Hi there, I don't have a paint color to recommend to you but I wanted to point out that your carpet has a pinkish undertone, and, your hardwood floor has a yellow undertone. As long as you are choosing a paint with either a yellow undertone or a pink undertone one or the other room isn't going to look good. Might I suggest going either really light, like cream, or maybe head in a different direction, like green which would go with both undertones? A warm grey could work too but I have virtually no experience with choosing grey paint colors so I cant advise a specific color.

Thank you, voila, for coming out of lurkdom to help me! This HAS been painful in the sense that I really dislike being in limbo, uncertain, and indecisive, which has also been time-consuming since I have been looking at paint colors off and on for 2 or 3 years, and stewing around about them trying to figure this out. To clarify regarding the Carlisle Cream with the hint of pink: this is not the trim color. I will try to see if I can find the name somewhere in my files, but the color of the trim for all of the house and most of the ceilings has a yellowish cast. The Carlisle Cream is only on the ceiling in the DR & MBR (and the paint chosen for the DR will also be used in the MBR which faces NW), as well as the walls of the mudroom, laundry, powder room, and MBath. You are correct that it fights with yellow, because the tiles have hints of yellow tones, and it does not look good there. Except for the 2 ceilings, the Carlisle Cream will be changed to something that goes better with all of the tiles and countertops that probably need a color with some yellow, rather than pink, in it. When we painted our former N facing foyer with Pittsfield Buff, it really pulled together the colors of the 2 small rugs and tile, which are almost the same as what we have now. But that is a whole nuther story. Wythe & Palladian Blues are on my "possible" list, so I will give them further consideration. The HC 139-141 at first glance under kitchen lighting seemed minty, but the lighting in the LR is halogen, so they look different in there. I will need to see them on a sunny day. Another vote for HC 146, 147, and Gray Wisp is good! And I really like your suggestion of Quiet Moments. It is interesting that you say, "all greens seem to go together", which I had heard before. The reason I got a new LR rug was that my old one had multiple colors of green and greenish gold on a cream field, and to me it clashed with the fireplace in daylight. I moved it into the kitchen eating area that has the same slate tile on the other side of the 2-way FP where it only gets light from the NW which is not directly on it as it is in the LR, and it looks perfect in the different light! Also, if I turned the LR rug around, it would look much better upon entering the room, but to me the green from that direction looks awful with the FP green. I think it will be a lot easier to choose the DR paint than that for the LR. I will definitely pursue looking at grayed colors for both rooms, but I would still like to try maybe a rich tan that does not lean to red or yellow and see if that could work in the LR to pull out those colors in the rug, but maybe nothing will do this? I suppose that would only add to the blendy feeling that I am so good at achieving. I had originally imagined having a sort of rich, dark cream, but I guess that would mean yellow, so it is out. A correction regarding the "drapes." They are actually 4 drapery panels on each side of a 7 ft triple casement that help to set off the piano and a small chest near the creamy beige rug, and at each end of a 4 window bank (each 42" wide) next to the chest and behind the mauve wing-back near the FP. They are not directly next to the 9 x 12 "green" rug. The 2 rugs are separated by the sofa, so you do not see much of the Bokhara when entering the LR. I know that all the detail causes many people not to read this, but I welcome comments from anyone who has the patience to work through them to give me additional guidance. Anne

Hi Jill! I did go with Shaker Beige and posted an update a while back. It looks good with the carpet now but there wasn't enough contrast for me. I don't care for the color on the wall with the wingchair in the morning - it looks pinkish (duh, I know). I put my other brown curtains back up and that helped a lot. It might not be the best color for the room, but I do like it now. I considered repainting but I'm holding off. I plan to make houndstooth plaid pillows and buy a mink fur pilow from Restoration Hardware. I also got rid of the skirted tabled and moved the wingchair and a plant to the right corner. This new arrangement, even though I tried it before, seems the most homey to me. I also added art to the right of the e.stand. I've been meaning to take an updated shot with the brown curtains. I'll try and do that tomorrow. This post was edited by sheesharee on Fri, Nov 15, 13 at 22:30

I am sorry to hear that you are not in love with the color you choose. I happen to have Pashmina in my very large entry that runs the length of my home and I have been happy with it for a nearly a decade, it really seems to have lush softness to it, almost like real pashmina. I have never felt it was "muddy" as some people say. My adjacent living room and dining room are BM Frappe which has a creamy warmth to it, but with a new floor in the entry coming in a few weeks, I have decided to change it up and was also looking for a bit lighter than Pashmina. I have a delivery from Samplize arriving tomorrow with some color options, many based on this dialog so I am happy to share my thoughts with you in comparison to Pashmina if you are still thinking along those lines. I know it's a bit 'over-done' but I have Revere Pewter in two guest rooms and my toilet closet which are all varying sides of the house and levels of light and honestly, the color really does work well anywhere and like Pashmina, it tends to give off a soft glow. I know it would be fabulous in my LR/DR, it seems to be a magical neutral, but I feel I want to change it up and inflict some self torture on myself ; ) Another yummy BM that really works for me is Mascarpone. I have it in my laundry room and am going to have my wood cabinets re-done in this as well, as my dark herringbone floor will also extend into the laundry. We did build a little getaway and I did the entire home BM White Dove which is a crisp white but just seems to lack in the "feel good" factor of Mascarpone. Sorry, this probably is not helpful information, especially if you have moved to exteriors... not sure if you are thinking light or dark but I recently was looking at darker colors for exteriors and I have to say, BM Dragon's Breath is way stunning as is FW Mole's Breath.