The red and dark wood in your room remind me of my den, which has a similar red, but black accents. The walls are painted a kind of Chamois color. It's in the yellow family, but softer and more muted. I don't have the name, the previous owner's left the can for us and they color-matched it so there is no name on it.

I think that would create a lot of warmth in your room and goes well with the dark wood and red accents.

None of the darn paint websites will let me copy and paste the color swatch. But if you go to Ralph Lauren's website and search the paint colors, there is one called Chamois.

Here is an example of the color family I was talking about.

Here is a link that might be useful: Miller Paint Colors

The windows are beautiful! You are doing a fantastic job with your renovation.

If you like gold, take a look at Waverly Soft Camel at Lowe's HW. I painted my master bath with it. Coppers, reds, rusts, blues, greens all work with that color.

Please keep posting your progress. There are so many wonderful, nice and talented folks on this forum.

Cameron (another gardener who "flips" forums depending on the season)

What pretty windows!!
I am a Ben Moore person. So, I was thinking Pittsfield Buff or Powell buff. I think these colors are simliar to what the above posters were mentioning also. Soft and creamy.

Accenting with sagey green, soft blues, and browns. Finding a fabric with the those colors and the pale orange you mentioned should not be hard. Do you have a Calico Corners near you?

Keep us updated.

Smiles:)

I used Ben Moore Beachaven. Its creamy yellow. I can see it in your house. Looks good with dark floors and red furniture.

Thank you so much for all these suggestions! I've looked online at all the colors mentioned here, and they all look delicious... now to have fun with paint chips. I'm in Canada so we don't have Lowe's or Calico Corners but I'm sure I'll find something nice up here.

Bubbamommie, I love all the colors in that palette you linked me to. Thanks! I take ages and AGES to make these kinds of decisions, as I like to look at it from every angle (literally, in this case) and consider all the possibilities. That's a conflict with the rest of my family, who will point to one shade and say "That's nice, let's get it." But of course these are the same people sho don't notice that there's a new shelf display in the bathroom :)

Cameron and johnatemp, thanks for the compliments on the windows. We love them. It was one of those projects that took a hold of itself and evolved over the course of a year. There is blood, sweat and tears in that room - our teens helped us with so much - knocking out the plaster, removing the bricks, staining and varnishing the wood -- tough work but so rewarding, taught them a lot, and we have a new room that everyone loves.

Chinchette, I found Beach Haven, and it's lighter than the other suggestions, very pretty - thank you! More to choose from, which I love.

Will investigate the real color chips and get back to you!

Pam

For a warm, rich room like this I'm thinking nothing but BM Standish White (NOT white lol!) It's one of those great colors that seems to ride the middle road between a light beige and warm, NON GREEN yellow....

A paler (but still rich) version of SW is BM Palace White. I have a north exposure bedroom that I'm just now painting in that. Warm but not dark.

Both colors combine effortlessly with every color I've ever throw in with them! Orange, peach, reds, blues, golds, browns...you name it.

It's a gorgeous space btw!!

Yes -- a golden tone would work really well in that pretty room -- perhaps Benjamin Moore's "Deer Path" #CC-1047 -- a tan with slight gold undertones ......

Those windows are gorgeous and from your description this room is going to be just lovely when you're done.

I have Behr Opal Cream on my kitchen cabs and get asked what color it is all the time. If you look online, they show it against white which makes it look more yellow. It's just the barest whisper of yellow, very warm and pretty. And if you do the painting yourself, you'll love Behr paints. I've tried several different paints and like Behr the most for easy, even, solid coverage. It flows very nicely off the brush. It's at Home Depot.

The treatment you're describing is grasscloth wallpaper. It gives texture and kind of brings the outdoors inside. Batik is method of artistically hand dying textiles with a wax resist.

Please keep us posted! It will be exciting to see how your project comes out.

Here is our "gold" with red chairs. It's BM Decatur buff. Outside of this breakfast area is a porch, so we don't get much light in this area and the walls look fine.

Before blinds
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After blinds

Oh my! Even more decisions to make... I love all of them -- Jant, when I saw the Standish White, I thought, "look no further. That's the one." Of course I did look at the others and they're lovely too. Looks like I'll have to do what kittycat76 did and test a few colours at a time. I'd like it to be a slow process but Christmas is forcing me to hurry.

Thanks so much again. Newhomebuilder, what a lovely room!! It makes my mouth water!