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Being that you don't have furniture for your new house yet, I'd stick with white. You could always bring color in the way of valances, pictures, etc.

As for the blinds I'd go with Home Depot. We bought the white (in stock) 2" faux wood blinds from them and love them! They will cut to size (width) while you wait, but you need to adjust the length. It is actually pretty easy to do. We bought blinds for 17 windows and paid under $800 after tax. Since we bought so many we left the widths we needed and they called us later that day to let us know when they were ready. Quick, very reasonable pricing, and wonderful product!