Color Dilemmas

What's a girl to do? I have this dilemma, so bare with me as I think this out loud.  I bought this cute little love seat sofa for my office that I'm about to start decorating but I can't decide what color to put on the walls.  I don't want to be bold, like painting the walls orange.  I think I would get bored with that before long. I would like it to be casually elegant.  The lightest color in the sofa  is cream so I'm thinking of going off white or cream on the walls and add my color in the drapes etc.  As you can see in the lower corners of this picture, I've been scouring magazines for ideas.   If anyone has any suggestions I'm definitely open to consider them.

Just Sleep On It

Yesterday, I talked about whether or not to keep the room that will be my office the blue color that it is or change it.  

I should know this by now, all I needed to do was sleep on it.  When I woke up this morning and walked into that room, I knew without a doubt that I for sure did not want to keep the blue.  I'm just not a blue person.  But I do like it for other people.  Now, Sara, from Sara's House on HGTV makes blue look fabulous.  But for me I think I'm going with white walls.  Oh, and the sheet will have to wait around for another project down the road. 

For now, I'll keep looking for inspiration pieces and keep you informed on what's going on with my upcoming office. 

Decorating In Stages

As you know, (if you read my about me section) we are now empty nesters which leaves me with two extra rooms not occupied.  One room I have already started decorating  and have come to a stop due to the fact that I haven't been able to find the pieces that I want to finish it with. The other thing is that I got bored with it so I stopped decorating.  Does anyone else do that or is it just me?  Talk about decorating in stages!

I've decided that I need a separate office from my husband.  I could go into a lot of reasons why I think I need to be separated from his space, but I'll play nice today.  Let's just say...I need it. (love you honey!)

The room I'm talking about was painted a blue color when my son lived in it and that was good for him.  But I'm thinking I want to go white or just a slight off shade of white with an elegant nautical look.  The more I think about it, this is where I could start working with my wanna-be a cottage look.  Hmmm.   Maybe I could go with both, the nautical and cottage look blended together?  I can't decide right now,  My thought was to make curtain panels from them and add some really pretty fringe or decorations along with another fabric to add length and personality, or perhaps use the sheet as an accent to another drapery fabric instead.  So many decisions to make.  This project will definitely be done in stages due to lack of immediate time this summer and indecisiveness.

So my dilemma is...white or blue walls with these soon to be curtains.  Keeping in mind that I can't stand the thought of painting but I will do whats best for the room.  Maybe you can help me decide.  Leave me a comment if you like.