How to Paint Striped Walls
Learn the simple technique for how to paint striped walls using painters tape to add interest to a plain hallway.
One of the things I love about blogging is that it gives me incentive to finish projects. Sometimes I get going so willy nilly in a hundred directions, that I find I have half finished projects all over the place.
This is a throwback post to the entryway hall in our former house.
I wanted to jazz up the space a little without spending a lot of money on it, so I decided to try to learn how to paint striped walls.
It was a fun project! Here’s what it looked like before:
It was quite narrow, and I wanted to add some fun and interest.
Inspirations for How to Paint Striped Walls
Like all my of decorating projects, I started with researching ways for painting striped walls and found this wonderful tutorial by unskinny boppy.
She gives a wonderful, detailed description of the nitty gritty “how tos”.
I also read this tutorial by Songbird.
She has a few horror stories of a few things that went terribly wrong… Which I also found extremely helpful. It’s nice to know what to be careful of when you’re starting out a brand new technique.
Steps for how to paint stripes on walls
- Measure out how wide you want your stripes to be and use painters tape to mark where you’d like them to be.
Although a laser level is recommended, I just couldn’t seem to make friends with ours… So I just used little pencil marks and did the best I could. The random tape marks indicated the areas I should NOT paint. That helped a lot. After a while all those stripes can make you dizzy!
(Here are some tips for how to paint straight lines using painters tape.)
- Paint the stripes and remove the painters tape before the paint is fully dry.
The main wall color was white down (which is the darker color). I painted the stripes in polar bear white (with a small foam roller), and removed the tape before the paint dried.
I can’t get over how much life those stripes add to that narrow little space!
(I should have known how happy they would be.)
For More Tips on Painting, Check out these Posts:
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- Interior painting supply checklist: What do I need to paint a room?
- Home decor tips and tricks from HGTV stars
- Resources to help choose paint colors
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so fabulous! Great job. Love that its so soft yet effective!
That is such a neat idea! I’ve only seen vertical stripes before… 🙂 Great job!
Your wall looks wonderful! I love it! It is so crazy how much we think alike in our decorating. I’ve been putting together a post on horizontal stripe that I put in my back entry hall. Great minds think a like. I love the soft tone of paint you chose.
Very cute! I’d like to do something similar in one of my boys rooms when the house gets built. Looking forward to the reveal!
how pretty! I love the colors of the stripes. I’m not sure I would have a place for stripes in my home, but you have me thinking. 🙂
gail