[Prudence]

I vote yes on painting the ceiling. If you're doing a light/neutral color, the easiest way to go is to paint the ceiling and walls the same color. So, of course, this is not what I usually do. I like white ceilings, so the separate rooms have white ceilings. (The main living areas were complicated and I had to pay someone so the walls and ceilings are the same.)

My personal preference for wall paint type is eggshell, but that's a matter of personal taste.

If you don't want to do pink, my recommendation would be a very pale (but bright) yellow. That mixes well with lavender, blues, greens, and even some pinks. This goes double if the room gets a lot of light. I know it's a personal preference, but I love my yellow bedroom. It amplifies whatever sun there is outside - which is a necessity where I live. And seriously, everything goes with it.

As for ceiling line - if the wall color is light enough you don't really notice the slight little blips. At least not if you're short. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure that's the true purpose of crown moulding. However, if you just have one teensy little spot to touch up, secret index card use #257 is to hold the index card edge firmly perpendicular to the surface you're touching up and lightly dab with a small brush.

TMI alert: If you're home alone, painting naked speeds personal cleanup.

Do it all at once - or over one weekend. And do the closets now, not later. I like to paint the closets white if it's feasible because it helps the contents stand out more and doesn't throw oddly tinted shadows on things.

No one will care if you get a little white paint on the base of a white ceiling fixture. No one will see it until you sell and those new owners get on a ladder to paint the ceiling, and by then it will be too late for them to complain.

Colors will be darker than they seem. No matter how much you try to allow for this, they will still be darker. Also, lighting can change the way a color appears on your walls. (One of my bedrooms is green or yellow, depending on whether it's natural light or the overhead light.) *IF* you can get a sample of actual paint, it might be worth it to test what it actually looks like on the wall. Some places will do this.

If you do like they recommend and put some of your left over paint in a jar it will make touch ups easier than if you have to root in the garage through half-empty cans of paint, but I still don't do it.

Do record the color, though.