Beth, I do like the edgecomb. The Dining Room and our living room are connected because our house is a cape. So both rooms have to be the same color - currently edgecomb. If I change the dining room paint I have the repaint the living room also. The hallway and kitchen header that faces into the dining room also have to be the same colors because of the way they flow together. (That header is the only part of the kitchen that will be painted as the other two walls will be cabinets and backsplash. The family room, which is open facing the kitchen, is the only room where I could make a clean break and change colors, but I want those two rooms to be cohesive, just struggling to pull it all together.

Paint all Edgecomb Gray

I have a room with similar windows! We chose SW Comfort Gray (with Alabaster trim work) and love it. Though the name is gray, it’s definitely more blue-green and a nice complement to our other gray/greige walls.

If you don't want hardwood in the kitchen there is no reason that you need to do hardwood in the kitchen. The current trend is to have one flooring throughout your home. Prior to the last 10 years it was much more common to have different flooring in different rooms. Usually a tile or laminate in kitchen and baths, hardwood or carpet in other living spaces. Trends come and go. Pick the flooring that will best fit your lifestyle and make your home work for you. There are many ways to transition from one flooring to another. The transition is easy when there is an architectural break between two room (doorways are most common). Sometimes we can use flooring to define an area and create two spaces where there is no architectural break. My last home didn't have an architectural break between the living room and the entry, but the transition from carpet to tile defined the areas. Here are a few other transitions that are obviously a design choice where two floorings were intentionally selected.