Sherwin Wms, Pittsburgh Paints and Ben Moore all have color visualizers that allow you to upload a photo and then change wall color....they all operate a little differently and some work better with some pictures than others. At least that's how I do it as I don't have photoshop.

I think the "rule" is you paint inside the arch the same color as the room you normally pass through. For example, the inside of the arch would stay the color of the foyer because that's how you enter the room. For example the inside of the separating wall (don't know what to call it!) is Edgecomb Gray like the living room, not the green in the dining room or apricot on the stairway walls. Previously I had painted the inside white so as to separate the rooms but I like this rule better.

Do you have any inspiration photos you like? I'd change the wall color to something like BM Manchester Tan. That would make a big/instant difference. I think it would also tie in better with your pillows and rug. Manchester Tan source - adventuresindecorating blog I'd change out the art to something else and remove the flowers.

"does a house for sale have to look as impersonal as a hotel?"-umm...add to it "spa experience"..)) and a lot about selling a dream..like you can sell a dream, buy a dream, trade a dream.. HouseVixen I love some of the rooms! but they're rooms that are currently not in this house..since with such level of attention to decor, I'd presume other rooms correlate to one in question..there's probably some inner rhythm to everything. You start in one room-you don't finish there. you can't sell a dream. at least not a dream that's worth having lol. you can show yours-or somebody else's as you interpret it. I say-in this case, leave interpretation to others. This room is good enough to not try and wrigle it into something completely else. The curtains will be open anyway-no real estate photographer will leave them shut when shooting. No real estate agent will let them be shut when buyers come. Same with blinds. Not because somebody might dislike curtains but because a) photographer needs more light when shooting interiors and b) it's considered-rightfully so-the buyers should easily see the windows themselves, and what can be seen from them.