I wonder if F&B colors vary so much during the day with different lighting because of the absence of black in their paint, as well as the volume of colorants in their paint? The Cornforth White is pretty consistent in our rooms: a light pale neutral gray, although at the brightest time of day, I once thought I saw a slight green undertone. In morning light today (east window), I took the whole ensemble of my plans: our china, the F&B Pale Powder, one of many light green upholstery samples but this one has some silver embossing which I like, and art wall which brings in the Phillipsburg Blue from the dining room as well as the olive colors of the family room rather nicely. With a gold tone frame, it will offer a second color of gold found in the Hampton chandelier. F&B Blue Gray and Pigeon tucked in plate: I am thinking to forego cafe curtains and look into reed roman shades instead to bring in warmth. Top down for the kitchen and the pull up, push down for the bath in same material. F&B Teresa's Green and Green Blue may work too as it's a little more pronounced than Pale Powder. Do you think I should go slightly darker with the F&B accent color? The choice may be used on chairs and table legs. Thank you for your feedback. It helps me a lot. I'm not feeling my husbands red and yellow in the space, or any bright primary color, but he's okay with what ever I choose. He just wants to get back in the kitchen. :)

Here are a few pictures I’d like to paint. One is a 2 story wall above/around my front door. The other is a small wall under my stairs that you first see when entering my front door. And the last is my dining room. My whole house was beige & these 3 areas were/are a darker beige. I painted all the the walls that were previously beige using Edgecomb Gray. I now want to paint the walls that are still a dark beige to a dark gray. I get pretty good light & as you can see, I have a lot of warm woodwork.

There are many coordinates for Classic Gray. Accent walls…very few rooms get away with one and it seems you are planning on several. Why do these walls deserve another color? You have to showcase something.. a back drop for furniture or to highlight the design of the wall…. Each room and its purpose (for instance a media wall or bedroom wall behind the headboard) would work. Other than that, I would use fabric in coordinate colors. Photos would help.

Sounds like a fireplace re-do might be a longer-term fix. In the meantime, I'd paint the mantle a dark brown, a similar colour to your end tables. It's not trim and shouldn't be white. It pops out too much in the white colour. Another idea that doesn't involve any ripping-out is to go right over the existing mantle using a mantle slipcover in wood. Here's one of many how-to's on the internet. If you stained your brick as well, you could have a whole new look. https://www.fwmadebycarli.com/2011/01/making-of-slip-covered-mantel.html