Can you post a picture? What is going on opposite the common wall? A piece of trim stuck on will likely call attention rather than integrating. Is the common wall the one with the entry door in it? Or is the common wall across from the door, or beside it? It's important to think in three dimensions, and come up with a way of making the entry architecturally separate. If we had a picture, some solutions might be easier to imagine...?

I have a wall like that, long and part of 2 rooms. My dining room and livingroom. Right now, I just have a line where the color changes. I was thinking about putting a small piece of decorative trim, but DH has nixed the idea. So now I'm considering putting a pattern of stripes with the same two colors + a third color on that wall in my dining room. Without a visual, I'm sure it sounds strange, but with the layout I have, it should look really good. At least then, the change of color to the next room will be more cohesive.

Here's a tip for taping if you decide to use 2 colors on the wall: Buy a small can of glaze, and paint over the edges of the tape to "seal" it before painting your paint color on the wall. The glaze dries clear, but will keep paint from seeping under the tape. It will guarantee a very clean and crisp line. Works like a charm.

That is just what I was going to suggest lukkiirish. It is hard to explain. It may not be the solution for very trditional setting but it can work in the right setting.

It's the wall you face when you first enter the home. The first doorway is to the kitchen, the second one to the dining room

I have LA Gold 3 in the dining room.
I guess it would be easiest to just paint the whole thing red?

BTW I already started painting with the Bangkok Rust (thanks to you guys on this forum)
The paint chip would have never made out of the store just by looking at. (looks too orange)
But it's Perfect.. (so far) I just have the cut in work done so far.

I'm still confused...late-day-brain, no doubt! Are we looking at the entry door in the first photo? The on in the corner beside the sofa? Or are we standing in the entry with the door behind us in that picture? Can you post a picture of the entry itself, if that isn't it.
I know...I'm a featherhead today...

The first pic is of the entry taken from the living room. The front door is straight across from the black buffet table.
The wall in question is behind the buffet table.

The second pic is the living room taken from the entry. The wall in question is behind the t.v.

We have a wall that starts in the foyer and down a hall leading into the kitchen (center hall colonial). Right next to the foyer is the living room with no break. My DH plans to put up a thin piece of trim to break up the sections for painting purposes. In our case, our front door opens to that side where the trim will be installed, not that it matters. That may solve your issue.

I'll be interested in reading what others have to say since we're in the same position. Trim is the only thing I can think of to transition the paint colors.

Benjamin Moore's site has some ideas.... link below.

Here's one of their photo enlarged..

http://www.homeportfolio.com/catalog/Product.jhtml?prodId=81874

Here is a link that might be useful: Benjamin Moore examples

We had a similar situation. We just ran one color up to the edge of the door, all the way up to the ceiling. So there was a line where the two colors met, but it was only the length from the ceiling to the top of the door frame. (Does that make sense?) Although in our case, the two colors were similar (both shades of khaki) so it wasn't very noticeable.

If you don't like that option, perhaps you could put some additional decorative molding above the doorway, all the way up to the ceiling, parallel to the floor. Sort've like very thick crown moulding. It would have to be thick enough to cover the whole area.

What wonderful suggestions!
I like the stripe idea. I just hadn't thougt of that.
If I did something like that just where would I start and stop the stripes?
It would flow from red to some kind of dark tan brown color.

I think I may have what kgsd is describing.

This is what we've done temporarily:

But this is what we plan to do:

{{!gwi}}

reno fan .. maybe I will just do that. That is the simplest. It's noticeable but not that bad. I thought about putting *something up there* but my space from the doorway to the ceiling looks longer than yours. I think mine's a good 14 inches without measuring.
I might be able to disguise it a bit by putting a long but wide scrolly metal artwork thingie over the entire doorway ..
I am looking for a medium tan color to go next to my bangkok rust.
Is your red bangkok rust too?
What color is your tan.. it looks good.
I want a tan that will be different enough from the gold that is showing behind it from the other room.

I still like the trim idea as I'm not sure I admire that transition by the doorway. It just looks strange to me, but that's just my opinion.

I did think about possibly doing something creative like the BM site shows. I'm an artist, so I could pull it off.

We're still months away from working in that area, so we'll see what other ideas come up.

Good luck.

Dilly, you know what they say..."Great Minds Think Alike!"

LorrieKay, I'm not sure if you're still interested in the stripe idea, but here is a link from the DIY site with all the instructions.

I hope that helps!

Here is a link that might be useful: painting striped walls

Ahah! now I see..thank you!

Here's what I would do (and have done before)...

Make a frame out of a matching piece of jamb molding (the trim around the doors) that completely fills the space above the kitchen door, and put a mirror in it. That will give you the architectural effect of a transom over the door, and provide a clear "DMZ" between the entry color and the LR wall. It will look intentional and more graceful than just a line.

It would be even more effective to do the same thing over the other two doors in the entry space as well. Then you also open up the space visually, and throw more light around. I think it would look terrific, for a minimum of effort and money.

Another option, Paint same color ceiling down to top of the door frames and change wall colors at each door.