March 7, 2010
Wall Painting Designs
Do your walls seem dull and uninviting? Are a person who always desires about a posh living room? Consider interesting wall painting techniques, like sponging, ragging, stenciling or stamping? While you don’t have experience, you can still make your rooms nice and colorful with one of these easy decorative wall painting methods.
Before painting your room, pick out a color scheme for your walls. Have in mind, most of the painting methods use two shades of the same color for their designs. If you are using one of the techniques that does use two shades of color, you can pick a darker color than you normally would chose for your base color, since the lighter top color will make the final result much lighter.
To sponge or rag a wall, paint the base color first and let it dry fully. Then, dip your sponge or rag into the lighter paint color and sponge or drag the lighter color over the base coat until you are satisfied with the effect. Repeat the same thing for the entire wall.
If you are chewing over a more define design decorative painting technique such as stenciling or stamping, you could probably give a wall paper effect bystamping or stenciling a simple design over your base coat. However, you may want to go a step further with your project and use stencils or stamps to create a faux brick or stone wall do the following. First, paint the walls with the color your choice for the mortar between the bricks or stones. Once the base coat is dry, stamp or stencil your bricks or stones over the base coat. Once the brick or stonework is dry, spatter a bit of the darker color over your faux art to give it depth and make it appear more realistic.Doing faux effects like giving the look to your wall like they are made of plaster or suede can also really make your room stand out. Paint bases that automatically give a suede or textured effect to the walls are a shortcut that even artists use to create fun finishes.