Every time I want to change something in the house Mr. Lucy questions everything, my color choice, fabrics, furniture placement and everytime I'm done he loves it and tells me how nice it looks. You can probably do just about everything yourself, so just tell him you're going to do it and if he hates it you'll re-paint it. Most of the work is prepping anyway. If you wait til New Years, I'll help you, and I bet EJ will too!

Well, have I ever done this before? yes!  Have I given others the rule to follow? YES!  Here it is:  If you stand back and look at the walls you want to paint, the stopping points are where your walls change planes.  Sometimes it makes sense to wrap a color around a corner, but if you need to stop to avoid painting the whole next room, do it at the corner where two walls come together.  As for a complimentary color with taupe?  You might want to call someone in to check on that.  If you get a blue that doesn't compliment that taupe, it won't look right.  It won't "flow".  (I never knew what that meant until I made alot of color mistakes)  Get a color wheel at a craft store or art store and read the info. on it.  It will guide you in your color choices.  You also have to consider floor color when picking a wall color since the floor can change the reflected light on the walls.  Wheww!!

Good luck.  As for hubby, just do it when he's gone and he'll eventually love it and tell people how you did the whole job. Or, he will make you change it back.  I have found that just letting them see the finished job works well.

Hi Sijbrich!  I also had trouble getting my husband to accept and adjust to COLOR - he wanted everything white because he was used to that and uncomfortable with change.  But you're right - once the color is on the wall your husband will get used to it and probably really like it.  

 As for where to stop painting - not on the middle of a wall, lol.  Not unless you have a divider of some type (even a stick of wood trim glued or nailed down the wall might do).  I have a similar set up to you - the living room spills into our dining room which leads to the kitchen on one side.  Try staring at your walls for a while - are there any natural breaks? entry or door ways?  jutts or bumbs?  Fruniture dividing/separating one room from another? (great place to put that trim on the wall - right behind the furniture)  Search for a natural stopping point, especially along the top of the walls.  Remember that not all 3 or 4 walls need to be the same color - my dining room has 2 walls painted a deep purple (with the color stopped at an entry way), the 3rd wall is shared with my living room and is painted a pleasant and complimentary green.  It's doesn't have a 4th wall.

 The blues you've chosen are beautiful!  Just make sure your couch is significantly darker so it doesn't disappear into the wall color.  And if your husband really balks at COLOR try painting with a dark tannish color first, just to get him used to a little color.