Lucinda wrote: All of our walls are white, the only colour my husband and I could agree upon. Now, as we are planning to replace the sagging ceiling in our bedroom and strip the old wallpaper (painted over white) I am threatening to paint the walls whorehouse red. The rest of the walls are pretty well covered with pictures. Go for the red, Lucinda. I once had my living room painted a deep rust-red for the walls and trim. Floors were dark walnut buffed to a high shine. I loved that room. I always swore that one day I would do a library with high gloss pigeon blood red walls, add a Recamier, a tantalus and a naked lady painting over the fireplace and enjoy the reactions of semi-shocked visitors <bg>. Course, Lizzie Lu is the real expert on bawdy house wall colors.... Catharine