Any thoughts on living room decoration

[HappyDaysToCome]

I’m going round in circles and could do with some advice!

North facing living room, even darker as opposite tall fir trees. It’s 18 ft x 10 ft, with window on a short wall and door on a long wall. Relatively new build.

When we moved in it already had a dark blue wall (long wall, opposite the door). I planned to paint it all a lighter colour.

Now we’ve been here for a while I understand the logic of embracing the darkness instead of fighting it. I also now have a small white fireplace on the blue wall and it looks good, and dark blue cushions which tie it together better. Blue wall has to be re-painted as the previous owners left big holes from where pictures were hung and it also chips really easily.

So my current options are:

1. Re-do dark blue, I’ve got samples and chosen a Dulux paint. I think feature wall on the long wall isn’t what you are supposed to do as emphasises how narrow it is. But too dark for the whole room.

1. Re-do blue wall in a dark green - as all you can see out the window is green, whereas blue feels like a random colour. I found some blind material I like, colour that matches it is a slightly bluey green, Graham & Brown bordado. Does Graham & Brown paint chip?

1. Do whole room bordado (it’s expensive paint...)

1. Do whole room pale green

I will have mirror opposite the window. Sofa and carpet pale neutrals.

Thanks

Do you like the dark blue?

Personally, I like dark colours, but wouldn’t like them in a room I use in the daytime, particularly outside of the winter. I’d go for sage green.

Is it too dark for the whole room...? We have a strong blue/grey all over our dark north facing room and it feels cosy at night and fresh in the day. Not keen on a feature wall tbh.

I'd do the whole room in a dark colour as I don't like feature walls. I like the sound of the colour you've mentioned.

Good lighting should help and perhaps a mirror to bounce the light around a bit. I've got a big mother-of-Pearl mosaic as some artwork in our north facing sitting room and that also reflects the light really well.

Thanks all