Thanks all for the quick replies. It sounds like it's not JUST me. I really do like the idea of having some colour in there, but maybe a better approach is to add a chair rail and paint below the colour I'd like and then above a creamy or pale colour? Or the opposite, light below and colour on top since my "design wall" is my floor? Any experience with either of these? Would that possibly tone it down, or have no effect whatsoever? Oh, and my furniture in there now is white, or eggshell colour.