I like it if that is any consolation. Very pretty color. Maybe live with it a few days and see how you feel later.

I love the contrast of your dark furniture next to the grey. I am not sure about the lighter wood trim on the window and doorway next to the grey walls. Maybe once you get your window treatment up it will make more of a statement. I would definitely change the light fixture above the table. A chandelier would be very pretty. I do not think you need to go any lighter in the color. I think you could even go darker- however in the evening you said it really darkens.Your floor is beautiful.What fabrics are you going to use?

msjay--thanks, I do like the color, maybe I just need to get used to it

gracie--I haven't even begun to think about fabrics yet. The chairs need re-covering and I probably need a rug, too...It took me so long to pick this color. It was a brick red and I was going to paint the original trim white, but we had a plumbing leak/wall repair soon after I painted it, then I changed all my trim when I re-did the kitchen--then we inherited more furniture, so this has just been a big, hot mess of a room...

I actually am really starting like the color in the daylight--just at night it seems depressing...

I really like it "as is!" But I know what you mean about it not looking great after dark. I used a very similar color that I loved during the day, but I couldn't stand it at night. Since I'm hardly ever around during the day, I ended up repainting. I'd live with it for a week or so and see what you think before deciding to repaint.

I think the wall color looks wonderful with your beautiful furniture. I suspect the darkness at night is a combination of the new paint color and the undressed window (the black hole effect that you mentioned). I would definitely look at replacing the light fixture with a chandelier and then consider adding extra lighting. Would you be willing to install wall sconces? How about finding a floor lamp for one of the corners? I think if you add in another layer of light that you will feel better about the room at night. Of course, once you add the window treatments and get some art on the walls and some accessories in the room it will make a world of difference.

I think you are off to a lovely start and wouldn't rush to repaint just yet.

I think it looks very pretty, also. The bit of blue-green is probably good with your woods, rather than simply gray if that's what you were expecting. (The green tint is a combination of yellow and blue.) Pretty with the snow and what looks like Blue Spruce or something similar outside.

Can you just set a 'mood' light or dimmer on at night? It really doesn't look like a dark color from your pics.

I love the color and I know exactly what you're talking about. I have a very similar color in my kitchen & dining room; however there's not a lot of wall space & lots of both natural & artificial lighting so it looks great. But when I carried the color over to my living room (open floor plan) it just sucked the light out at night. We talked about adding can lights, replacing fixtures, getting more lamps, etc but ultimately ended up repainting the living room a light neutral color.

The color is beautiful, you just need more lighting, floor lamps, up lights, table lamps. Don't count on just the ceiling fixture to you give you adequate light around the room.

My great room is painted a color that I can't remember the name of but is basically a mushroom taupey-grey. When I first started painting I thought it looked like the color of cement. I now really like it. We have a dark dining room set similar to the color of yours and lighter trim. It all goes together somehow.
You're right when you say the color looks different depending on the lighting. I think once you have the chairs recovered and find window treatments, accessories and a rug,you will have added enough visual warmth that the room won't look depressing at night.

Ok, so it's starting to grow on me.

The slightly bluish cast at times really surprised me as the whole strip is in the yellow-green family...it reads much cooler than our 2 shades lighter family room.

So now I think I will start with looking at larger hanging light fixtures. And getting rid of the china/buffet/server and looking for a new buffet that goes better with the curved glass china cab.

I'll definitely be back for advice on lighting, WT and rug...

thanks