to paint, or not to paint

Having our main door open directly into our living room raises an interesting challenge. Like most Asian folk, I like to take my shoes off immediately after I enter the house (well, most Asian people like to shed their shoes before they get into the house, but I don't think I really want a big pile of shoes on our bungalow's front porch).  Then, once I've got my shoes off, I really want to drop my purse and take off my coat (pants follow shortly).  To keep all this junk off our couch, we bought a bench from Crate and Barrel to store our shoes and hold my purse.  (Also, my dad hates not having somewhere to sit when he's putting on his shoes.  I made that mistake in the first house I bought, and he never quit complaining.)  Well, winter set in, and now throwing our coats on the bench just looks haphazard.  We don't quite have enough space for a coat rack, so I found these little guys at Pier One.  I love how the knobs look like the glass doorknobs we have running throughout our house, and in the summer, I think they'll be kind of cute, almost like art on the wall.  My only issue is, I've been trying to get away from that Tiffany blue in this house since I always do it.  I'm trying for a greige-yellow-with-pops-of-orange in this living room.  So, should I paint these yellow?  Husband doesn't want to lose the distressed look that these have.

That's right--I get two hooks and husband gets one.  You should see the ratio of closet space he gets versus mine.