I started by painting the walls a deep red color, but it’s too intense. How can I tone it down or use it as an accent? I tried diluting it with glaze but the color come out uneven.I also tried color washing but can’t figure out what colors to blend it with. What other colors can I combine with it in a color wash or other simple faux technique? My dining table and chairs are a deep mahogany reddish color. Thanks for your help!
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according to the color of your table,you should’ve paint your walls lighter than your table in order to emphasize on your table,that would be more beautiful.
if you want to make light mahogany reddish color ,and you want to make this color yourself,you have to mix white with brown and red ,and some very little black.Your brown must be a little more than your red.you can add white as much as you want.don’t worry ,just try it.
in order to paint on the color on your wall,you’d better paint it for 3 times with the color you have made.i hope it can help you dear.
I really need to see the color to get a feel on what colors you can use to tone this down.
There are a variety of faux finishes you can choose to do:
If you want to soften the look, you can do an all over pattern very much like wallpaper. You would first start out with the stencil and this could be a gold metallic that you do like the picture below in a floral vine over the walls or in corners and along the edges. The next step would be a glaze that is more of a soft yellow-orange that you sponge over the entire areas working in small 3 feet by 3 feet areas at a time.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3127/2523025695_5226e0451b_z.jpg
If you want a more cozy look you can choose a darker color like burgundy for tint and a lighter color in the soft orange family for highlight. And do a sponge effect like this:
http://www.martellartdesigns.com/images/deep_red_faux.jpg
http://www.gretchenspainting.com/image/wsg/faux/web%20red%20dining%20room.jpg
You can go crazy and work with plaster to get a textural look which will also soften the harsh colors.
Your goal here is to not have your furniture match the walls or blend in with them. Listen, faux finishing is not everyone’s cup of tea nor are they expected to be particularly good at it.
Fortunately there are tons of self-help books and DIY programs and online forums that can help those people out. You have plenty of options and if worse comes to worse and you are able to afford this you can chalk this up as an experience and start repainting your walls and begin from scratch. Or you can enable the help from a professional local artist/painter that can finish this task for you.
Whatever you decide, I hope this helped.
Good Luck!
Like you need to paint your wall color similar to your table and not lighter than that in order to look more beautiful.