Check out Ellen Kennon's "Mushroom". It is a complex full spectrum beige that is very popular. Named by House Beautiful Mag Editor's Pick as one of the top 4 colors in the brown category. Never boring beige since it changes with the light constantly. Here is a link that might be useful: Ellen Kennon's website

I don't understand the rationale behind this question. You don't reach the same end point so you are comparing apples and oranges. Painting ceilings is a pain at best and even worse with your things moved in. If you want your ceilings a different color and can afford to do it, I'd pay to have them done, especially if you have small children, older children who are not as dependent but tend to have busier schedules, a second story, sloped ceilings or any really tall areas or you both work. Won't you have enough to do with the rest of the house and yard? It could be years before you get to all the painting. If you do it all the same and then paint four rooms before moving in, you are going to spend nearly half, give or take, what you would have paid to have it done in two colors just on your paint and supplies for those four rooms. And you still won't have the master and bath done. If you have time before you move, use it to paint your master bed and bath and just work on getting unpacked and settled once you are in. Bottom line, I would do as much as I could to have the paint what I wanted it to be before moving, whether I did it myself or paid to have it done. Unless I had a Spanish house or a cottage type home, I don't know that I would paint all my walls white, so I'm not much help on a specific color name. Do consider the amount of light you get in the house, the colors you tend to prefer in your furnishings and decorations and your lifestyle. What would look good in my home might not look good at all in yours.

Thanks to all for your recommendations! I have only made it to the Benjamin Moore store but did buy a LOT of samples. I painted my samples on 1/2 size sheets of poster board to see which ones I liked the best. Of those, I painted my top 4 colors on foam board which is really easy to prop up with my tile and granite samples. So far, I'm really liking the BM Bone White and BM Frappe. The warmer colors seem to work best with our lighting and dining/living areas. Thanks again! ~Des

Lyfia, Thanks for your response! Our paint is worn in spots and I do want to do some minimal redecorating....take down my Tuscan style draperies (beautiful but dated) change out gold carpet..add some new colors to my brown living room furniture. I was planning to paint the ceiling white(mostly normal height ceiling)to add some height. I was also planning to paint my trim(baseboards and doors, no crown molding in any room except the two coffered rooms) a low sheen white. My trim now is a mustard color(sounds weird but is actually pretty) I'm trying to the most bang for my buck and not completely redo everything! Guess I need a miracle color:)