My main rooms (kitchen & living room) downstairs are painted Valspar Sandy Shell.  I'm looking for a color to paint my 20' high entry which is connected to the stairs leading upstairs as well as the downstairs hall and the upstairs hall.  I was thinking something lighter than Sandy Shell, not white.  There is a half bath near the front door that is painted Valspar Bangkok Rust.  My coat closet is a bumpout which I thought might need to be accented.  I was also thinking of accenting the small wall which has the handrail and is connected to a piece below the second floor…maybe a chocolate for accent.

 I wasn't sure if the entire entry and stairwell, all the way to the ceiling, should be painted the same color.