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Window shopping and lots of online browsing.! .haven't purchased anything yet!. Just getting house back in order after painting! I have put back the red/winey curtains that I previously had up...convinces me more to go with a neutral colour. The walls are rich Taupe but with a slight grey hue off them so I think the bottom left above actually might work. I have bedding very similar so I took them out and held up and think it would look very nice. Purple isn't a theme in my house (although I do have one bedroom painted purple/lilac) My sitting room is white red black and silver and living/kitchen room is tan and red. I want a rug that wont show up the dirt that much...I live in the country side and have lots of dirty feet coming in so I cant go for any rug that is too light in colour

I believe a Woodburning stove should not be closer than 36" to any wall unless it has a stainless steel heat shield attached to it. I'm no expert however, but if the wall is getting that hot that it is affecting the paint, you need to probably address the problem. Heat resistant paint is a Trade thing and only comes in very limited colours, white, black, cream etc. You may find this forum post useful:- woodburning stoves and heat resistance

The front of the house, I may also get the window frames sprayed a lighter colour to help brighten things up!