I don't have an answer for you, but I LOVE the dining room color!

Yay! Definitely, go for it - mission/arts & crafts style was made for deeper, richer, colors that can stand up to the wood tones. Do the LR& DR connect and would the same work in both rooms? My monitor isnt the best - the heather green looks actually like a blue green to me - lovely color, but it may not be accurate All I can say is I agree that yellow tones would not complement the wood and make it come alive as well as blues/grays/greens.

LOL, yes, the "Heather Gray" is definitely gray/blue/green! Depends on the light. That's why I love it. It's a Ben Moore color.

There is a hallway separating the rooms, but the open doorways to the LR and DR are in line with each other. The only place you can see both rooms at the same time (and only a small portion of each) is by the front door, and only if you are facing the front door or coming down the stairs.

Your DR color is quite bright and deep--I would not have guessed it was Heather Gray but must be my monitor and the light. It looks great with your furnishings and rug. So I think you could do a very saturated color in your LR, given the craftsman furniture and windows. I guess the question is, what other colors do you like? Deep blues, greens, rusts/reds? Or another deep gray with an undertone of color?

Here's the link to BM Heather Gray. It does look like that in my DR sometimes, or on some walls, in some light, LOL.

I'm leaning towards looking for more blue/gray/greens, rather than yellows. Definitely not red/rusts, because I already think the rugs bring in too much red.

Love the dining room! I think you could go either way with the Living Room. I think it looks nice as bright, airy and open now.

We're not done painting the trim color. We started a couple of days before Thanksgiving, ran out of time, and had to put the room back together for Christmas! It's Vanilla Ice Cream.

I like the color in the LR - you just need curtains.

IRL, the color in the LR is a very pastel mint green. It's not our style at all. But maybe a more muddied version would work, like Elemental (left) or Nantucket Gray (right)?

looking at your link, why not Millstone Grey or Silvery Moon

I have Philadelphia Cream in a small bathroom and I detest it. It was the first room that was painted a different color from the builder's dirty white. I thought the chip and small paint sample was enough for testing. Although my bathroom is small, its ceiling vaults to about 12 feet on one wall. It's a tall cube of bright yellow. I should repaint it but I'm lazy and the ceiling is high and so I block out how much I hate it. It can scream yellow at certain times of day.

Love that Nantucket Gray.

I love the idea of a deep blue! I found a few others:

New Providence Navy

Navy Masterpiece

Night Train

Blue Danube

In the Midnight Hour

and others.

Though I worry about that, because we painted our windowless powder room a dark blue in our last house, and while it looked great, it was SO DARK. Granted, it was windowless, but I think it scarred us a bit!

These are other ideas from sample sheets I already have. The DR color is in the middle to the right of the clock. That fabric sample is the 12 yards of fabric I bought for the roman shades... I'm hoping to pick a color that still lets me use it!

Left -- October Mist

Right of clock -- Salisbury Green, Heather Gray, Richmond Gray

the dining room is awesome! Love the Salisbury Green, but I also like the Elemental. I don't like the muddier colors.

I'll be the lone dissenter. I love your dining room color but think some of those dark colors don't really work with your furnishings, carpet, and wood floor. Phil Cream may be too yellow (I know nothing about it), but I'd go for a warmer cream color than what you have now.

I wouldn't be brave enough to do the hale navy (but it looks fab in the pic with the white built-ins). I think you are on the right track with elemental or Nantucket grey. Definitely a rich, earthy color as my call.

I agree with Current Resident. Craftsman and deeper colors from nature are a natural pairing. All the old Craftsman homes I've loved tended to remind me of the harmony of woodland colors, potentially from across the spectrum, including shadowy pools of water, but harmonizing in some medium-to dark value range. Many were wood paneled, of course, but a lot had paneling on the lower half of the walls so that the old wood pieces like yours blended harmoniously into it, rather than standing out as individual pieces against light walls.

So last night, I was back to yellow. Today I got some more deeper color sheets to try out. I actually don't like the deep blues in there. I also don't think I can go darker than the dining room, because the bottom half of the dining room is white. The living room won't have that, so it will be very dark. Though someday I'd like my husband to build something like this:

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The thing is... yellow, or Philadelphia Cream in particular, makes the space feel bright and peppy. I'd like less pep and more brooding. A quiet place to hide out. (We'll keep our family room bright.) Our last house was so very yellow and red (from the cherry). It was great at the time, but after 14 years, it's time for a change.

I love these so far; both pics have the same colors.

Left to right behind clock:

Salisbury Green ~ Terrapin ~ Piedmont Gray ~ Rolling Hills ~ October Mist (which looks like a less pastel version of what's already on the walls)

Top to bottom along door frame:

Terrapin ~ Salisbury Green ~ Piedmont Gray ~ October Mist ~ Rolling Hills

I tried to catch the dining room color there, as well as what the hallway will sort of be (yellow-cream, not beige/tan).

I'm loving #1 on the mantle, which seems to be #2 on the door trim.

Have you had a chance to look at BM Niveous? A warm cream with a yellow undertone, but not a yellow paint. Not bright, just mellow and calm.

#2 on the door frame is also my favorite, followed by #4. A whiter white would also be a possibility with all that warm wood and the rugs, but you'd probably need some additional art to give it a stronger presence.

That second one (Salisbury Green) actually made me gasp yesterday when I first pulled it out. I think it's a strong contender.

There is a color from Hallman Lindsay that you might have copied in the better Benjamin Moore paint, if you like it:. #0173 Pale Gingersnap. It is warm and bright without seeming over the top yellow. Their online color chart doesn't do it justice, so view a sample on site. I used it in a kitchen and dining room.

My husband didn't like any of the choices so far.

I'd forgotten I had a painted sample board of Dried Parsely, so I tossed that up on the wall. We both like it!

I love that muted green..Salisbury? but then I'm not objective..I have a similar color in one of the rooms..

Dried Parsley is nice too..a bit lighter so it seems?..

I'm wondering if the Dried Parsley is going to go minty on you? It would be good to find a green that has just a bit of yellow in it, I think. Our master bedroom was painted a deep green when we bought our house a few years ago, somewhat similar to terrapin, and it looked phenomenal with oak stain. Broody, very cozy, extremely relaxing, and received lots of compliments when visitors saw it. The room also has 3 big windows facing south and one facing east, so lots of light.

You might want to check out Sherwin Williams Arts & Crafts Paint Collection. Their colors would be great with your furniture. I love your Heather Gray dining room. I'd nix the Philadelphia Cream for the living room. I remember seeing the sample hanging up when you were working on the layout, and I was hoping at the time that it wouldn't end up on the walls, but didn't want to say anything at the time since you weren't asking about colors then.

Yes, I do worry about mint! I love the Terrapin coloring, but it looked almost black at night with our lighting. Very long room + dark color = tunnel...

We both like Pale Avocado, but worry that it would be too "playroom".

I'd like to capture the earthy/grassiness of Terrapin.