My kitchen, living room, dining room and hall ceilings are the same color as the walls (SW Antique White). Ceilings are 9 ft. and vaulted to about 13 ft. in the living room. I was very nervous about doing this, but I love it. A lot depends on the lighting. Looking out at my living room at night with two table lights on opposite sides of the room, some of the ceiling blends into the walls, actually making it seem higher. In some areas, it looks lighter than the walls. My bedrooms and bathrooms have white (trim-colored) ceilings. It looks okay, but the ceilings are very defined. If unsure, a lighter version of the walls would also be nice.

Oh Boy,What perfect timing. I just got back from the paint store. After agonizing over paint colours for weeks now. I finally decided that it was going to get done. I am a cool colours person. Love the eggplants and grays and blacks. But I also have a thing for the colbalt blue, which is the colour of the gas fireplace. I started out with eggplant a couple of years ago. Tried some colour blocking a little while later, which was a complete flop. I look back at the pictures and wonder what was I thinking? Took some advice from many people on the forum and tried a shade of green. Lived with that for a couple of years and now I have repainted back to the eggplant. Actually this time it is more brown than purple. So the colour I just tested on the wall is blue. Or so I thought. It turns out it is blue with a shade of purple. I just can't seem to get away from that colour. All of my accessories are in the purple and blue shades. Mostly glass. My Christmas decorations are silvers and purples. I am wondering how this blue paint is going to go with my carpet and other stuff. I wish I had thought this through a little more. I think keepingitsimple is right. It must be menopause. Not much good on the colour scheme, but I would choose a bluechip with a sagey tint. I think it will have to be a gray with just a hint of those colours. Hard to see until it is on the wall. I don't know how to change over colour schemes without it being costly. I have never been that lucky. Take your time and hopefully someone here will have the answers you need. Now I read this I really wasn't much help at all. Sorry. Frustrated again Linda

Too plain? but what chairs? maybe with shapely chairs. https://www.amazon.com/Rivet-Industrial-Pedestal-Dining-Walnut/dp/B075YP4WYT/ref=pd_pb_ss_no_hpb_3?pd_rd_w=u65yq&pf_rd_p=5ae47e9e-4df9-4589-9b56-418ef796d37b&pf_rd_r=0797AMJ9WGNDKPA79XM1&pd_rd_r=4dd30aa3-20e0-4ca8-a314-e72b03c62c9c&pd_rd_wg=jkxI1&pd_rd_i=B075YP4WYT&psc=1 these come in blue, but art and/ or rug could have your accent color ------------------- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DRJH3C2/ref=syn_sd_onsite_desktop_24?psc=1&uh_it=09317609c052830f8d6998de2d6e2bd5_CT&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExM0dWSkUzTUpXOTRCJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMzg0MTg5MklOTUo3N001R0syRSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMTMwNjY0MlNMN0tYQVNBSlpBNCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNkX29uc2l0ZV9kZXNrdG9wJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

I don't have any color selections, but I do have advice about how to test colors. On interiors, it is notoriously difficult to compare or choose a new color when painting it over an existing color, and you're having the same problem. In the interior, I have learned to paint a giant piece of drywall and heft it around the house, leaving it in corners and on opposite walls, to see it during the morning, afternoon and evening in different locations. You could do the same thing, except you need a grander and easier thing, so here's what I would do: Paint out the whole wall around your garage the same color as your garage. So the entire wall is one color, right up to the trim. Then you can test your choices on the wall right next to your trim and you can actually see things like whether there's enough contrast, or whether the colors are working together. Finally, I don't know about your location, but you can hire color consultants to work with you, even remotely. It isn't expensive, and might be helpful.