Hi Carambula--I had the EXACT same problem and went absolutely nuts choosing a paint color. I have a very open floor plan, a caramel leather couch, mahogany cabinets. Everything I put on the wall looked pink or grey or really yellow (and I tried a lot of samples!). In desperation I tried a color I saw in a magazine and it worked! So try Kelly-Moore Swiss Cream. Not too dark, stays warm, not grey and stays on the right side of pink. I don't have any pictures yet, but can try to take one this weekend if you are interested, since I've finally unpacked my camera from the boxes!

You can post pictures as a link in the text box. First upload it to a photo hosting site, like photobucket.com- or at least that's how I've been doing it =P About your color dilemma, I would suggest a monochromatic color scheme. You know those strips you find in the paint dept. of similar colors in three or more shades? like this: http://www.homerenotips.com/images/house3.jpg Pick a ton of those up to see which goes with your furniture, and select one strip in which you like all of the colors . With an open floor plan, this allows all your rooms to coordinate flawless and with ease. If you feel this will be "too boring"...paint accent walls in coordinating colors- beige walls with an olive green accent wall etc. etc. Here is a link that might be useful:

There's another thread about design seeds which is a website that takes lovely photos and uses them to inspire color schemes. In the thread linked below, I suggest ways in which you can use a palette to create rooms that all coordinate and flow without being all one color. You might want to take a look at that. You've got a lot of beautiful rooms to work with. Pretty generally, the best place to change a color, if not at a doorway, is at an inside corner...though if you have a good painter, you can break it at outside corners too. Here is a link that might be useful: Applying design seeds

I feel your pain, having gone through this myself in the recent past. I agree that stayong with lighter colors is wise, there are so many wonderful off whites. I finally picked SW Shoji White basically by closing my eyes and pointing at it! Fortunately it worked out : ) I've painted that color throughout and am picking one or two other walls to highlight in richer color. However, 3 of the LR walls are shoji white and the trim will be the same color--very 50's vintage! I'm really glad I didn't go with a grey toned off white like grey wisp, since my house, like yours, doesn't have overhead pot lights and a grey tone would've been very cold. As Annie says it's hard to tell what undertone to suggest without seeing the colour of your brick and redwood. If they have a really prominent red tone, one idea is to pick an off white with the faintest hint of blush, like maybe Pompeii OC 82 or Antique White OC 83...obviously the undertone would depend on your brick/ I've seem this done and it looks wonderful. However, if you really want a greyish tone, I loved the look of BM French Canvas OC 41 and Classic Grey OC 23. For less of a grey white, I liked Grand Teton White OC 132. Chances are you can't go wrong with an off white : ) Good luck!