Personally I love an all neutral palette, but I wouldn't have said that 2 years ago! What's good about neutrals is you can bring in ANY color to make the room as bright or as drab as you prefer. With your beautiful dark flood and trim, you could go in any direction, and involve your neutrals, too.

Since you already have a bed, you may as well start w/bedding to finish up that portion of your 'project'. You have to decide if you would like a print, solid, tone-on-tone, etc. There are so many alternatives, so just think of it as the beginning of a new adventure.

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Here is a link that might be useful: here....

Patty cakes, the creme comforter set is the new bedding, so your not a fan??? Underneath my old comforter which I still like is a patterned floral with plum and taupe gold , same as the dust ruffle. I even have matching floral panels,I just tore everything down, including the softshades, yikes its bright in here!
The shams have really pretty embroidery too, and then I thought I would add colorful pillows. OR I'll just take it back . The truth of it all is I want to PAINT!!

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Sorry sew, I misunderstood, or read too fast and it didn't sink in! LOL I have a white embroidered comforter I love and use in the summer, so yes, I do like yours!! When you say a color, are you picturing, 'in your minds eye', bright(red/rust/yellow), cool and subdued(stone blue/aqua/sage green), or neutral(taupe/brown/gold)? You have a blank slate and choosing a color can sometimes be overwhelming. Just keep in mind you will be living with it for quite awhile so choose something you won't get tired of. If you're planning to use the dust ruffle and things you already have, look for colors in those tones/shades.

First thing to do is go out and collect paint samples to get an idea how different colors will work in your room in the daytime as well as evening. You'll find you get a lot of variation, depending on the light. I like Behr paint which you can find at HD. Bring home a BUNCH!!! ;o)

I started painting the ceiling today, I painted BM White
Dove on the ceiling and the lower tray. I will probably paint the crown area Carrington Beige. I thought I'd get more response regarding choosing Carrington Beige for my walls. Hope it's a good decision...anyone???

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Here's Carrington Beige, and I don't like it, so I will be heading to the paint store in the mornign tinting it to something else.
I'm comfortable with Powell Buff, and Decatur Buff, so when the gold is gone, I'm realizing neutrals then become blah to me. Any suggestions??? Thank You for paint guidance, how I wish I would have bought the $5 sample, I have 2 gallons!!

It's hard to tell from the pic. Is that the carrington that you started to cut in with? So little of the wall is painted, it is hard to judge if it works or not.Part of the problem is that it might be too close to the color of the new comforter. Since you already started, I would paint out that wall, move the bed back and live with it for a few days. As the paint cures, it will look different. Don't give up yet! Scroll down the link to Spolina's pics of Carrington in her FR. IT's such a soft color.

Neutral walls.....nice! I'd add some drama with accessories.