Colour is fun but I don't feel yellow brown will be an inviting foil to the cream. Wood in that tone would be fine. How do you want to feel in your room? Fresh light airy? The. Go white. Cool edgy look - then add colour but be brave. Tomato red or Sea Blue or Coral.

If you want to highlight the staircase wall then your could use earthy colours such as a yellow ochre! The wall could be enhanced even more by using suitable frames and making a good collage composition for all the photos that you have (I can see many lying on the dining table). This colour would match well with wooden furnitures

When dimensioning a classroom or teaching space, the best rule of thumb to produce both good sightlines and efficient layout is as follows: the space needs to be slightly rectangular, but NOT long and narrow. If X = 1, then Y should = 1.2 ideally, and no more than 1.5. Consider a comfortable space of 12 sqft. per student so if you have 6 students in a classroom then 72 sqft. + teaching space and walking space (60 sqft. or more) so say roughly you need 130 - 140 sqft. of space per class.

Saranya that's a bold choice. You may want to tone it down with aqua palette.