I love the idea of continuing the shiplap 1/2 way up the wall into the living! Since you have a fair amount of green in your decor, I would paint it a faint grey-based sage, so it won't clash with your furniture, and will still match when you get new stuff! As for the dining room, I would repaint in a solid neutral color (greige?), replace the rug and get some bold drapes to bring more color to the room.

Actually a gray color is the best color to paint the walls to tie it all in. You either have muddy or clean base colors and all your colors seem to be pretty clear based. Grays are the perfect for clean base color palettes. I have posted some examples below with home similar to your in scheme where you can see they have used a gray neutral with fresh colors

Honestly no more ship lap and too many horizontal finishes IMO and I find those oversized utensils just tacky why not some art

Patricia Colwell Consulting.... you know what I find "just tacky"... the way you decided to "help" me with my design dilemma. your approach is very rude and frankly pretty hurtful...

Terravista Interior Design Group would you use a gray even with my tan-ish furniture? and thanks for your advise. I like the pale oak color in the selections you posted... I feel like painting my dining room is probably going to have to happen???? and probably even recovering the d. room chairs? yes? no? (and I like my oversized utensils :) )

Yes if you see in the example picture on the bottom they have similar colors in dining chairs and draperies. Go with a softer cooler color so the warm bases don't drab either other out. Does that make sense?

The yellow paint is extra ick, but I wouldn't go as light as some are saying or as gray. I'd lean towards a light to medium taupe to work with the floors and cooler kitchen. It would all pull together.

It's a fun place, but you're ready for change. I think the wide dining room stripes are in conflict with the more narrow shiplap, so that's a place to start. If I were going to do more shiplap, I'd do it in the dining room, not the yellow room. You could take it all the way up to the division between the lower and upper parts of your windows, Top it with a plate rail, and then add a nice pop of color at the top, like the cherry red from the chairs. Start a collection of plates to put on the rail. If one of those two DR walls is wide enough for the china cabinet to stand against it, I would reverse the two pieces there so nothing has to be cornered. Unless you're really tired of it, I think the yellow could stay for a while. Think about slipcovering the sofa and chairs in the cream color from the buffalo check chair, and get a new rug and pillows to change the vibe.

What a great space; open, happy and fun, gray in there anywhere would be a buzzkill IMO. To cover the yellow, I'd pull a color from the LR rug, aubergine or a red/pink. And purple, red or pink would work with your green striped DR, which I love. Regarding the shiplap in the LR, I'm not sure about it, TBH, because of the two stories and the alcoves, it *might* make it look choppy, especially if you have to fudge sizing in the alcove. But it would lend nice texture to the walls, and you could even do a horizontal treatment or bordered treatment in the alcove(s) or above to add more interest.

You have a lovely space, and don't feel hurt by the Patricia Caldwell's of the world, they scurry back to their under-bridge lairs once they spew their nastiness.

I actually love your space. So fun! I understand the need for updates so I can’t wait to see what you come up with....Btw...the ship lap looks great!

Finally done with updates

Thanks for all your help!

Wow. I never saw your original thread until now. I thought your house looked nice before but your refresh is wonderful! Well done!

Thanks so much!!!