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Wife and I are looking into repainting the interior of our house. You'll see the paint test zones on the wall scattered around. Our house was painted by the previous owners. I just recently finished staining the cabinets and rebuilding the kitchen island. (Mind the mess in the photos!) Anyway Here's the photos. Looking to repaint the entire Foyer. I was considering painting the inside of the front door Red to match the outside... Still not sure. As for colors for the Kitchen/Living area we were looking for something more neutral in the house. The only requirements my wife has is no yellow (apparently its a couples fighting color) and that we don't paint the fireplace wall something that will wash into our white fireplace (unless we can get a recommendation for that too). Foyer is normal white builder paint Foyer front door wall is currently a warm orange color Kitchenette is a warm orange color Kitchen is Cream Family room is Cream Family room main wall is barn red

Really appreciate your responses. My wife is not liking the dark gray. She feels depressing. So looking for shade little lighter, neutral and which will also compliment Wooden Cabinets, Gray tiles, and Beige Carpet. I like the SW Rainwashed. Are you suggesting to lower the TV or keep it in TV table in that corner? Currently have Sectional in living room. Planning to replace it with sofa and Loveseat across it in place of Chair. As the living room is not square, finding it difficult to decide on furniture arrangement. I have attached floor plan for living room with fireplace on wall. really appreciate if you have any suggestions on what kind of furniture would look good and how it should be arranged? I do not like heavy furniture though.

Sounds like a fireplace re-do might be a longer-term fix. In the meantime, I'd paint the mantle a dark brown, a similar colour to your end tables. It's not trim and shouldn't be white. It pops out too much in the white colour. Another idea that doesn't involve any ripping-out is to go right over the existing mantle using a mantle slipcover in wood. Here's one of many how-to's on the internet. If you stained your brick as well, you could have a whole new look. https://www.fwmadebycarli.com/2011/01/making-of-slip-covered-mantel.html