love the wood, and retiring to a cabin, I'm so jealous. you could certainly add some light through the pieces around the room. a quick white wash to the table and chair set and the coffee table. I love the black white check theme you have started, keep going with that and pretty soon the wood will fade into the background. maybe white wash the two columns and maybe pick an accent wall to paint to add some contast to the wood. and I think the rugs will go a long way to brighten up the space. if you do decide to paint some of the wood, remember, the wood will always be there to return to for you or another later. good luck and happy sleeping in, you deserve it.

I'm touching up my kitchen. Reworking things isn't in the budget for a while. But some painting is. Not posting the whole thing right now, just looking for paint suggestions. I have a very small area of backspash that I want to go over in white for now. It's only about 10 4x4 tiles (in two single strips of 5 tiles) in a sort of out of the way spot, so I'm not going to argue about just wanting to go painted white with it for now. I would like it to last a while if I can. There used to be a paint on product to go over tub and tile. Meant to stick to sealed ceramic tile and last for a couple years if treated nice. Now I can only find it in a spray can. I'd rather not have to full mask off 10 tiles worth of space between the window and cabinets for spraying if I can find the paint on version. I realize I can buy the spray cans and spray into a bucket and paint with it- but again, if there is an easier paint of version I'd rather do it.

The wood around the fireplace doesn't look orangy in the pictures. It looks close to the floor color, so you could leave it alone. I don't really care for it however, no matter what color it is. I would remove it. Because you have those high windows on either side of the fireplace those walls look like they need a built-in, or a console under the side without the TV. Or leave the horizontal piece as a mantel but remove the sides.

It looks like a very nice cabinet. I am not fond of the color green, but, it seems to fit in that corner. I maybe would repaint the sideboard to match the cabinet, rather than painting the cabinet. Definitely not white. What color is the table, since we cant really see that. I wouldnt change the hardware on the cabinet since whats there fits nicely on the cabinet, and looks original. I might change the hardware on the sideboard to match the corner cabinet.