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Do your walls seem dull and uninviting? Are a person who always desires about a posh living room? Consider unique 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 the one you are choosing uses two shades as well, pick your base color darker than usual, as your top coat which is a lighter color will make your base coat light as well.

To sponge or rag a wall, paint on your base color and let it dry thoroughly. Dip your sponge or rag in the top coat shade then and sponge or drag it across until you like the result. You have keep going this way until it’s done fully.

If you are considering using a 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. Immediately after the base coat is dry, stamp or stencil your bricks or stones over the base coat. When the brick or stonework is dry, sprinkle little darker color over your faux art to give it depth and make it appear more realistic.Doing faux effects like making your walls look like they are made of plaster or suede makes the room unique from the others. Paint bases that automatically give a suede or textured effect to the walls are a shortcut that even artists use to create fun finishes.

One of the most respected TV hosts in the world has commented on her approval of a house in Denmark that has been designed using an all-white colour scheme, which makes the most out of limited space.

Oprah Winfrey visited a Danish home and was very impressed with the use of space and furniture, which included white bedroom furniture, white tables, chairs, cabinets and bedside tables. She even commented that it is no wonder Denmark is classed one of the happiest countries in the world, with such a light and airy lifestyle.

“One this is certain – they don’t need all the gratuitous space, something that we have become used to, in order to live happily.” When continuing her tour around the family home, something that stood out to Oprah was how tiny the kid’s room were. She even noted, “whilst there was not much room in there, you never felt like it was small or restrictive”.

In the kitchen the space was used even more resourcefully, with everything that was needed fitted into a compact area. The dining room furniture was also light and made use of well. This is quite common in Danish homes, where limited space means families have to use it intelligently and with a careful choice of colors. “It is very easy to end up having a dark and cluttered room when you have little space” the owner of the home pointed out. “you need to be strict on only having what absolutely needs to be visible in the kitchen, and make sure all else is stored well”.

Oprah suggested that she has been looking for creative ideas for her new Miami home for a while now. She even commented that it is no wonder Denmark is classed one of the happiest countries in the world, with such a light and airy lifestyle. “If I can combine the African look with the clean white look that I saw in Denmark that I will be happy” Oprah stated. Although she admitted that she might need a little help making this work