The problem with painting wood paneling is that you can never go backwards. I can sympathize with getting visually bored, even with a beautiful home like yours. Sometimes one wants a change to add some excitement. BUT, once you do it you're stuck with it. And I would really hate to see those walls painted. I'd like to suggest two changes: 1) I like nosoccermom's first suggestion of sheetrocking the ceiling between the beams. I'd talk to a contractor to ask if that is something that can be easily removed later. The fact is, styles change and the next homeowner - or even yourself, after another 15 yrs have gone by - might want that all-wood ceiling style back again. 2) I agree with aprilneverends that your home seems serious underlit. We finished a MBR remodel in late 2015 and the biggest improvement we made was the installation of a high-power LED lighting system. Interestingly, it went in first, and even before we did any other improvements, the improved lighting made a HUGE difference. That wasn't just our opinion, btw - even the various contractors agreed! One other point I just thought of: In nosoccermom's first photo, you'll notice the slightly darker wood floor really makes the patterned rugs "pop". Your beige carpeting so mutes the rugs, at least from the photos, I had to go back and look at them again to realize how beautiful they really are. Anyway, I agree - your "before" photos are what many folks would love to have as is!

Million dollar question - how do you determine the color hue of the grey tile? This is where a lot of people go off the deep end with the undertones nonsense. As in those undertones are sneaky and you have to watch out because they are hard to see and only people with a "trained eye" can see them blah, blah, blah. Hue family and undertones are distinctly different. Detailing the difference is long so I'll skip it, but trust me they are not the same thing. There are two ways to determine hue family. The most accurate is to measure the color with a device like a spectrophotometer or a colorimeter like a Color Muse. The resulting spectral data defines the hue family for you. This is how color experts do it. I never go anywhere without a Color Muse or a NIX sensor. If you don't know how to measure color with a device and use the resulting data to determine hue family, then you have to eyeball it. And you do that by comparing colors. Compare the uncategorized color to a big chip of red, blue, green, yellow, etc. and the hue family should be obvious. Color responds to its context. Comparing one color to another is basic context. It is no different from human kids and parents. See a kid running around at the playground and he looks like any other kid. Put him in context with his family and suddenly you are able to recognize similar features and compare attributes, and it quickly becomes apparent that junior is a chip off the old block. Same thing happens with color. Through the process of comparison, you will see the hue family to which a color belongs. More info on this link with a cheat-sheet of hue parents to use for comparison from Ben Moore and SW.

I can try when I get home, but the lighting isn't finished and the one window in there is still blocked off, so I'm not sure the lighting is good enough to show what I'm talking about. My gut feeling is overall it'll be less noticeable when everything is installed like when we've finished other areas, but just don't want to bring out the pink undertone if I can help it. Lisa

As far as I can tell, you have layers of yellow tones. The wood tones appear to be tone-on-tone. Which, if you must have multiple species of wood, then this is the way to do it. As for staining maple and pine/fir...good luck. Neither of these woods like to take a stain. And both like to turn a stronger colour as they age. One of the few ways you can change the colour is to go DARK. Not mid-tone....but dark. And even if you wished to have dark floors, you still have to find the professional who can get BOTH types of wood to take a stain in the same way. That's an art for in itself. Just to get the floors the same colour, you will be paying "top shelf" for one of the best wood flooring professionals in your area...possibly your state. There will be a handful of professionals who could handle this in a mid-sized city (200,000 people). I'm sorry to say but the charm of this property is the light, airy Scandinavian-inspired use of wood. I would wait until the home is empty before making any decisions. Adding in paint to the trim will be one way of reducing the amount of wood you can see throughout the home. That might be the better way to go. If you are having a hard time visualizing any of this, you may want to engage a colour consultant/interior designer who can help you see the possibilities. A home like this would benefit from professional talent.