What colour walls? Inspiration needed please

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I desperatley need to refresh my living room.
I have horrid textured wall paper, painted light coffee colour.
Chocolate brown sofas and curtains. Dark varnished wooden fireplace.
I can't afford to get new furniture, or get rid of the textured wallpaper(is it called anaglypta?)

So I just want to paint the walls, something fresh and clean. (Not white, I have kids and cats)
But I have no inspiration. Any ideas?

Here is a picture of a tiny corner of the room, you can see the chair, wall and a bit of the dreadful fire place. (The damaged floor lamp is going to the tip.)

I don't think the wall colour is too bad. Is your room brightly lit? Is it north or south? If north you want warm and if south cool colours. I am not suggesting anything designer or trendy as keeping up with that is expensive! What I am describing is a way of stopping the room screaming "look how ugly I am - you can't relax in here!!"
I would choose a mid to light blue (small room) OR dark green scheme (large room). E.g.: duck egg is ubiquitous in the shops and easy to get clearance deals when looking at soft furnishings and is good with chocolate brown and wooden furniture. Keep white or a very light cream above the rail. Paint the rail and below including skirting and fireplace in "the colour". Clear coat the skirting and fireplace after. Accent with the colour in rugs and throws - and look at a colour wheel to decide what other colours you might want to allow in prints on cushions at a level of boldness you can bear. Blue opp. yellow. Green opp. orange and so on. I have decades of making my impoverished/rental surroundings bearable on a budget. I don't get to do what I WANT but I can make things liveable IYSWIM.

Tha is. The room is south facing, and quite small.

Do.you think I'd have to remove the varnish from the fireplace, or just paint over it?

Smaller room go light. Do you like light sage or the duck egg? Both these colours are common in cheaper brand chalk paints you could use that on the fireplace and woodwork but lots of coats! And you could then do all the anaglypta in the rich cream or a barely green or blue. Otherwise it's stripping and sanding. Ask friends if they have a palm (hand size- looks like a mouse) sander you could borrow for a quick run over the wood.