Help me get excited about my new house

[thenewaveragebear1983]

We've had a stressful few months buying a house and should complete in 2 weeks (ish) - please help me get excited! We have so much decorating to do, and a limited budget. The rooms are massive. We have a big open plan lounge/dining room which we will need to change- I'll post a pic in a minute! Currently the floor is white tiled, not our taste but has to stay. There's no lighting except halogen spots all through- also will have to stay. There's no curtains, only blinds but I want to put some up asap. Lounge is about 5m x 4m and dining room is 7m x 4 m in an L shape. I love mid century style furniture, and would really love something blue on the wall, but not a 'seaside' blue. Our sofa is large and brown leather and is currently staying but could be replaced in the future. Please help - it feels so overwhelming!

Flouncing that is beautiful

I'm a big pinterst fan but it takes time to master your search strings.

For decoration there are always going to be a few starting constraints so in this instance you have your leather brown sofa and a desire for indigo/ blue walls so I searched 'indigo wall brown sofa' there are a few interesting pins that put other colours into the mix. I like that i can very quickly see what visually works for me and what doesn't.

Weird question - but how can you tell if a colour is warm toned or cold toned without painting loads of it? I love stiffkey blue (f&b) but I would like to find a warm toned very light grey or off white to go with it. When I try colour charts, things like dulux timeless look very 'yellow' next to the bold blue.