I see this languishing way down on the Design Dilemma queue. That's not good.

There is something so wonderful about the light spaciousness of that room that I'd suggest you go for a very light grey -- I think cool will work better with the blue-green range of colours you are thinking of. White trim. I was thinking it might be best to decide on the fireplace when your furniture is in and the walls are painted, but I suspect carrying the wall cover over it will work best, because it really is a rather imposing chunk, isn't it?

Not sure about the aqua ceiling .... I'd like to hear others' opinions about that.

Thank you for your input. The fireplace is an imposing chunk of white, as you said. My instinct is to go gray but my husband thinks we should leave it white and it will blend better when we add fireplace furnishings and get everything else in place. The room is very light filled. In fact, it is a west facing room and during the long days of the Pacific North West summers we need to close the outside blind to keep from baking in the afternoon. The sunsets are awesome and we have a lovely park view, so we'd like to keep any window treatment minimal.

Well, given your disagreement so far then it would probably be a good idea to leave it white and see what it looks like when the room is furnished. It grabs a disproportionate amount of the attention in an empty room.

White semi-sheers would be beautiful, unless you need extra insulation for the winter, in which case white textured linen with blackout lining might be a better bet.

Your furniture choices are beautiful. I'd love to see what art you are planning for the room.

Very true, K. White is a great equalizer for art, unless you have a particular piece that really pops on a colored wall, which we do not have at this point.

Rina, the artwork is still undecided. I am in the mode of getting rid of stuff I used to love, and starting fresh. The paint colors will help decide. I am a painter so can create a new painting to fill a void or become the missing link. I'm also going to crochet a pouf, once I decide which color it needs to be.

OK rethinking the colored ceiling. The current ceiling is white and nicely done with a textured finish. If I go with an aqua/turquoise accent wall instead, and the rest of the walls gray, and keep the ceiling white, then the white fireplace won't stand out so much and I can keep it white, along with all the trim. Thoughts?