Palimpsest - will the pinkish hues work well with the dark beams? DD has never been into pink.. Any other pale neutrals that can work with the beams? I used pale powder on the ceilings in the master bedroom with theresa's green on the walls. Like it there as the room is facing east and the color just seems to morph with the light. Abundantblessings - I will check out cabbage white and borrowed light.. From the website, I too prefer borrowed light. Liriodendron- frankly when I was uploading the picture, I too was surprised at the amber color.. But IRL it feels loud, hot and brash. The painter knew I was planning to change the color so he was not very careful during staining:( The louvred doors are just primed and need to be panted. I was planning to paint it the same color as the walls in eggshell finish. That way, I hope it will just blend in. The ceiling currently is BM cream in regal select matte. I know what you are saying about the ceiling colors. In the other bedroom that is similar to DD's room, I painted the walls in BM HC-1 Castelton Mist and ceiling in HC-3 Greenmount Silk. They work well with the dark wood beams. F&B is expensive but they seem to give a matte appearance similar to lime wash which is the traditional finish on the adobe bricks. FB actually makes an excellent excellent lime wash but they do not sell it in North America. The other lime wash options I have tried did not work well.. These walls had been painted many times before, so I am OK with painting it.

Update now that curtains are hung. I LOVE being able to have some natural light while maintaining some privacy. I couldn’t order that chandelier earlier because I was heading out of town, and then the price jumped. So I’ve got my eye on it and I’ll snag it as soon as the price goes down again. I also am looking for the right duvet cover. Had held off on ordering because I was going out of town, but yesterday I found this creamy one with arrows on it. Kind of cute. Will either go this route or a solid white. The grey paint is looking more and more drab. Someone made the suggestion that a crisper white will help make the other colors pop. Something to think about I guess.

Suezbell, I am sorry the pictures really don't show a good picture of the room/ceiling. The ceiling under the loft just over 8 feet. The room is about 16 feet wide (side to side) and 12 feet long (from windows to bathroom/hall wall. The loft is the entire width of the room (16 feet) and 7 feet long. So there is about 5 feet in room (window wall) that is vaulted. Does that make sense? Yes, we have a lot of issues keeping this room cool in the summer and warm in the winter. We thought about taking out the loft altogether, but we want to keep the possibility of closing it up and making it a utility room in a few years if we end up staying in this house (we need a place to put a relocated HVAC and water heater) and doing a big renovation.

Cpartist - not uncommon to do in other parts of the world. People make things work with what they have and what is available. This one in particular looks fairly large and like it has the capability to at least be a one bedroom or have a small 2 bedroom one. Masoud - what is the intended purpose for the second bedroom? Is it for children or? I know my niece has a room with no window in her dad's apartment and with wallpaper it is actually a very pleasant room and at her current age she spends more time outside than in her room anyways with mainly sleeping there and when sleeping you generally close off the windows. I know in certain areas of the world egress is important, but even in the US there are areas where a window isn't required to be a bedroom. I'm from Europe and live in Texas and my old house had one that I used as an office and when I sold it I didn't list it as a bedroom even though the realtors all told me it was a valid bedroom. Although you appear to have a little more space (talking a few cm/ an ich) to add a wall between the door and the window it is still tight and the light will likely not reach into most of the bedroom in the back. So it may not be the best option, but if you want egress then it works.