The problem with a really brown shade is that it will dull down the appearance of your wood countertops. The counters read as red-gold. The highest contrast to that would be a blue green. A more yellow green would pick up the gold and be a softer contrast. A more blue tone, like a spruce or a deep blue-gray, could be very soothing. If you want to stay with warmer colors, try going for a good value contrast (i.e., light vs. dark). A reddish beige tone, for instance. All of these tones are in your backsplash tiles (I'm assuming you were showing us the mosaic, not the hidden subway tiles). The best way to choose paint is to get samples of all the different colors you think you could like, paint large patches of each on different walls, and see how they look in different lights. Daylight, shaddow, rainy light, electric light, etc. Some which look fabulous in one light look dreary in another. One, at least, should look good whenever you catch sight of it.

I think the room needs some contrast. It's all blending together to beige & more beige. Does the granite have some green in it? Maybe a grayed-out green would work... like these:

on the wall with the arched mirror, opposite It, is a very nice color. It seems to go very well with your cabinets. I would continue that color into your kitchen.

Thank you!! I actually thought that 10 inches may be too small, but this is good to hear. One website said to go with the width of the island (44) - 12 to determine max diameter of pendant. That would imply 32 inches! And our house is northwest/lodge style- we want to modernize it, but we can’t make it TOO modern or it won’t go with the rest of the interior.