There are some good classes in glazing and faux finishing at a local paint store and the night school at our art college. You might look into taking a class or a one-day workshop. I learn best by seeing and doing. Alternatively, look for books by Jocasta Innes. She offers good recipes. I just stripped paper in two bathrooms to find underneath the walls from hell. Because they are too messy to paint, I had paintable wallpaper put up. There is one pattern that I wanted to use but it was backordered. You might like it...reminds me of rice paper. I will link it below. It seems to me that the smaller pattern would be less busy than the tissue paper, while still delivering the kind of look you want. I also think that the difficulty of any faux treatment is keeping the look consistent across the entire wall. Using wallpaper would help with that issue. Here is a link that might be useful: rice paper look...might go well with the door?

Thank you for the help. Here is a link from the catalog. Ben Moore colors may have been used...but, the final wall does not look painted. Also, if you have the catalog it is obvious that all these photos were taken in the same home. Of course different rooms could have had different paint; the wall material/technique is the same throughout the home. And the walls look like exactly the same color in all of the photos. Some technique has been used (with the paint?) to make it look the way it does OR there is some sort of special drywall/concrete/plaster technique going on before the wall is painted. The walls look very rustic and weathered; the "age" seems to be showing through the paint rather than faux-painted on top of the paint. The paint seems washed on the walls in some way rather than painted on in opaque layers. But, I don't have much experience with special wall stuff. I am just describing what it looks like to me. I think someone here may know exactly what it it. It might even be obvious...just not to me! Thanks for looking! Here is a link that might be useful: walls

A mirror facing a door that leads into the home isn't a good placement. And doesn't serve much purpose either. The good incoming chi is reflected back out the door instead of being able to circulate in the house. Although your mirror is somewhat covered up by the bench & pillow. I know it sounds ridiculous to a lot of people, but it is fun researching Feng Shui and is one of many interesting things I enjoy reading about. Research mirror placement on line. You can find out a lot about mirrors! I have a fun book titled Feng Shui for Dummies. I wonder if you could move the mirror to your 'art' wall, and put your art above the bench instead. It might change your luck. But who's superstitious!

I would need to see your space and understand your style I really do not like shiplap whauch BTW real shiplap was never meant to be in the house so whay you have are just boards put together . IMO winscoting can be attractive but often is then difficult to place furniture where you want it without covering all the work to install the wainscoting . IMO shiplap is a casual look and wainscoting more formal so I need to see the spaces.