Thanks for all of the replies. To answer your questions: 1) Energy efficiency concerns are not really an issue. We are in Redondo Beach, California (Southern California). 2) Afternoon light is not too much of an issue either. There is a 2nd floor balcony overhang above the glass wall. And there are tall buildings surrounding us and a few tall trees in the backyard and many tall trees in the neighbors yard that block most of the afternoon light. If anything, our challenge has been to bring more light into the house since the 30 foot house to the south of us blocks most of our direct light. We have added some large skylights above the stairwell to bring in additional light into the interior as well. 3) There is not too much fishbowl effect since the window faces a fenced backyard and the land slopes down west towards the ocean. 4) The space is not meant to be a media room. My husband and I do most of our tv watching at night in the bedroom. It will be our primary indoor entertaining space along with the adjacent kitchen and dining areas. That said, we are not big entertainers since we are both somewhat introverted and we are a small family of 3. But we would be at least hosting occasional extended family get togethers of 12 or more people. 5) There is a small ocean view from the corner of the west living room wall between 2 ocean front high rises. Otherwise we will have to make our own view with nice landscaping which we cannot afford to do right away but probably will be able to do in about 2 years. 6) The house is a California modernist style and my husband feels strongly about maintaining the wall of glass (with absolutely no drywall) as an architectural feature. He thinks that even adding a small section of drywall (i.e., roughly 7' wide by 32" high - just enough to lean a sofa against) would ruin the look. He says that we can pull in chairs from the adjacent dining area and kitchen island when necessary. Also, since this is a year round indoor/outdoor climate, we will have space in the backyard for entertaining too. There is no principal architect on this project. It is more of a design/build situation. We had very strong ideas going in on what we wanted and a limited budget, so for better or worse we designed it mostly ourselves with the help of the builder's drafter. So far we are thrilled with everything. We are about 2/3 of the way finished with the framing, rough plumbing, rough electric, roof and HVAC finished. At this point I'm leaning towards going with my husband and leaving it as a wall of glass since he feels so strongly about it, but I'm wondering if I will regret not having maximized the seating area in the living room. Any and all opinions are welcome. Thanks.

Your blue TV wall is the only accent wall you should have. As sue j says, consistent paint color in open spaces is the way to go. Instead, use art work, pillows, and rugs to bring color to your space. The walls should be background, not foreground. Some suggestions to bring more texture and pattern into the space: --living room rug --blue/tan/dark red Consider looking for a midcentury style Craigslist search for a long, low credenza to fill three fourths of the TV wall. Your media console disappears into the wall--maybe a good thing. But if you see an affordable beautiful long wood piece for that wall, it would really add warmth to the room. Dining area: add a large art work to the wall in blues/tans/reds instead of thinking about an accent wall.

60” love seat with two ottomans: Leaves space for reading chairs on either side of window and console table at window with lamps.

Thank you ALL for your comments and advice! I will get a sample of SW Pure White to compare it with the other options. Among the initial colors, I am now actually leaning towards Decorator's White for the walls - it definitely works in the kitchen and it actually may balance our (mostly) warm furniture in the living room. Using this paint in both rooms would tie the two spaces together. For the trims, I am leaning towards Behr Ultra Pure White or BM Chantilly Lace. Considering this is a room that gets A LOT of natural light (particularly in the morning, windows facing east and south), would there be any particular recommendation for the sheen? I was thinking eggshell for walls and satin for trims. We have a small daughter, so we value durability and ease to clean...