I have to paint my living/dining room, and I'm stumped. My floors are a light oak laminate with mocha/multi throw rugs (some medium blue/rose colors mixed in), couches a medium brown, curtains in living room are ivory sheer, mocha roman shades over the french doors in the dining room (leading to the outside). I want to go with a light to medium beige brown, but am also thinking maybe a light khaki brown. Would that be too much brown? Current color is white.

Second question: This is an "L-shaped" living area. I do plan to painting the living room and the dining room the same color. There is one wall in the living room that connects to the upstairs hall (this is a bi-level home). I want to leave that white because I don't want the same color going upstairs. Is that okay? I would have 3 walls of the living room color, and one white, and then 4 walls of the dining room (one shared living/dining room wall), the color.