IMO espresso was the color for really cheap chinese kitchen cabinet and all kinds of cheap tables so no to that idea. I know people have this thing about painting wood but IMO too much wood is not good either There is nothing I see that is modern in the pics you post so maybe explain that a bit.I assume the furniture is not yours so post some pics of your stuff to give some idea of your style and the colors.

It looks like you have beautiful wood doors, door trim and beams. Don't know what you have around the windows (not pictured). Looks like the stairs could use a bit of TLC.

If I were you I would not be in a hurry to paint or refinish the wood.

First year in the home should be figuring out what works, doesn't work, how the home functions and where to sink your money.

Prime your walls - live with them for a bit and decide if you really want white walls. I know all the pictures on the internet today are white rooms, but they also have studio lighting. Not all homes look good with all white walls. White needs lots of light to really shine. Often a light neutral color looks better than white if you don't have giant windows, skylights or other great lighting.

My last home had between 6 and 16 linear feet of windows in each room - natural daylight galore and I had white walls. My current home has more normal sized windows in most rooms and I am painting the walls that were white to something more appropriate for the amount of light. The white just isn't pretty with out sufficient light.

With the walls all primed you can look at flooring and paint and make a better decision on what works best in your new home.

No opinion but you should take off the address of your new house from a public forum!

I took the address off! Anyways thank you everyone for your opinion. I agree taking it slow is a good option but at the same time I’m anxious to get things the way I like!

heres an example of my apartment now.

jennifer, do you have any specific paint colors that are still light but not white that you recommend?

Also the colors I was thinking of going with is decorators white by benjammin Moore. I feel like the grayish white in my apartment now isn’t as nice as a brighter white.

The decorators white is part of benjammin Moore’s off white collection

Inspiration photo

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