For the most part, my furniture is casual and neutral. The room next to the dining room (but not visible from the dining room) is the family room and it will hold a brown leather Ethan Allen sectional, muted orange wingback-ish chairs, and a rug with muted green, brown, gold, and orange squares. However, the orange chairs are in storage and due to some issues we had with the storage unit, they may not come out in usable shape. So the rug and orange chairs might be replaced with any variety of items in any variety of colors. Regarding metallic paint - that's not really in keeping with our style preferences. DH wants the dining room to be a dark room but I agree with johnatemp that I won't want to walk by a cave all the time. DH also had the same suggestion as creekylis -- to have the wall under the chair rail painted with the white trim paint to give the illusion of wainscoting. And I'm open to that. The walls are flat so I think that would look okay. As Les917 suggested, I think we need a rug to lighten the room a bit. I've been going through magazines and catalogs in an attempt to find a great room I can mimic but haven't stumbled upon anything that I love. But I think that we'll have a good result if we use the trim below the chair rail, chocolate brown above the chair rail, a sparkly chandelier, mirrors and lamps to create some light, and a good rug, we should be okay. Thank you, everyone, for your advice! try_hard ...

All good points above. Talk to a trusted experienced Realtor in your area as they will know your specific market. In general, each condo community has a certain personality that attracts different buyers (young professionals/empty nesters/retirees/boaters/etc). You don't have to go entirely neutral, however, it will open up your condo market to more buyers if you neutralize what you have now. When you have personalized your space to the extent that you have, you limit the market to those buyers only looking for very heavy traditional decor; which is polar opposite to the condo market here in S Florida (generally). Wallpaper is particularly difficult to pull off when selling these days. Having the various rooms you created out of the space can limit your market too. This is why you want an experienced, knowledgeable Realtor to come see it and tell you what the target market is for your condo and what that market is seeking. One last comment: today marketing your space is heavily dependent on photos. Professional photos of your space make all the difference in marketing your listing. If the space appears cluttered or small, you will lose buyers. They simply will skip your condo and not call their agent to see it. Contrary to popular belief, even in very hot markets there are properties that do not sell. Usually the reason is because the amount of work, or perceived work, is too much for the price point. It takes seconds for the buyers to swipe right over your listing to the next one that is more appealing to that buyer. Removing wallpaper is high on the list of work projects that buyers just don't want to tackle.

what is the flooring going to be? with this wallpaper, I hope you're doing a gold or rose gold finish on the hardware/faucet and lighting. So, you can paper the upper half and do a wainscot below. use white or a dark blue this color and other items in this room would be the perfect match w/that paper with doing the top half and lower paint, you'd be shooting for this type of look I would do an actual wainscot and not just a chair rail. that paper deserves it. or the white or just do one entire wall

Cran, I am usually the one who needs a fire lit under me! Arapaho I also gravitate towards greens and yellows and those are the predominant colors downstairs. I made a concerted effort upstairs to use blue and white and taupe in the main living area and secondary bedrooms. Tina, part of the reason I wanted to leave off the chair skirt is because I wasn’t sure I have enough fabric for it. A large plaid or pattern repeat means just a club chair skirt can take 3 yards of fabric! So after I saw the bed I called the upholsterer and told him to leave off the skirt and change the legs to turned ones. It was a question of necessity as much as happy coincidence.