I'm really into grey right now, so that is my vote. I see a few patches of grey on the wall next to the fireplace, window and backsplash and think it looks nice. My purpose of using grey is to make other accents in the room stick out -- in your case, the Blue would really "POP" as well as your woodwork. It would be a LOT of grey though. As an alternative, you might want to think about painting the ceiling white above the cut-line which would include the Vaulted Ceiling, the Kitchen Ceiling and the Fireplace Wall. Tricky ceiling angles. mmmmhhh. P.S. What's up with that little clock on that big wall so high up. How do you change the batteries? LOL. Just messin' with ya. Cool room BTW -- :)

Unfortunately, there is no waiting to choose paint; I have one week left. But yes, I definitely plan to add some bright colors. I have an accent wall right now, and I just don't love it as much as I do in magazines. I just remembered today that we got this very cool orange bowl for our wedding that has just been sitting in a closet for years, because it didn't match anything we have. It might be time to dust that thing off! I also love cobalt blue, which I think would look great in the kitchen, but probably not so great in the living room (probably clash with the blue I'm leaning towards--I tried a sample of Meditative today). I guess there are upsides and downsides to trying to do make over a big chunk of the house at one time: stress now, but less hodgepodge whem it's done. Thanks for the ideas so far!

Putting beige and gray together in the same space used to be frowned on, but lately I've seen this done rather successfully, for instance where the rug was gray and the upholstery beige. With my light beige upholstery my new carpeting is going to be a warm gray color called London Fog which I would say is more or less greige. However, for a wall color I would probably choose something lighter, more like the solid color of your rug. It's already next to the "yellow" floor and I don't think it clashes. That color would lighten up your living room considerably and make the art on the wall pop more.

Pretty house with lots of light : ) . Do you want sheers or something more substantial? If you have an Ikea near you, they have good, inexpensive curtains -- sold in pairs no less -- and hardware (rods, etc.) too. You can go solid, for example the Aina linen in gray or white or blue, or gray/white, or black/white, black/aqua/white, etc. Any of those would work, it just depends on your preference.