Redo or just do I guess

As I've mentioned before we have lived in our home for 8 years now.  We actually built our home. Our bedroom has never really been decorated.  So I'm going to make a new bedspread and curtains. I made Andy come with me to pick out the material. I really like what he picked. Now I need to get down to business.  
Paint. Well Andy worked in the paint department at Home Depot and so he does the paint. The kitchen and living room were hard to paint and the paint needs to be touched up, badly.  Part of me REALLY wants to change the color in the living room to something lighter because I think if we went lighter it would open the room up more. Andy will need some convincing.... Both the living room and the bedroom color...