Beautiful drapes. Definitely use a light tan as similar to the background of your drapes for your wall paint color as you can find (or lighter but not darker) and consider taking a drape panel with you to the paint store. Try to find a tan without any pink or yellow hue. Definitely would not want wallpaper in this room. Much too likely that it would clash with those floral drapes. You might use a non- floral (geomtric or striped) wallpaper trim tape at the top of your wall -- but in a different room -- for your wallpaper wall rather than adding wallpaper to an entire wall. One wallpaper option might be to wallpaper the back wall of a bookshelf -- something much more easily removed from any room if you find it doesn't work well visually.

We just installed new Window World windows (using their "beige" trim) and will be putting a new roof, soffit and fascia on this small brick house. Would love to receive your suggestions on color(s) to make this home pop. The new roof will be architectural shingles in "Estate Grey" which is a blend of medium and dark grey shingles. We will be painting the new soffit and fascia. It looks like the old soffit and fascia was painted white. We will be repainting the window trim (which is currently an unknown dark creamy beige which does not look particularly good with the new window trim color). We will be repainting the shutters (which are currently dark New Orleans green which does look good with the brick--we just want to consider other colors for a new look). We want to change the color of the (concrete) porch landing and steps (currently painted a dark brick red). Our painter has suggested a dark grey for the landing and steps--a nod to the color of the new roof. The screen door is old--but still usable, so we will need to repaint it. The front door (which you can barely see in the photo) is the same dark creamy beige as the window trim and will need to be repainted. The old copper gutters will be coming off. The iron railing will remain, and it will also be painted -- probably the same color as whatever we paint the shutters. No one in the family has an eye for this, so any suggestions for color of soffit, fascia, window trim, shutters and porch would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Anne in Baton Rouge

Your granite is pretty. Is that your actual slab, if not have you picked out your slab(s) yet? You may want to decide your island color once you see what colors are in your slab. One website listed onyx and pewter, your slab looks blue to me. Between the colors you showed, I liked the darker blue, I think it would be more of a timeless neutral. I would also be drawn to a charcoal, to tie in with your black hardware.

can you take a larger pic of the home? If you want to moderize the look, I'd remove the shutters, get a a more modern front door, and prob redo the garage door this is a modern look so is this one. look how they did the garage door and the yard surrounding it. the arbor is a nice touch too something along these lines. Also, the landscaping really needs an overhaul to complete the look. those shrubs do nothing for the home. look at this after shot of the flower beds. you have that tall spot on either side of the window. you need some tall plants there. redo the flower beds and bring in a vertical plant Here's another nice yard makeover, new garage door and the darker contrast color w/the brick. if you want to try the paint, here are some colors that work w/the brick