Leave the foyer and stair wall and upstairs hall what it is now. As far as the dark area of the hallway, paint that one the red recommended by B.M. Sienna Red. A light, soft color will respond just as it is now, so you need a stronger, warmer color. I had an antique half Cape house and the hallway was just like yours. I painted it red (I think it was Pottery (blue undertone), but the adjoining wall was Palladian blue. The red looked great 24 hrs.

A hall separates two bedrooms, one bathroom and also our large living room. One bedroom and that bathroom are BM minted green, master bedroom is BM blue heron. Living room is a whitened butternut squash BM1090. Living room has medium hardwood floors. Bedrooms and hall are carpeted in a light goldish color. Hall is small, has 3 doors leading from it plus a space where a door has been removed. Difficult to photograph this area. Surprisingly, all these colors work, But now that we have removed paper from the hall, we are stymied as to what color to paint it. Colors are not true in this photo. BR is much lighter. On left, LR wallpaper is actually lighter. Right of doorway, the wallpaper is almost off. Looking for light uniting color since hall is small and only light source is a ceiling fixture. Does anyone have any suggestions for a color for the hall? If so, many, many thanks!

Lefty47, seems great lefty minds think alike! I did the frosting look but still have an inexpensive shade because I need to be able to pull it down to block the window completely in hot weather - it’s a southern exposure. The rest of the time the frosting works well for light and privacy. Need/ want a nicer ..something...to go with frosting and accomplish what the old shade does While looking a lot better. The kitchen will eventually be a gut job but not for 2 years; gotta live with what is there now. A cabinet of some type ...good idea but not for New England-y heavy coats. Upstairs, I think, for them!

I think the bedroom wall area is busy enough with the door decals. The photo of the framed posters up the stair wall looks really nice!