My home decor is mostly dark cherry woods - and my walls are pale yellow and white (looking off white). I am going to be placing my surrounds on the wall (either with the FMBs or directly to the wall), and my fronts will hopefully match nicely with my TV cabinet. I am sure that many of you may have similar WAF issues, with surround speakers placed on the walls - mine wants them to blend in (I could care less...). Have any of you thought about buying (or have any of you actually bought) cherry front speakers and maple rears. This is purely a cosmetic issue, I know. I was just curious as to what your input may be on if this would look funny or not.

Also, do the QS8's leave a much larger footprint than the QS4's, so as to make them less ubtrusive on the walls?

The room dimensions are around 17 X 12, and the walls are a pale yellow with white dental molding.