How to Create a Great Room with Painting Stripes

Painting stripes on your walls is a great way to add color and personality to any room in your home. It opens up many color options for accessories and will create a one of a kind look. This article will show you how to create a beautiful room in your home with stripes.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

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   Choose the room that you are looking to stripe. If you are going with bolder stripes you may want to only do 1-2 walls in the room to not create too bold of a statement.

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   Choose your technique. This room was created with ragging off the wet paint on the darker stripe. You can keep your stripes uniform or vary them in a pattern, It is also fun to create striping with no uniformity for a unique look.

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   If you are looking for a more subtle look you can also stripe using a high gloss stripe of the same color over a flat painted wall.

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   For a clean look you can also paint one horizontal stripe and add a square accent.

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   Finish the room with adding accessories to complement your room. Be careful to not add to many wall hangings to not make the room too busy.

Tips & Warnings

• Creative decorating can be addictive!