There is nothing like a deep, dark color againt a white ceiling and trim. I painted my master bedroom in my last house hunter green. It looked so great. But when I went to sell that house I ws told to paint it white. So I did.

Well, I hired someone to paint. I'm a smoker so I needed to have the whole house painted inside. You'd be amazed at how many people care more about smoke residue than they do about real damage. I also had all the wall to wall carpeting taken up in the whole house, and the damage my dogs did to the hardwood floors was pathetic. We're talking about thousands of dollars to replace these floors. That's how bad they were.

But more buyers remarked on the stench and stains from smoking than cared about the thousands of dollars in ruined floors.

When I do the front room next year, which will be my formal dining room, I think I'll paint it a mauve color. Something deep and rich, but that compliments the burgandy. And I want the gas fireplace converted back to wood burning, and I want a formal, white, mantle built around it. I have this round mirror from my grandmothers house that I want to hang over the fireplace, and that requires a formal mantle.

Deep colors. white trim. Nothing looks better.