Grocery stores are probably not the best place to look for pallets since most of the pallets they get must be food safe and therefore expensive. Look for pallets at nurseries or any of the so called dollar stores or other businesses that recieve non edible products in large quantities. Keep in mind that to keep from having these items pile up many of these stores may have a contract with a company that makes mulch to haul them away.

The brick is very limiting. I wonder if it was original. It seems out of character. I agree with you that traditional Victorian colors aren't going to work with the brick. In any case, I would just go two shades lighter with the trim color. The contrast with the white is too much now and the overall effect is very dark and unwelcoming. Then see how that looks with the small amount of siding (unless there's more of it on the other sides of the house). Does the brick need to be power washed? In the pictures it doesn't look like the same color everywhere.

Taliesin red! If you like it, you might do the body of the house in the cream you find on the body of the buildings in Taliesin. Even Frank Lloyd Wright didn't use pink for the body in Taliesin. If you don't want to play up the Wisconsin FLW details, I think an olive green would look great. Organic and period, but not something you have to be an FLW fan to recognize.

Thanks all! I probably shouldn't have mentioned the colors because my core question was just is it a best practice to paint it all one color or am I being crazy for thinking about two-tones! To everyone's point - yes I posted the empty box! We are starting pretty much from scratch with all new everything in these rooms except the dining table (different from the original pic). So the sky really is the limit! Everything is leftover from our old house and we're just getting to design these rooms. I have attached the current pictures but I don't really want to design around anything here. Couch is being replaced with something neutral (beige or light gray), area rugs are old and need to be replaced, dining chandelier is in my cart as we speak to be ordered, etc. For the person asking about the ceiling...it's plaster swirl. This room and all the bedrooms have it. It is very common in homes of this era where I live but sounds like maybe not in your location. The walls are also skimmed with plaster swirl so no wall paper :( Formal living areas - couch and rug leftover from our old home and being replaced: Dining room (chandelier to be replaced, but table will stay) Hallway outside the two rooms just got new board and batten. Main wall color in hallway and throughout house is BM Silver Chain: SW Tradewind mock up (one color): I love the lighter, fresher vibe Two tone SW Tidewater + Riverway mock up (two tone)