When I downsized 6 years ago my brown furniture looked completely out of place and overwhelmed the new rooms. Since then I've painted everything off-white - tv cabinet, coffee table, chests of drawers, rocking chair, nest of tables, sideboard, picture and mirror frames, kitchen units, table and chairs. On a set of 9 drawers I wallpapered each drawer front in various patterns of duck egg blue. I'm really pleased with the results and everything looks so much lighter. I have to warn visitors not to sit still too long or they may get painted!