Bathroom Walls – Painted Striped Wall Design (35 Colors!)

I acquired the painted striped wall design completed on the primary partitions of the lavatory, and I’ve to say, that is my absolute favourite wall design I’ve ever painted. Y’all! I can’t cease these partitions! Right here’s how they turned out.

These partitions exceeded my expectations. I knew that I might love them from the mockup that I did. Right here’s a take a look at that for reference.

I cherished that mockup, however when it got here to portray the precise design on the partitions, I made a decision to group like colours collectively somewhat than having them in a random order like they’re within the mockup. I’m actually glad I did that as a result of I nonetheless have an entire lot of colour (once more, 35 colours!), however I believe placing like colours collectively helped to calm the design down only a bit.

I’m completely thrilled with this. I don’t suppose I might like it any greater than I do. There are a few particular person colours that I wasn’t so loopy about as soon as I put them on the partitions, and whereas the partitions had been nonetheless in course of, I assumed I would return and swap these colours out for one thing else. However as soon as the entire thing was achieved and the entire painters tape was eliminated, these couple of didn’t trouble me in any respect. So in the long run, I made a decision to maintain them and transfer on.

So right here’s a very fast evaluation of the entire course of from starting to finish. I had initially designed wallpaper for this room, however putting in the wallpaper was an actual catastrophe. You’ll be able to examine that right here. So I made a decision to color a design on the partitions utilizing the 35 totally different colours within the wallpaper, which you’ll be able to see on my worktable within the picture beneath. I made a decision to go together with stripes as a substitute of squares (clearly), so I then organized the colours within the order that I needed the strips to go.

Then I marked the vertical traces for the stripes on the partitions utilizing a pencil, and to make issues as simple as doable, I simply went with the width of my degree for the width of the stripes. That manner, there was no measuring and marking required for the stripe width.

As soon as the vertical traces had been drawn, I divided the partitions into thirds and marked two horizontal traces going all the way in which across the room. The traces are faint, however I believe you possibly can see them right here.

With all of my traces drawn, I then numbered every stripe. I began on the highest row, and numbered the stripes from 1 to 35 all the way in which across the room. On the second row, I began below stripe quantity 13 on the highest row and commenced numbering the second row from 1 to 35 all the way in which round. After which I repeated that on the underside row. After which I taped off the stripes on the highest and backside rows and commenced portray.

As soon as the highest and backside rows had been completed and the entire tape was eliminated, the partitions regarded like this.

As soon as I had the entire high and backside row stripes painted, I got here again and taped off the center row and painted these stripes.

Clearly, I might solely tape off and paint each different stripe at a time. As soon as these stripes had been utterly dry, I got here again and taped off the remainder and painted these. Listed below are the 2 crucial suggestions I can move alongside on a challenge like this:

Solely use painters tape for delicate surfaces. For those who use common painters tape on freshly painted stripes, it should peel the paint off.

Earlier than portray every stripe, use a moist rag to press the painters tape down very well on the wall and to additionally take away the entire pencil marks. Pencil marks will typically bleed by way of paint, so don’t at all times rely on the paint protecting over pencil marks. However wiping the perimeters of painters tape with a moist rag proper earlier than portray additionally helps to get actually crisp traces with out the paint bleeding below the tape.

Through the use of that course of, I used to be really very amazed at how few areas wanted touchups in any case of that portray and taping. The tape peeled off this tiny little spot below the window.

I additionally had a bother spot right here within the nook the place I couldn’t get the tape lined up completely proper within the nook, so I’ve this white sliver of wall displaying. I’ll want to the touch that up with a small artist brush.

I had this tiny space on the sunshine pink stripe that peeled off.

After which I had the identical drawback on this nook the place I had bother getting the painters tape in precisely the precise spot. So corners are a bit difficult, however that touchup is straightforward sufficient.

And right here’s the aftermath. This can be a fairly tiny rest room, and I nonetheless have one drawback wall to cope with, so I’m not even utterly completed but. And I went by way of 5 rolls of painters tape. 😀

However it was completely value it! I’d do it over again if I needed to as a result of, like I mentioned, that is arms down my favourite wall design I’ve ever achieved.