What color is currently on the walls? On my screen it has a very strong yellow to it. I would find a neutral that doesn't have the yellow. SW Softer Tan comes to mind or bringing in a nice white overall. Ben Moore Dove Wing.......... But I would like to know what the current color is before making any suggestions. It may be your lighting that is throwing the color towards yellow.

You have a lot of oak that is golden, in kitchen cabinets, and flooring. Also, most art isn't hung right, but we can work on that after painting. I think a soft, light blue/sage green wall color would tie everything together. Possibly SW Sea Salt #6204.

Here are some photos. Notice the coordinating colors include some gray tones

It is yellow. Benjamin Moore Stonehouse 1039.
The accent wall of the fireplace was painted by me trying to “tone the yellow down“. The whole thing needs to be re-done!
And yes the artwork placement makes me crazy too.
Seasalt looks appealing to me.

Nice idea of sea salt. here is my mocking up.

Some ivory/cream/warm off-white would work too

Muted warm olive

Oh my, BM Stone House is really golden. Yes, when you remove that, everything will look better. Recessed white speakers would be nice as well if you are using surround sound. If not, when you are prepping to paint, remove those black speakers. Then we have that wall to arrange art properly. :-)

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I love Sea Salt and have it in a room in my own home but it is a fickle color that will require a lot of sampling. It can turn very minty, especially if your windows have any type of low E tinting on them. So proceed with caution. The yellow/orange undertones of your oak can throw it too. That said if it works it could change the whole look of your space and could be lovely. Is your sofa more of a dark olive? I wouldnt do sea salt if it is. It looks like your rug is neutral with some gray blue tones in it? Is your ottoman navy blue leather? If so you could keep the walls neutral and bring in that deeper blue on your fireplace inset.

Yes the sofa is dark olive and the mock-up of seasalt does look minty to me. So the perfect creamy neutral is sounding right. So what would that be?
This input is so helpful!

I would try

Ben Moore Dove Wing

SW First Star

SW Softer Tan

Ben Moore White Down

Ben Moore Balboa Mist

If you can a great way to try these would be to order them from Samplize. https://samplize.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_pyR-Zia5gIVBJ6fCh3frgq1EAAYASAAEgJ4T_D_BwE

Takes the mess out of it and they are less expensive than buying all the paint samples.

here is Soften Tan SW, almost what you have now.

and First Star SW

I like celery girl's ivory/cream/warm off-white image above.

One more thought (and I am a big fan of Samplize.com) and that is BM Pale Oak (OC-20). It is a light grey/beige and could straddle that line, especially with the light in your room. Your blues would look great with it too. I would get a sample of it to see in your room. The beauty of these samples is they are large (12" x 12"), and they have a peel off backing so you can pull a corner back and stick them on the wall and try them in several different places at different times of day and night. I often get 4 so I can see what the color does under different light conditions in different areas. 4 also gives you a bigger "look" at the color if you place them together. Worth the cost and no disposal of left over sample paint. They ship quickly too!

There is so much beige/brown/tan/gray neutral in the room already. Cream would work, and be safe (if you go in that direction, think about looking for a rug that has a bit more blue), but I would be inclined to play off the blue accents that you already have, and go with a pale to medium light blue with just a hint of gray-green to it. On my monitor (which is very bad at rendering colors accurately) it looks like BM Stonewashed or Woodlawn Blue are something like I am thinking of, but it is hard for me to tell. Quiet Moments is another that I believe that I sampled and liked, but it is looking more gray on my monitor than I recall it to be.

Joleen Zaczek, I’d love to see your room when you’ve finished painting!

It will be a month or two but I will show the outcome!

Those chairs need a redo, hopefully you have that in the budget.

Did you decide on paint yet? I was having the same dilemma for the first floor reno we did and we ended up calling Sherwin Williams for a paint consultation - they sent over a designer who looked at what we had done and were going to do and chose 2 colors to go with the floors, cabinets and furnishings and we chose one and it was and still is perfect almost a year later. cost us $90.00 and we were given a $50 gift card to use for paint.. best decision ever..

"Trauma"? Paint?

The menu at Cheesecake Factory must give you conniptions.

Seriously.

@tatts - yes paint color can give you a bit of trauma [a deeply distressing feeling] - when you cannot decide on just the right color.. everyone deals with it differently and her definition of trauma may be different than you are understanding.. my husband and i spent a month testing out colors on the walls and could not decide.. they were to light, too green, too dark, too blue... when your are in the middle of a reno and have to choose it can be stressful. now that i look back i am glad i let someone else with more experience help with our decision..

Fifamom that’s great advice. And Tatts- I was not seriously referencing trauma. I was using language a bit dramatically because that’s what I do!
I’m impressed with the knowledge of responses from people who understand design. It’s just what I was hoping for and I really appreciate it.

Joleen,

I wrote a post that describes how I select a whole home color palette. It is long, but it may give you ideas and information that will help lower your stress.

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5832220/how-i-select-a-whole-home-color-palette

As mentioned earlier in this thread, we had a Sherwin Williams consultant come out 1 time and loved her suggestions. I would never have found the right colors, worth the money if you are doing it on your own.

Jennifer Hogan -- I’m wanting to read your article, but all I get is that “[t]he page you requested was not found.” Do you know if it is still available?

Living room was painted accessible beige and I have a new area rug. I need more or different art on my large wall and trying to decide on an accent color and color for drapes. Experimenting with mustard as in these pillows. I am keeping this dark olive sofa gray chairs and my new rug I just need help pulling the rest of it together! Thanks in advance.