ali7895, we have an open concept house, and we wish the original owner had installed outlets in the floor, especially since there's one logical place for a sofa, so outlets in that spot would have made sense. We compounded the error ourselves by not installing floor outlets when we replaced the original carpeting with hardwood. We have pot lights that we almost never turn on, as we find overhead lighting in the living room is harsh, so we use table and floor lamps pretty much exclusively. The lamps on either end of our larger sofa of two has an extension cord under the sofa, but the cord still has to travel a few feet to the wall outlet.

Unfortunately I can't get good pic today of finished floor with room because there are cabinets/ boxes everywhere and floor is covered. Here are some views taken but not sure if they are very helpful. I'll try to post better later if I can today.

This might help for what your searching for : http://bit.ly/island_lights

Here is the problem - you are looking for a paint color based on 2 inch square swatches compared to huge expanses of the colors already in your home. If you have a sample of the countertop that you can take outside - that it the ideal answer. If not you will need to make do with a gerry rigged method using the counter top in place. Get a large white sheet. Gather samples of the colors that must stay ( a drawer front, a sample of flooring that closely matches if an actual sample isn't available, a sample of the granite. Gather as many colors as you can from the neutral and heavily muted colors at the paint store. The lighting in the paint store will confuse your brain - pick up everything even if it doesn't seem good in the store - you may be suprised by what works when you get them home. If possible, take all the colors outside and cover a table with the white sheet. Lay the samples of the colors that must stay on the sheet and place one color sample at a time next to the colors that have to stay. If it works in natural daylight it will work anywhere. If it is not possible to take a sample outside cut a hole in the sheet and let a small section of the counter show through the hole in an area near a window. If that is not possible get a good lamp with a 5000k lightbulb and place the lamp so it shines on the hole in your sheet. You can limit the amount of any sample of the things that must stay by doing cutouts on the sheet. Typically one or two colors will feel right. This is going to be the hue you want. More than likely when you purchase a sample and paint a large section of wall it will read more vivid than the color you picked from a tiny sample. More space- more color. But you will know that you are in the right ball park and can use tools like EasyRGB to discover similar colors that are slighly less saturated. I worked with Miller Paint when I first discovered Devine. They were amazing. Don't know how they are today, as it has been 20 ish years ago. If I were in their service area I would work with them again in a heartbeat. Hope this helps narrow your choices :-)