Oh my stars! Thank you all so much for chiming in on my color scheme dilemma. Allison, Graywings and Teacats, I am (unfortunately) white wall challenged. I love the look for other people but I've never liked a single room that I've painted white myself. (And I've painted lots of them.) My off whites always look dingy and my creams -- too yellow. The stark whites I've tried were too, well, stark. I just don't have the genes for it, I guess. shermann, Blue was my first thought but I hadn't considered something muted, in the same hue as the carpet. My mind was more on that spa color - but I think I just like that color. I really can't picture it in the room. My second blue choice was navy - but the room is long and narrow and I thought it might look like a cave. "... enhancing but rather invisible, something that enriches but isn't obvious. I love the way color in some rooms envelopes and encircles the furnishings." This is exactly what I want and I thought your blue might get me there, but then I read about the taupes and tans. Lindac and kswl, I love taupe. I have a shade in my livingroom that's a lot like china doll, a lighter shade of it in my kitchen, and it's in both baths too. But when I hold the pink and white quilt up against it -- ick. I think it is the particular color of pink that is working against the taupe. juliekcmo, That davenport tan sure is a pretty color. Like the navy that I considered, I worry that it might be a touch too dark and cavelike in my long, narrow room with just one window. camlan, I love all the pale grays I've seen popping up in rooms lately. The only thing that makes me nervous about it is -- I think my gray skills may be no better than my white ones. The light green, oh how I wish I was brave enough to try that. I think it would take someone more talented than me to pull together all that color though. But tan ... les917, I think we have a winner! When I read your post I could "see" this room come together. I even know exactly where I'll place each piece. Fair warning: It will probably take me months to finish this room. It is the larger of the two "kids" rooms. As such, it was first inhabited by my son. His mission, until he went away to college, seemed to be to hang as many skateboard/video game/rock band posters as possible. When he moved out, daughter moved in -- and so began the faux asian phase, with even more poster holes. After she left for school my mentally ill brother came to live with us for awhile. This was the portion of his illness where he was delusional. He had grand plans of becoming a famous artiste ... and hung up every drawing he completed. And he was prolific ;) He also had trouble with decision making and tried his flat screen tv out on three of the four walls, without patching the resulting holes. So. The Plan: 1. Patch 10,000 holes. 2. Either remove spilled paint from baseboard or repaint all trim in the room. 3. Paint. By "neutral light tan" I'm thinking you meant something in a straw-ish color more so than the redder or bluer tans? 4. Ask BFF re plates. (She recently inherited more blue and white than she knows what to do with.) 5. Purchase new bedding in crisp white with navy. 6. Haunt thrift stores for vintage fabrics for accent pillow covers. I couldn't find the butterfly one on the Land's End site. I love the geometric one but I am cheap and think I can find something I like just as well for a couple of bucks and some time. 7. Drive 100 miles to nearest Ikea or find similar chair closer. 8. Purchase mattress ticking. 9. Con m-i-l into making pillow covers and curtains. 10. Find matching drawer hardware to replace one that is missing on dresser and decide whether to refinish damaged top or cover with vintage dresser scarf. 11. Refinish top or locate aforementioned perfect vintage scarf. 12. Hang photo and artwork. 13. Accessorize. 14. Enjoy fabulous new room! I'll be sure to post photos when it's finished. And again, thank you, thank you, thank you!

Nor a Pro. A light Taupe color for the shutters and door is your friend with this color brick. I would paint those before painting the garage door light taupe because your windows are white. Wait it out before painting the garage door. You may not need to paint the garage door at all. Add beautiful lighting. Landscaping is key. To me this home can easily have a cottage look if you want to go that route. An arbor over the garage door. Window flower boxes. Please keep us in the loop as proceed with your project.

I guess I didn't say that I am trying to deemphasize the brick. Not sure if you can tell from the photo but they are Roman style bricks, lacking the interesting dark colors and white stain of more traditional flat brick. It seems like blues and greys would make those bright pink and orange tones pop. My original thinking was white with dark accents. But I do like the dark exterior colors that are popular now. I worry that the dark colors will just make the bright pink/orange really stand out. Ultimately I guess I am looking for the house to look fresh without changing the good bones that it has. I am trying to embrace the look of the brick. Someone want to talk about how to tone down the brick without painting it?

I actually have a similar situation- mint green. I have to remove vanity to remove rusted out sink unless a top mount might be an option. I have to remove tub too, so I'm grieving the possible loss of mist of my mint green tile because, as with yours, the vanity is tiled into the wall, and who knows what will happen with tub tile. If it's I will save all I can and polish it cover old terrazzo with loose lay. If top mount sink won't save the day, I'll use a nice pedestal sink and either try to match lower walls with diy paint tile glaze or use ship lap wainscote. I began trying a diy to remove vanity and felt horrible cutting into that wonderful, old tile job. It was impossible to do, and I mangled it badly. Tile is backed with metal lathe. Yours will be too. That said, don't live with this design if you don't like it. Just keep you design in keeping with the period of your home. Please do that. If my tile can't be saved, I'll go with the white walls wood look planks with rivets, pedestal sink or pink ceiling, black and white tile and white vaniGood luck. Don't spend too much unless not an object. Lol.