Soft and low-key? Neutral? Pastel?

Thank you so much for your wonderful input. I'm excited for the transformation. At first I thought I would do bright and happy but now after seeing your suggestions for the kitchen cabinets I'm more leaning toward the grays, neutrals and and ocean colors. My condo has been for sale for more than 2 years (no surprise there) and I'd like to put it back on the market after I redo it so I don't want to do anything too dramatic that others might not like.

The furniture placement has always been an issue because of the small area and needing access to the slider. I love the idea of doing some beautiful curtains to frame the windows! I'm not good at this and I'm concerned about making some costly mistakes so I really do appreciate all your help.

For resale, you will definitely want to stay neutral. Sea and sand colors will be perfect, and will appeal to most people.

Will you sell the furniture with the condo, or will you be keeping it?

Just posting a couple of curtain ideas below. First ones are Pottery Barn and second are Crate & Barrel. If the curtains are going to go with the condo, you might want a lower price point than these - maybe Pier One?

They are both beautiful. I especially like the ones on the left. All the furniture will be sold with the condo so I do want to keep the prices point reasonable but I think either of these will work. I didn't even know Pier One sold curtains...great suggestion!

If I might, you have been so kind already, but I did want to add a photo of the long hallway that leads in to the kitchen/family room and see if you have a moment to add any thoughts about how I might be able to decorate this area as well. It's pretty long!

Absolutely, I would love to see the hallway!

Here's the hall. Thank you!

I'm not sure why the photo isn't attaching. I'll try again

Sherwin Williams Coastal Cool Collection is awesome. I am moving into a cottage on a lake and am using those colors through out.

http://houzz.com/photos/49338

I have a dream of a hot pink and orange beach condo!! Stay with me...check out the pic above....everyone does blue, right? This would be fun, fresh and unique. You could do mostly neutrals with a punch of these colors, or take it as far as you would like.

There is also a sunbrella fabric with these colors, so you could coordinate with the outdoors too. I will find it...

Barn & Bungalow

Sorry, I didn't read far enough that you were reselling.

Hi Susie, While you are working out how to attach that hallway pic, here are a couple of ideas for making a long hallway more interesting and a little less long!

You could do a long runner, or two if the hallway is that long, in a horizontal stripe. Any pattern would work really, but a stripe just seems to suit the shape of the space.

Here are some runners below - a couple are indoor/outdoor rugs, and a couple are cotton flat weaves, both of which would be easy are and suited to a hallway. Dash & Albert makes some gorgeous rugs in fascinating colorways, but I didn't come across something in a horizontal stripe. You might want to take a look at their website, though, as you may see a rug that really speaks to you and that you could use as your jumping off point for the color scheme of the living room.

If you used one of these wonderful striped rugs in the living room, you would then want to do the hallway rug in a simple stripe of just one color plus white, and that coordinates with the striped living room rug. Or, you could use a patterned rug that isn't necessarily a stripe for the hallway rug.

Another idea for this long hallway is to hang a series of pics that relate to each other down one side. I'm not sure if there are doorways along one or both sides breaking up the expanse, but if you do have a long stretch, art is the way to go. It could be a series of nature pics, or black and whites - it could be from a package of card stock that you put into simple Ikea Ribba frames even.

I thought I'd share these beautiful prints with you. At about $60. each, they may be a little pricey for the hallway because you would still need to frame them - although the framing shouldn't cost much as, again, simple white frames is all you need. They would require custom frames because of their size, though.
Alternatively, you could hang one,of two of these pics in the living room.

There is lots of affordable art online these days. Look at fineartamerica.com, saatchionline.com or affordableart.com.

Wow I love all these ideas!

Look at Sherwin Williams Sea Salt. Beautiful! I just painted our beach condo that color (was a horrible peach/coral color). I have beige carpet and off white tile and it looks fantastic. Very clean and fresh and ties in very nicely with the ocean. My master bedroom has a color close to peach for accent pillows, etc. It really is very pretty.

I've seen blues- greens- and browns together with the crisp white sheers

Thank you for all your suggestions. Finally finished the condo in June. Sold for full price in 3o days. Just wanted to share my appreciation and a few photos

A few more.

Congratulations, great job!

Susie, that up was an amazing transformation! Mthat co'or did you use in the LR/kitchen walls?

And, it looks like you had the cabinets refaced? Probably easier in the end than refinishing them?

Congratulations - I'm glad you got full price!

The kitchen walls are Ben Moore Sleigh Bells 1480 and I actually replaced the kitchen cabinets. They are from Home Depot and not that expensive. It was definitely worth it. I had the condo on the market for almost 2 years at $212k. Never got an offer then ultimately sold it for $253 after the reno. Thanks again to all who helped.

I am looking to totally remodeling a condo in destin Florida. I is a rental but future retirement. Want to change flooring too. Could you look on line at the condo. Ciboney 1011. Looking to re-do. Hopefully it would improve rental.

Greg