After removing as much of the paste as possible, do a coat of Gardz as a primer before painting. It will not interact with any residual paste to protect your paint job. It's available at the Home Depot. Here is a link that might be useful: Gardz

Hmmm... I looked at some photos of Pittsfield and Napery and they're lovely, but they're just a step under what I'm looking for. If this abstraction helps at all, I'm looking for one step beyond "safe". Not over-the-top dramatic and too dark, but not super neutral. The wall colors are fine. If all I had to worry about was the walls, I'd just stick with the Twilight Gold. It's the darned 8 ft ceilings. Harumph. I guess I need a camel color that is not as deep as Twilight Gold. I keep ignoring my painter's calls! ::Gulp::

Ikplatow - That's so nice of you to offer! Thanks! I've heard IKEA is a fun place to hang out. I did think about road tripping it one day but I just looked on mapquest and it's over a three hour drive. ..... For now, I'll focus on painting and the bed. :) I'll probably change my mind a bunch before I settle on curtains. I would hate to get down there and see others that "could work". I'm known to return things and that wouldn't be an option in this case, lol! I really do think it's ridiculous that you can't buy certain things online. I was just at Kirkland's site the other night and was considering ordered wall sconces but NOOOo have to go to the store for them too. That would also be a trip and a half.

my3dogs - I remember seeing your bathroom in an earlier thread. Very nice. Now that I see the name "Cecelia", it sounds familiar. I think we do have the same granite. Your tile is a bit darker than mine. When we picked our granite and tile it was based on a 6" sample that had only bits of the dark color in it. We picked the tile to coordinate with the sample. I like the granite slab that we got, but I wish I could have selected the tile by comparing it to the actual slab (I would have gone darker with the tile). That is where I keep getting confused with the color. Since I don't think the tile and the granite work well together, I can't find a paint color to complement both. I do love color, but I'm tempted to just paint the bathroom a neutral cream/beige/off whited/etc... Or maybe something like rust. The cabinets are dark and the granite has slight grey/blue tones, in addition to the rust and creamy colors. That is where I got the grey/blue idea. There are deep purple specks in it too. I just finished painting our 1/2 bath SW plum brown to pick up on those colors. Here are some more pictures of the bathroom. The tile and granite actually look a lot better together in these pictures than they do in real life. I hope you're able to see what I am describing. It is hard to capture the true color of the granite, but I think the first picture is the best. As you can see, I haven't done a thing to it yet! The light fixture will be replaced and I want to frame the mirror after painting. Looking down on the counter, showing a bit of the cabinet and the floor: From the entrance off the master bedroom: Around the corner to the shower and toilet: Granite close-ups (these look a little dark to me): This close-up pic shows the green: