Showing posts with label choosing paint colors for a room. Show all posts
Showing posts with label choosing paint colors for a room. Show all posts

Wall Colors for Living Room

Posted by DSH on Tuesday, August 18, 2009

You may be ready to paint the house at the time you read this article. And now you may be a little confused to choose the right color for your home interior. Please note when selecting your paint color, you should not only focus on the paint walls only. Because the combination of paint color on the walls, ceiling and floor will create a certain effect. How do the effects that arise from a combination of colors in these three areas?

The following tips surely useful. I basically presented the principles and you will see how the color combination on the three areas that will create the vastness, depth or height of the house.
- Dark floor color with walls and ceiling pale color shall expand the space
- Dark color for floor and ceiling shall create space wider looks and lower
- If all three parts are using dark color, the room square shall seamless looks
- Bright color for floor and wall behind with both side walls and ceiling painted dark shall gives entry way effect.
- Bright ceiling color with others dark shall create basement effect ( the lights on the top )
- Dark color for wall behind with side walls and floor using pale color shall reduce the depth of room
- Floor, behind wall and ceiling using bright colors shall create deeper room and the hight.
- Dark walls with ceiling and floor using bright colors shall emphasize horizontal lines
- Room with floor, ceiling and wall brighter or pale shall give the space looks wider.
- Too many pale color shall create cold and impersonal.

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Interior Painting : Wall Painting Techniques

Posted by DSH on Friday, May 04, 2007

There are many wall painting techniques for interior painting that you can try. Some of them is simple, carefullnes and difficult, but all you can do by your self. Consider decorative wall painting techniques, such as sponging, ragging, stenciling or stamping. Even if you have no experience, you can brighten even the dullest room quickly and cheaply with one of these easy decorative wall painting techniques.

First start prepare painting your room, pick out a color scheme for your walls. When you chose your paint, remember that many painting techniques use two shades of one color. 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.

Now another technique is to sponge or rag a wall, paint on your base color and let it dry thoroughly. 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. If you are unhappy with your final result, you can repaint any areas that you don’t like with the base coat. Once the repainted area is dry, repeat the faux painting technique.

If you are considering using a decorative painting technique such as stenciling or stamping, you may just want to create a wallpaper effect by stamping 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. You don’t need to be an artist to create one of these faux finishes. Just follow these simple steps. First, paint the walls with the color you chose 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.

Creating faux effects such as making your walls look like they are made of plaster or suede can also really make your room stand out. You can easily learn how to create these seemingly difficult finishes at your local paint store. Paint bases that automatically give a suede or textured effect to the walls are a shortcut that even artists use to create fun finishes.

Finally, no matter which decorative wall painting technique you choose, remember that it is just a few layers of paint. You can always redo the finish on your walls as you learn more about the art of decorative painting.

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