what colour shall i paint my sitting rooms?

[hellymelly]

inspired by the other thread about dark grey paint,I want suggestions for my sitting rooms as we've been here over two years and I still can't decide,too tired and sleep deprived and generally worn out to think about it.Room 1 is at the front of the house,not sure which way it faces,North I think,anyway it not a huge room,not tiny,it has one reasonably sized window.It has a hideous beige carpet which I'm pulling up.The house is the tail end of Georgian and looks it as it has the original features,although it has picture rails which I think are Edwardian,but anyway has a slightly more rustic look than a town Georgian terrace as it is in a rural village.I like a lot of F&B colours as I'm Mrs fussy pants about pigment,or I would use an eco paint,but anything else hurts my chest.I am thinking pale grey,but everything looks too greenish or too blue,or I fancy a pale green or dusty pink.
Room 2 is behind room one and has two small windows so it is darkish but it gets the early evening light through the South window.It is a horrible terracotta and I'm thinking pink? It has floorboards but they look a bit orange due to the varnish. I have lots of vintage things and no contemporary furniture at all.Room 2 is very cottagey with a large exposed beam and the small windows.What do you think?

DD's bedroom is F&B calamine. It's just like you are imagining it to be .

It might be nice in a SR, much nicer than teracotta.

Our DR is painted in F&B chinese blue and people always comment on how lovely it is. It gets the evening sun which is cleverly reflected around the room.

I am thinking of pale grey for our upstairs doors. You could go for Elephant's Breath, don't you just love the name?

nice grey here

I have bought calamine for my conservatory (currently the brightest turquoise in the world and in a bright room it does really hurt your eyes.)Maybe I should use it in here too.I have a small square of it on one wall at the mo.
I love the name elephant's breath but the colour has a slightly muddy note rather than a true dove grey which I fancy.Possibly pavillion grey would be better,looking at that link.I'm going to check the chinese blue on the shade card now! Thankyou.Do you have a georgian house too?

Victorian sadly, no high ceilings here but lots of lovely sash windows.

My ceilings aren't all that high either,but the windows are the nice sash ones with lots of panes.the house is too small and cottagey for those elegant Bath style high ceilings here.

I bet the chinese blue would look lovely then. It's quite dark but works well with wood.

It's fun decorating and not actually that expensive if you do it yourself.

We have used F&B modern emulsion (string) in our LR and it is great to be able to wipe it but it lacks the 'chalkiness' of the more traditional emulsion.

I love 'pointing' and 'slipper satin' as off whites. Dimity is one which might look nice with grey. Have fun .

Kitchen cupboards are 'cooking apple green' which is also lovely.

I'm using F&B Blackened for my sitting room as it's a sweet pale grey. I will do my sashes and door/skirting in white. Floor is stripped wood.

My back room on the other hand is an eye-crossing green turquoise but quite cool (imo). I have lots of vintage type furniture and bits so it all works quite well.

F&B Cornforth White is a lovely pale grey - it's darker than blackened, but paler than Pavillion grey, but any of those would probably be ok for you. We have Cornforth in our bedroom and it looks lovely

Not sure about R2, but in R1 how about F&B lichen?
Am evangelical about it as a neutral, looks amazing with dark wood/white/traditional or contemporary schemes.

Have used it for various walls in this house and last one.

I really like lichen (went off and peered at the shade card).Very elegant green,but I think it would be too dark for the room.Will get a tester pot though as if it works well with white and wood then maybe it will work.Am weighing up Cornforth white,which I hadn't considered before.I wish I could find somewhere to use arsenic,I love that colour ,but unless we get a new kitchen....
Has anyone used parma grey?
I'm going to order some more tester pots tomorrow,even though I have about a dozen already.My problem is partly that I lived on a boat for 14 years before moving to this house,and it is so easy to be bold with colour in a narrowboat,if you hate it it isn't expensive to re-do,and it takes no time at all,but in a house the cost of good paint is quite high,I'm afraid of making the wrong choice and I'm uncertain of how things will work in each room. And then curtains bla de bla.The whole house needs doing so it is daunting.The advice is much appreciated!