To me, the bedrooms don't need to match the public spaces in the house, so if you want, you could keep the beach look in the bedrooms and the other scheme in the public spaces....

And it sounds like the red.green.yellow will go better with your cabinets....

I agree with Annie in all regards.

Think of red as the thread that ties all of the rooms together.

Red and yellow could go nautical with a bit stronger blue...but of course that leaves green out in the cold :(

Here is a link that might be useful: Coastal home blog

This post was edited by robotropolis on Tue, Apr 8, 14 at 9:59

Do you have color on the walls yet? Perhaps a light neutral.
Then look for a fabric with the oatmeal and all the other colors in it. Would be light and beachy and allow you to use at least some of your old accessories.

Here is a link that might be useful: beachy stripe

Will you have a basement in the new house that will be used? I am doing my first floor where all the living space is in lighter colors, but keeping the basement where my husband will have his mancave in darker, richer colors.

I have red and cream in my main living space and I am in the process of changing out my accessories and pillows to blue and yellow for spring and summer. My guest room is done in blue and white, guest bathroom blue and white. My master bedroom is being changed from yellow and brown/ cream to yellow, grey cream.

I love red and will bring it back out in the fall. I say go for the change and save your red stuff to use in the fall.

Thank you for your replies. I do agree that my current colors of red & greens will go better with my cabinets. And if I could I would change out with seasons, but I think I'd like to keep with one general color scheme. I change out some accessories with seasons, but an entire color and decorating scheme would be too much. I will try to post some pictures so you can visualize my things. I have a lot of white furniture. A white small hutch in my DR which I keep china cups and teapots in. Another white ladder style eterge. And a white washed side table. My DR table is white washed too. The sectional I want to get is from Pottery Barn and it's a camel color. For curtain panels I am all over the place as well. I keep trying to find colorful ones to bring out color, but now I am thinking of neutral ones instead. I really am all over the place!

Wendy, sounds like what I did. I have the 2 spare rooms and main bathroom in my blues. I am thinking too of having the main living area greens and pulling in blues, but, as was stated here earlier by others, the colors in my kitchen does lend itself much better to the reds & greens.

I think if I could maybe find a great area rug or fabric to make pillows or even some curtains in the colors I could then pull from there. Some of my favoritie things in my house are in my kitchen. They are on a shelf and I will be putting them on my bakers rack in the kitchen, but it'll be on a side of kitchen that doesn't face family room.

I do have to show you some pictures. It will help a lot to help me.

Any places you love to go to for curtains/pillows? Or fabrics? I can't make curtains but can make pillows.

Thanks!!!