If this were my place I would go with an offwhite (nothing creamy or too blue white) on the walls and maybe color (blue maybe) on the ceiling. Include 6 inches down from the ceiling where it angles toward the lower wall. Good luck. The place looks lovely.

My living room is in the north-facing front of my house - I have it painted brilliant white (which in practice is a warm white) with a large red sofa, with blue and white throw cushions on it. I love strong white as a background for strong colours in other furnishings. I was particularly concerned that the living room not look chilly or dark compared to the south-facing back of the house, and the brilliant white (along with some mirrors opposite the window) achieved that. I'd highly recommend it.

My living room faces northeast, and it's painted warm gray (Behring Granite Boulder.) it's pretty dim, but we like it that way. So I guess I would not recommend it for this space, even thought really like it a lot. Your rooms are beautiful, and the architectural details are fantastic. What a great find! Congrats on such an awesome new pad!!

Picking up some of the orange in your carpet and art work may be worth doing. Maybe just a stripe or accent somewhere. I like the idea of painting it a warmer color.

I'd recommend getting a color wheel and pick an adjacent color to your floors from it (http://www.scrapbooksupercenter.com/5colorwheel.html?gclid=CLzuq66D6rICFZGiPAod7D0ALQ). In addition, I would seriously consider going white walls...

love that tile! so glad to hear that you're restoring original details. i think the room could go any color that suits you with an eye on the period of the house. the tile floor reminds me a little of monet's kitchen back splash at giverny. that house is always a great inspiration for color!

my apartment similarly gets little natural light with 2 east-facing windows that look into a courtyard, and i keep my walls ecru with a bright white, high-gloss trim. During the day, it feels very airy, but at night, the walls take on a candlelight-yellow hue really beautifully. it all depends on what you're going for.

i would focus on making a statement with that little entryway. painting the walls a contrasting color from the tile would make it pop. a dramatic lantern hanging from the ceiling, a lovely little tray table or exquisite umbrella vase might make all the difference.

i would also make sure that the dining room and living room feel connected. you could paint the living room a solid, with tone on tone stripes of the same color in the dining room. this space has so much potential! good luck!

Warm white, definitely. Try Benjamin Moore's White Dove for a white with slight grey undertones, Navajo White for slight yellow undertones, or First Crush for slight pink undertones.

Just take care not to paint too dark! I would choose something rather neutral and then work with fabric (pillow cases, throws, etc.). Change it with the season to make sure it does not darken the room in December, when you will need light, and go bold and strong in summer. The colour it has now is a nice one, btw!

The trick, as far as I'm concerned, is not the color or even the warmth, but the saturation. If you pick a color that's very pastel, toned with white, it will look sad and defeated in indirect or inadequate light, and if you pick a color that's been toned dark with grey or black, it will seem gloomy. Pick a saturated color or stay in the middle of the paint sample chip, and it will look more alive whatever the light.

I just moved into a place where my bedroom (with a northern window) had this same baby blue, and it looked like defeat. I chose a deep peacock blue, and now it's a pleasing space by day and by night.

Just take my word on this one. I have spent thousands of dollars and time on paint for my North facing livingroom over the past 7 years. I have finally found the perfect color for my space and I would like to save you some time and money. Whites/off whites and creams will only look dingy because of the lighting that will come in your big picture window. Give Colorplace (Wal Mart) Prehistoric Stonehenge a try ( I had it colormatched into Behr paint at Home Depot). You will not be sorry. I have your same floors and I ended up painting my brick fireplace white to make it pop. Good luck!

I have some large rooms on the north side of my house, with window walls. I think north light is beautiful, even though many think it problematic. I have found that saturated colors do best in small rooms with such light, but for larger ones I have gone with so-called whites with a lot of yellow in them. One room is done in a Benjamin Moore historic color -- Hawthorne Yellow. Another is BM Seashell, which appears nearly white on the wall but actually has a lot of yellow-orange in it. The trick is to stay away from gray undertones.

It's funny...the person who posted the question clearly stated they want a neutral or white color, yet so many people here ignore that.

I like Benjamin Moore's Decorator White, which has a pinky undertone and can warm up cool rooms. If you try that one and hate it, you can easily cover!

I second Navajo White. I had a north facing, below grade condo in Seattle - where the light is shifted blue and colors are especially difficult to get right. The Navajo White worked very well. I painted one wall (the one with the fireplace bump out) grey with a somewhat greenish undertone. Got lots of complements! And it warmed up the place considerably.

I love the color Olympic™ C15-3 Pony Tail. It's a creamy but warm neutral and it is really beautiful in all levels of light. It is just gorgeous against white/creamy trim and looks beautiful next to wood trim - like your entry way.

You can google the color - but on my monitor it looks more pinky than the color actually looks.

Its so easy to pick up sample size paint now - pick up a few samples and paint a few patches around your house. After a few days "the" right color will be easy to choose. Its worth the expense of a few samples.

Beautiful place, by the way !

If you're going to keep the sofas, white will make them look really dingy. I'd go with a pale honey/gold color. Get a fan deck and match up a color with some of the tones in your rug or fireplace, or from that tile in your entry. The current blue paint looks kind of shiny right now - I'd go with a matte finish paint. (I actually like the blue. Cute room.)