Grey is fine but I wouldn't do the whole room that dark. Try big swatches of some of your lighter colors. I used SW "grey screen" in my bedroom with orangish wood and navy bedding - it looks good, not too dark and it is a grey that reads blue in the right light but plays nice with a lot of wood tones. You need a color like that. Paint sample cans, while expensive, can save you time and pain in the end.

Oh no, please forgive my quickie post from my phone - the last thing you need is another color swatch!! I think the grey that you have is a very nice color, although almost impossible for me to tell for sure how it looks in real life, due to the way a computer screen shows colors and perspective with photos. I just wouldn't do the whole room in such a dark shade but upon second reading of your post, I realize that you are just doing the fireplace wall as an accent wall. Have you considered doing the rest of the room in one of the lighter tones from the paint color strip? I do not think that your fireplace gets "washed out" by your current color choice. In fact, on my screen it looks "highlighted" in a good way. Not sure the effect of doing that whole wall though. Someone here who is great with photoshop or a similar program could probably edit the photo to show the whole wall in your color to show how it would look. That's an idea, upload your current wall shot to the color sample Web site for your current paint, and make the whole wall that color. Behr and SW have these types of online programs available, so maybe your paint company does too. What is the current paint color and brand you are working with? Maybe someone else has experience with it.

Unfortunately, editing photos to change the color of a wall is beyond the computer software abilities and time available to me. But like I said, many paint companies have these programs already online where you can upload a photo and try out various paint samples on screen on the photo. Or you can try out the paint on sample rooms that have similarities to your room.

I wouldn't add more grey either, especially a dark grey. In addition to ingrid's suggestion of a creamy white, you might want to find the teal color in your rug on a paint swatch and then move down the paint strip several notches to a much lighter version. The grey of the sofa seems to tie in with some of the fireplace stones, and then you can always use throw pillows on the sofa and any other chairs that combine the various colors in the room.

ingrid is right. If you get table lamps and floor lamps, you won't have to rely on your harsh and uneven overhead lighting anymore.

Forget gray screen if you don't want a bluish color. Definitely use one of those color programs for your walls. I was just on the Sherwin Williams web site and was able to download your photo and try out a whole host of colors on the walls. I have been very satisfied with their paint so far in redoing my own home. Just one room's worth of experience though. But like I said, other paint companies have the same feature on their Web site. I too love your rug choice. I think the whole room will come together great once you nail the wall color. Dont' feel bad about it taking time, finding the right color is important and some of us need more time to get it right. I wish I could automatically pick something out of the "Oops" bin like my friend does, and have it look fab, but that's not me.

Love that rug! I think that would look so pretty. Here are those links again!

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