great room please? http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/decor/msg011445575187.html

I also agree that beadboard on doors & backsplash would be too much. The upper cabinets are the original..looks like they were just built along with the house. I believe the doors are just painted plywood. The frames are solid. I wanted the creamy white on both the upper and lower. The lower cabinets are in great shape...they just don't do a thing for me, and I wanted them a lighter color. Then I wanted the beadboard backsplash. But...then I saw pics of doors with beadboard and like them! ugh...so would need another backsplash idea then too. Will try & figure out later today how to put a pic on here. I'm sure I will get wonderful ideas here :-)

first i would remove the nick nacks from where they are as they are off balance, and the walls definately need some paint they are awfully light..with the golden oak they could use a color that will bring out the undertones of the oak..the white appliances go well with the white appliances so if they want to save money stick with those but add color to the wall and pay more attention to the placement of the accessories, esp the ones on top of the cabients..either remove them or place them in a more attractive placement, they are somewhat short and crowded together, so they don't really add to the beauty ..the white accessories will really pop with a different wall color..there are a lot of choices that you can make to highlight the golden oak, one would be a sagey green, as green will compliment the oak but there are tons of other colors..the tiles on the backsplash right now are great for the blend with the counters and appliances but white against them will not pop..so when you do the wall color, find a small kitchen type accessory that will pop off of the white, such as the cookbook on a cookbook holder against the white tiles..and a bowl of fruit or a green plant.you have green in the stools so a green, sage maybe, would work well if that is a color you like there..the grey tile is nice..and maybe a small green throw rug on the floor or some green valences or more green plants to tie the greens in..i guess i'm leaning toward sage green, but a lot of other colors would work for sure

She's 11 years old and originally wanted lime green walls. Then when she saw the lime green chair that she wants, I suggested blue walls might be better. So she chose the Persian Blue. To be honest, I wasn't crazy about lime green for the walls. I agree about the white being boring! I honestly didn't think it would be too much color, but my oldest daughter thought it would be and has me second guessing myself.