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Wall Painting Ideas
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.