Uh...yeah, I have TONS of questions.  We're doing an addition on our house and then we'll tear down the existing house and rebuild that (pics on my blog). 

Kids furniture- we have a hodge podge of stuff for our boys' room.  We want to paint it so it will look relatively uniform.  My husband wants gloss black.  I said "heck no!"  I'd prefer like a dark blue (sports themed room, btw)  What do you think?

for our living room, we are thinking of just doing an accent wall instead of painting all of our walls a deep color (there's a shared wall that goes into the kitchen that we'd like to keep neutral).  Any tips on choosing which wall and a color to look for and/or shy away from?

Thanks!  My.favorite.thread.ever.

Jes!  You're awesome!   Thanks for the pointers on the accent wall- it really helps!

I just told my husband what you said about the gloss black (thank you!).  He's now given up his plight to have it (THANK YOU!).

I agree with the longevity of the boys' room and the themes.  What I really have is just a few accent pieces that can be switched out for something else.  I have ball pillows for the beds, baseball drawer pulls for the dressers and that's about it.  We will be painting the furniture and using basic comforters for the bunkbeds.  The walls are going to be a tannish color and perhaps an accent wall?  Not sure yet.  We did sports because we thought it would have a little more longevity than say Thomas or cars or trains.  I think, if done well, sports can take them into middle school (I hope).  I'm going to stop by and check out your blog.  Love it!