I'm not understanding the question. Where is the "nook"? The nook has the damask rug, or the "entrance" leads to the space with the damask rug. Either way...........you tone paint TO a wallpaper. You're trying to do it in reverse : ) If the main space is highly visible from the nook? I doubt you need a pattern competing with the rug. Paint it a complimentary blue, add the necessary element for any mud space. Or look into vinyl grass cloth, alal Phillip Jeffries..............too many to even view online

With water, I too let them dry sometimes, and like you, sometimes a bit too much, which CAN be fatal. I just lost a child of Smoky Mountains but I think that's because I'd forgotten it sitting in water. Good thing I have the mother plant. They are not wicked. Suncoast is beautiful - I love the leaves! I recently decided to try some variegated varieties again. Rose bouquet is by far my favorite right now. I thought Optimara Ingrid was, but this one blows it out of the water. It is still young and small but it bloomed its head off and it is gorgeous. I am a big fan of roses so maybe this is why I love it so much. The blooms are literally tiny roses. Right now it looks like a mini, being so young and all, but I wonder how big Rose Bouquet gets, as a standard. It doesn't look like a standard to me though. I am also trying Tiger for variegation. Depending on blooms, I may or may not keep it as it's taking quite a bit of space. Do the variegated varieties need more light than the regular ones? If so, they should do better in my window. But Rose Bouquet is variegated and it's still reaching downwards.

It looks wonderful in your frame! Back in my first-apartment days, I picked up ”seconds” mattes from the craft store (think Michaels), for things like postcards, movie cards, prints. No frames, but they were fine for a student apartment. Later I worked part-time for a Michaels clone, in framing. I got spoiled by their equipment, and impressed by the experienced framers. You did a good job!

See if this helps. Scroll down to see where she talks about whites with Gray Owl. https://www.kylieminteriors.ca/all-about-benjamin-moore-gray-owl/