Originally Posted by maleficent

I have used textured paint on a ceiling in my last apartment. It was white paint, over white paint, so it was hard to judge coverage, but I'm thinking you'd need more paint than a regular paint because it's a lot thicker and doesn't spread as cleanly.

PLus painint over it requires sanding down the stuff completely... that was a very messy project

I just checked www.diynet.com -- the do it yourself network's website for textured paint - and they had some tips for doing it yourseld
http://www.diynet.com/diy/wa_texturi...269157,00.html

I know i've seen shows on creating textured like walls with sponging and stuff, it's tedious work but gives you the loook you want with just paint.

I love the color sage as a wall paint. WHen my parents bought their house a couple of years ago, it was painted to sell. A light sage was on most of all the walls, with a coordinating darker sage (but not too dark) in other rooms. Looked really nice together.

I'd probably do the master bedroom in the same family as the master bath. Most paint samples have 5 or so coordinating colors on them. Find the color you used and go a little bit darker (or lighter).