Paint color woes....

Why is it so difficult to choose something as simple as a paint color? I'm always drawn to yellows, reds and autumn colors, so this should be a breeze, right? No such luck! While I'm drawn to warm colors, my husband prefers ULTRA WHITE, but he can be daring and live with BUILDERS BEIGE. Hmmm, see the problem? A few of months ago I painted our guest room walls with Kelly Moore Quiche Lorraine and the trim is Behr Creamy White. I absolutely loved the colors. I was ready to paint the entire house this color. Unfortunately, once I had finished the room, my DH looked at the color and with a very sheepish look on his face, said "I can't live with this color". Oh no! There is also a bit of a problem with the guest bedroom. It's a loft room & has a wall a little over half way up, with an open area looking out over the living room. I don't like the loft bedroom & would have the whole area drywalled so there isn't an opening but I've been vetoed. I'll get back to this.

Back to my paint dilemma. Last Saturday, my neighbor & I went to an open house to, (I'll be honest), SNOOP. The house is about a half block away, was once a small single story house about 1100 sq ft and had been recently remodeled. (I don't know why they're selling it now). The house is beautiful & well over 3100 sq ft now. (I also don't know how on earth they got away with the size of the addition on that size lot with the city planning board!) Sorry, I'm easily distracted. I OH'd & AH'd over the kitchen, the bathrooms, and the paint colors. They used 2 similar paint colors on different walls and it was just gorgeous! Unfortunately I don't know what paint brand or colors were used. This required a trip to Home Depot. Bella mentioned in a comment on my fall post that her family room is painted with Ralph Lauren Chamois, so this gave me a starting point. It turns out Chamois is very similar to Quiche Lorraine, so that's a no go. I finally resorted to looking at the RL paint samples & selected Cottonwood, Oatmeal, and Devonshire. Check out the pictures of our hallway. I thought about using one of the darker shades in a couple of smaller areas as accent colors but they're kind of dark and I'm waffling here... I'm leaning towards Oatmeal, but have a feeling that my DH is going to veto all 3 colors.

I'm looking for suggestions... Any ideas? Our living room has a very high ceiling so the paint color will be next to the Quiche Lorraine in the loft bedroom. We also have a L-shaped living/dining room, so both rooms and the hallway will be painted.




I'm lost... :0{