50 Shades of Grey ... Paint!

I'm so  sorry I've been MIA.  I have been without internet for over 1 week.  Pure torture!  The good thing was it helped me focus on unpacking and getting settled in the new house.  I am amazed at how much stuff we have even though we left a ton of crap back in Chicago and we still have stuff in the storage unit that didn't fit in the truck.  Thank goodness this house has tons of storage.  After living here for a week I'm finally feeling like I'm "home".  My girls have definitely settled in.  They love this new house.  The loft area has been made into their playroom/TV room.  It couldn't be more perfect.  I can be anywhere in the house and still here or see them easily.  I was worried about them making a huge mess up there but they've been pretty great keeping things tidy.  I'm guessing that's because I threw out a bunch of their baby-ish toys.  If they only knew!

Okay, I need your help on this one.  We are having the inside of the house painted next week.  They will be painting the foyer, the kitchen, family room, stairway, loft, upstairs hallway, master bedroom and master bath.  I have a few days to decide on the colors and I am so confused.  I thought I knew what colors to go with but now I'm not so sure.  Right now, everything but the master bed/bath is the same color.  My original thought was to go with a shade of grey for the foyer and downstairs area but every pic I see of other homes shows beige or cream colored entryways.  Is grey too dark?  I'm so afraid of choosing the wrong colors.   Here are some pics of the place in it's current crappy state.

I also want to paint the fireplace white too :)

Here are some colors...

I was considering French Linen for the downstairs area and maybe carrying it into the upstairs loft and hallway and maybe going with Paloma for the master bedroom and Louis Blue for the master bath.  Your Thoughts??

In other great news I finally found my camera charger and adapter!  Now I can post some of the pics I took over the last few months and even some older ones for you.   Please bare with me as I will still might not be posting as much in the next few weeks as I used to.  We are still getting things going here and still trying to settle my deceased father-in-law's affairs.  It's been quite the month!!