We have an open plan sitting room, dining room, kitchen. L shaped. Where the sitting room joins the dining room is where the original house ended. The dining room and kitchen are more recent additions. The kitchen is in the round-the corner bit so can't be seen from the sitting room. The dining/kitchen area has a roof lantern and one other window plus glass doors through to a conservatory, so is lovely and light but the sitting room gets very little natural light and can be very dinghy, even on a bright day. Currently painted a sort of creamy magnolia, which we inherited, with one feature papered wall that I really don't like.
We're wondering about using yellow on the sitting room walls, with some lamps and mirrors to bounce the light around. I quite like the idea of going really dark and playing up the cosy factor but DH is dead-set against this and he loves yellow. Also, we may be trying to move in the next year or so and I can appreciate that the majority of potential buyers may not love the dark look, especially as this isn't a period property.
Any opinions/ideas would be welcomed. Thank you!