Knotty pine throughtout home. Some walls merely in the middle up. Looking to paint partner of walls.? Hallway can be seen from dinning room and living room. It is...

Hallway can be seen from dinning room and living room. It is sage green. Furniture is mohogany and forest green. Carpeting is burber with specks of green gray near light background. I'm thinking of sculpture kitchen gray but struggling with what color to paint living room. What do you think?
I enjoy a lantern pink counterpane and my...
Answers:    play around near the Sherwin Williams color visualizer to find something that you like. It is the best paint visualizer on the web, imho. I close to how their color palette is laid out, I like that you can search by color household & color name, the "painted" rooms look the most realistic, and it suggests coordinating color scheme. You can literally spend hours:
http://www.sherwin.com/visualizer/

How about a faux finish? I think something resembling "rattan shade" (# 7164) from their SoftSuede collection would look terrific - and very dramatic.

You can also take a photo of your house & upload it to the makeover gallery on this website:
http://www.roomvues.com/
You can gain color suggestions & they'll photoshop them onto your room so that you can get an idea of what it will look approaching.
Can we use Douglas fir lumber for out...
I would stay with the green family. Go to a home decor center and find a color similar chart which will include your sage green. I have also painted knotty pine paneling, used an off white/lt. grey...looked great.