Well I posted this picture awhile ago asking if BM Audubon Russet would work in this room. After doing a large sample area I think it may be too bright. Does anyone have any other suggestions? No yellow as it was yellow a few years ago. Carpet is pretty neutral and room is open to a neutral 2 story foyer. Any color ideas? TIA!

What about a soft very light blue???

OK, so I'm not a graphic designer Photoshop guru and I don't play one on TV...but here is my best effort at this stuff...

Did you like Audubon Russet except for thinking it was too bright? I have BM Baked Terra Cotta below the chair rail in my living room. This picture shows it the best. Their Philadelphia Cream is above it.

Since 'orange' (wall) and blue (sofa) are complementary colors, if you liked the Russet, you may want to look for softer colors in that vein.

I hope Peri or Perky2 don't see this horrible attempt at photoshopping...How embarrassing

Pull a color for the walls from the pillows and/or art. View chips under the room's lighting conditions. It's difficult to suggest because I can't see either the pillows or art that closely. Have you looked into golds or camels?

Thanks for your responses! I guess I should mention I want earth tones. Thanks for the mock up though! I do like the rusty reds. Your baked terra cotta looks nice. Maybe I should try that. I tried BM Spanish Red and kinda liked that too. I wish I could find a color in between the AR and the SR. The pillows don't have to stay. Just the tables and denim couches. I don't think I want golds. I just painted over SW Blonde in the kitchen and changed to Nomadic Desert. I wish I wasn't so wishy washy!

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I hope Peri or Perky2 don't see this horrible attempt at photoshopping...How embarrassing

Well, I DID see it and think you did a fine job! I'm no guru either but in my opinion you have the "mechanics" of it down...the more you do it the easier it gets.

If you had seen my many first attempts you would feel MUCH better about yours...I am impressed, Christine. WHat program did you use to do that?

Have you checked out SW's Sierra Redwood?

Brennalynne, I took BrittanyDogMom's picture w/ her colour and played with it in my photo program colour mixing tool...the results are in the little squares to the left.

Are any of these along the lines of what you might be thinking?

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Originally posted by Christine-P:
I hope Peri or Perky2 don't see this horrible attempt at photoshopping...How embarrassing

Well, I DID see it and think you did a fine job! I'm no guru either but in my opinion you have the "mechanics" of it down...the more you do it the easier it gets.

If you had seen my many first attempts you would feel MUCH better about yours...I am impressed, Christine. WHat program did you use to do that?

It's a program called Fireworks. I am using a Macbook.

Thanks for the nice words!

What program do you use?

What about trying the Aududon Russet in a cut formula? You can try 1/2 formula and then if it's too light add another 1/4 up to bring it up to 75% formula.

Here is a picture of my stairs. The color is BM Sienna Clay, which is a color before the BM Rust. My other wall color is BM Sandy Brown.

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It's a program called Fireworks. I am using a Macbook.

Thanks for the nice words!

What program do you use?

You are welcome...I know nothing about Macs but have heard often that they are the BEST for graphics.

I use a $35 program called Magix. When I get rich I am going to get the real Photoshop...but for now I haven't even learned all that Magix will do.

How about using SW Latte which is one shade darker than Nomadic Desert? Or if you want an even darker color...SW Hopsack.......

Not sure if this will help you at all but here is Behr's Caramel Sundae with our blue couch. Kind of an orangey color.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/owen630/caramelroom.jpg

Here are a few colors I pulled from the picture on your wall. I, too, apologize for the crappy color job.

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I like the #3 mock up navywife did but then again I tend to lean more to colors like that.