What colors do you like? Have you narrowed it down at all?

Have you looked in our Gallery? We have many color threads in there, where folks show you specific brands and colors and how they look on their walls. We also have lots of threads by room, such as kitchen, baths, etc. that are loaded with hundreds of beautiful decorating photos.

Thanks, Oceanna, for directing me to the Gallery. I haven't been there, but will definitely check it out!

I am a warm color person, and love deep reds, burnt oranges, golds, etc. I also love greens, usually of the sage or olive varieties.

In my boys' room, with an outdoors camping theme, I'm leaning toward doing SW Barn Red on the bottom and SW Toasted Pine Nut on the top, separated by a pine chair rail.

In the guest room I've contemplated SW Garden Sage, but I think I need a darker, more greyish green. The pine trim seems to bring out the yellow tones in the paint colors, and I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not.

In the great room, I'm completely lost. I want something friendly and comfortable feeling. With all of the woods, there are a lot of yellow, orange, and brown tones. Should I stick with these same warm colors, or do something cooler to bring some contrast?

I'm in the same boat (pine ceiling and medium dark wood floor). So far my rooms are either some variety of yellow or some variety of whiteish. I'm considering painting my office a "sand" type color. My DH says I'm crazy - too much brown.

Alicia, a belated welcome to the Decorating forum! Your home sounds lovely. Any chance of posting photos so we can see the color of your ceiling and floor?

Do you have any furniture that needs to be considered? Rugs? Artwork?

At the risk of being beaten over the head with a pie chart, I think your decision to use green is a good one. I agree that yellows and beiges would be too much. Greens will be a nice backdrop for the warm colors you love....use them in your upholstery, rugs, etc.

Would also love to see pics!

Mclarke, thanks for the welcome! Oh, how I wish I had pictures to post! The house is getting mudded and taped as we speak, and we are hoping to prime this weekend. Unfortunately, the pine ceiling isn't going up until after paint is on the walls, so my decisions have been based on comparing paint chips to the window trim!

DH and I are going out to prime the garage tonight before the kitchen cabinets arrive tomorrow - yippee! I'll take some photos of the house as is, as well as some of the paint chips against the window trim. I'm sure I'll be begging for all of your advice as I attempt to decorate this house!

All the trim and all the ceilings in our house are natural cypress. Our floors are wide t&g pine with a bit of stain to mimic older wood. There are no white walls here. Personally, I always feel like white walls with wood trim looks a little cold. I see it all the time, so it must appeal to others more than it does to me. YMMV.

In our house, we have the following wall colors paired with the wood:

foyer, hallways, study: Moonshine (Eddie Bauer color from Olympic)
living room: Billiard Green (Olympic)
kitchen & dining room: Blue (Ben Moore)
master bedroom: Barn Red (SW)
guest bedroom: La Fonda Antique Red (Olympic Historic series)
son's bedroom: La Fonda Deep Blue (Olympic Historic series)

IME, greens, reds and blues work very well with pine/cypress. Beige, cream, yellow and taupe are all rather tricky but not impossible. The Moonshine we have in the foyer is a very pale creamy yellow that just glows. It does very well with the woodwork, as well as serving as a buffer color between some of the other more dramatic hues.

Hi:
We have a weekend log home with a 2 story tongue and groove pine ceiling, so we also have a ton of wood, though our floors are tile. We used a moss green in the bedrooms and a red on the only non-log wall in the great room. (Sorry I don't have the names of the colors) But our favorite color, used in the kitchen, hallway, and loft, is Eddie Bauer Bungalow Gold from Lowes Signature Collection, which perfectly complements all the wood. We've received a lot of compliments on the color choices, and my BIL and SIL duplicated the colors in their North Carolina mountain home. I don't have pictures on this computer, but, if you're interested, I can hunt some up.

I have a vaulted ceiling in my LR, off white with blue accent wall was horrible...I repainted a soft gray/green and it is wonderful! Yellow in my entry is going to get repainted also. I love my ceilings!!

Our family room has a red pine ceiling and yellow pine wainscotting on the walls. The woodstove has a brick hearth and wall, and another wall has faux brick on it. So we didn't want to go with red. We waffled between a burnt orange and a moss green...definitely more olive than gray...and LOVE it. The wainscotting now pops and the room is so soothing.

This pic is the before. The wood was so uninspiring before we painted. Unfortunately, I can't upload an after photo.

Wow! I'm glad to hear that many of you have wood ceilings/trim and love it. In the beginning, I really didn't want the pine ceiling because I thought it might take the rustic feeling a little too far. But DH really had his heart set on it, so I caved. However, after seeing the finished boards, I now cannot wait to see it up in the house. The light yellow pine is so pretty, and not at all like I was envisioning - much nicer.

I'm also so glad to hear that none of you are afraid of using color! When discussing paint colors early on, DH was saying that we should stick with white so it wouldn't compete with the wood...yeah, I didn't really understand either. :) I am not a fan of white walls (they feel cold to me as well) and so now that he got his wood ceiling I get my wall colors!

As I said before, I'll upload photos as soon as I can. I didn't get any taken tonight as we were hurrying to finish painting before dark. I just wanted to chime in again and thank everyone for your input and color expertise!

Alicia

We painted our pine ceilings and I couldn't be happier. Ours were not ever coated though and had aged and discolored in places. I like the cooler colors with the yellow too. It actually would bring out the wood if you like it. If you don't like the wood I would blend it with a warmer tone like Tangier Island from Ralph Lauren.

Hi: We have a Knotty Pine Cathedral Ceiling in our Great room...It is now painted dark blue...with light coloured ash floors..I have a new sectional (dark brown) and the blue doesn't go well now..My kitchen counter is blue also..which is all open concept..Could you give me some colour ideas for my home..thanks so much..