Hm. In my opinion, the brick has disappeared and is in stark contrast to the fireplace. There seems to be a lot going on in that space. Perhaps a different mantle would tie it all together nicely. Is that a cord hanging down over the fireplace? It is too bad it can't be camouflaged.

I really like this house and a lot of the features and architecture. Please do not paint the ceilings or whitewash that gorgeous stone fireplace! Those are really stunning features that work well with the mountain modern style of this house. I think the house will look much more up to date with fewer and more up to date furnishings. The front living room furniture in particular is a bit too loud for my taste. If it were my house, I would consider re-doing the railings if it was in budget. If not, I would probably paint the blue horizontal rails to black. I don't mind the vertical wood posts but the blue is a little too much for me personally and I think the railings would look better if they were more streamlined. Either thinner, square horizontal black rails or maybe cables or even glass. I don't mind the carpet in the sunken family room though it could be nice to have consistent wood throughout. I don't mind the tile in the kitchen or the entry and sometimes it can be nice to have a break in materials. And stone and wood really go well with a mountain modern look. I might prefer a different stone tile, but that's just a personal preference. If you redo the floors, I'd go real wood rather than laminate. Otherwise it will look fake against all of the other real wood. The kitchen layout does not seem very optimal with the cooktop on the end of the island, but I'd want to live in it to figure out what works and what doesn't. Something about the dark reddish stain isn't quite working for me, but again that might be a personal preference. It would be quite expensive to redo the whole kitchen so you'll have to decide if it's worth it. But whatever you do would need to fit with the style of the house.

I am painting my walls Anew Gray by SW. The wall color when we purchased the home was a dark brown. Now that we have started painting the walls, the trim has a peachy hue. The fireplace mantle and whitewash on the fireplace was done in the same trim color. I have painted a single coat of Annie Sloan Old White on the mantle which toned down the peach hues the fireplace had. Should I do another whitewash over the fireplace brick? What color do you recommend for the Trim, mantle and whitewash?

It doesn't look "blue" to me but true white is a cool tone, you have trim that looks to be in the yellow family and the walls I can't tell if they're yellow or green toned on my laptop. It also looks very top heavy with the fireplace being so much lighter and all the trim and cut outs in your wall. Are you or your husband good with woodworking? If it's in the budget and you're willing to put in the work I think doing a more craftman style fireplace would look nice in either a light oak or cream colored.