Faux Finishing - Help choosing a faux finish

My husband and I want to have an egyptian 'theme' master bedroom. We want a sandy color that looks kinda like stone, however the finish itself does not need to be textured. I found a picture online that I am trying to match. I've been hunting online now for 3 straight days to figure out which finish it is - I've seen pictures that resemble the finished product both as a venetian plaster and just as a painting technique (glaze with two colors on opposite ends of the roller). Can anyone give me thier opinion on which would give the desired effect? Thanks. Oh! and how challenging it would be for a rather inexperienced painter (on a scale of 1 to 10 say,)
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One place I've see some really great faux finish (http://www.mojofaux.com) ideas is with a company called Mojo Faux Finishes. You can check them out online at Faux Painting, Faux Finish, Kitchen Cabinet Refinishing, Decorative Painting, Murfreesboro, Nashville, TN (http://www.mojofaux.com). Hope this helps!

Duplicating from your picture, it looks to me like a textured surface that was painted the lighter color, and then a glaze put on and wiped off. There are many ways to duplicate the look with out the texture, but you'll have to experiment. I would get a couple 2'x2' boards to experiment on. First get your base color figured out, perhaps from colors you'll include in your drapes or bed coverings. Then paint the boards using eggshell paint to give yourself maximum working time. Then buy your glaze in the secondary color as in your picture. After your boards are dry, experiment with different faux techniques to get your desired effect. My estimation of a good match for your picture would be brushing on the glaze and lay a rinkly trash bag on the surfacetamp it into the glaze and then lift it off. Powder puff any heavy spots with a rag until you get the desired effect. The sky is the limit for creating your own technique.

Billy