art. And I would create a 2" thick shelf on either side above 6 feet high that had up lighting and down lighting to highlight the vaulted ceiling and washing the wood wall texture highlighting the warmness of the wood while lighting up that dark end of the room. You can spear a less orange translucent stain over the orangey walls to get just the shades you want too. around the fireplace, a popular way to go is to paint the brick with a similar brick colored enamel and accent a few individual bricks with you other themes colors in the room.

metal fan blade?

Power steel trowels, with laser guides, are how they accurately smooth large pieces of concrete in construction.

front of where the deck ends a dozen feet to make a secure parking area that, from the street would look like a typical garage.

Larger second floor windows and extend the lower roof over that patio. Update to warmer colors and restain the deck and railing to coordinate.

Dusty weathered wood and blue tones never look that good to me aside from a saltbox beach side bungalow.

for exterior brick at all.

On small projects where a bit of paint got on unfinished or unsealed brick, rather than take a risk of dissolving it into the surrounding areas I put a wet sponge or towel over the spot and let time help release latex paints like this. If needed you can cover the area with a bit of plastic wrap to hold in the moisture and let it work through the brick and get behind the spot and release it. Paul C