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45 Creative Wall Paint Ideas and Designs — RenoGuide
Marj Licos
Marj Licos
Splashing on a fresh coat of paint is the fastest, easiest and cheapest way to refresh your home interiors. Aside from just painting the walls, you can also use them as the room’s accent or décor. With a little artistry and a lot of imagination, your walls can be highlights of the room or the house! Here are some easy DIY wall paint ideas and designs that will instantly transform the wall from humdrum to fabulous. Check these out and get ready for some painting!
1. Random Rectangles
Cool, modern, eye-catching. This easy-to-create wall paint feature will complement your modern home interiors and don’t need creative or artistic skills to complete. Just pick your favourite colour palette and paint away random rectangles in different shades.
2. Nordic Blues
Blue-grey shades are typical of the cool, modern and minimalist interiors of Scandinavian designs. Use several shades of Nordic blues to cover blocks of your wall. Use painter’s tape to achieve clean straight lines.
3. Honeycomb
Perk up a plain white wall with several shades of honeycomb. The randomly placed hexagons create a fun and funky vibe to the room. Use colours that complement the room’s interiors and use – brighter shades for kid’s bedroom, more toned-down for the living room or dining area.
4. Turquoise Ombre
Bring in the bright and cool of the ocean with this turquoise ombre wall paint. Match the colourful wall with sea-themed accents, glass and gold.
The light-toned wood flooring works to soften the glare.
5. Gingham Style
Painting squares can’t be that hard! This gingham-inspired wall feature gives the room an idyllic charm and rustic vibe. The key to a successful gingham wall feature is in carefully studying the shades, planning the painting and keeping the lines straight.
6. Grey Diagonals
This is one of the easiest wall paint ideas and designs for an accent wall. Upgrade a blank wall into this sleek and attractive wall accent. Painting a plain grey wall with diagonal lines of different thickness and shades creates a trendy and upbeat vibe. Perfect for modern minimalist homes.
7. Elegant Lines
The headboard wall is the ideal accent wall of a bedroom. This modern bedroom highlighted the wall with a dark shade of peacock green amongst a predominantly white interior.
Black thin lines are added to create a modern chic look.
8. Orange Burst
Easily dress up a narrow blank wall with this orange burst paint feature. Take your favourite colour, then create several shades of it by gradually adding white paint. An easy and fun way to add a pop of colour to an otherwise gloomy corner.
9. Vertical Divide
Sleek, modern and creative. Easily upgrade your interiors with this three-tone vertical divide paintwork. The grey shades complement the modern minimalist room, while the perky yellow serves as the accent colour. Add yellow décor pieces to pick up the colour theme.
10. 3D Boxes
Add fun to your room with some 3D wall effect. This three-tone 3D box design is easy to accomplish. Draft the lines and mark the colours so you won’t get confused. Using painter’s tape will hasten the process and ensure straight lines.
11. Circle Ombre
This circle ombre paintwork is perfect for when you just need a fun feature to dress up a blank wall. Draw a huge circle on the wall and divide into several vertical segments. Starting with the original paint colour, paint the middle part. Dilute the paint with white and work your way painting the outer segments. Remove the painters’ tape dividing the sections.
12. Charming Check
Fun, charming, unique. This blue-themed check wall feature complements the coastal home interiors. But you can make your own check design and put in on your wall! Pick your favourite colour and create three more complementary shades to complete your check design.
13. Colourful Geometrics
This bright and colourful geometric design works for homes and is best for rooms where you need a lot of positive energy flowing, like the living room or the family room.
Its bright colours are captivating, while the diagonal strokes give the design a dynamic look.
14. Flower Accent
Brighten up a forgettable corner of your home with this charming and fascinating wall flower accent. You can go as bright as you want by using red or orange shades, or as cool as this yellow on grey rose accent.
15. Random Lines
Eliminate blank and boring walls easily with some ingenuity and a free weekend to work on your wall. This enthralling two-tone paint wall accent is fun, modern and original. Its random lines and colour blocking aspect effectively delivers drama and character to the room.
16. Pastel Triangles
Fun, cheerful and bright! One of the most festive wall paint ideas and designs. Pastel triangles on the wall will make you think of confetti, party and excitement.
Ideal wall feature for children’s bedroom, the playroom, the family room or even the kitchen!
17. Blended Grey
When you want a plain grey wall, but you also want it to be exciting and unique! This blended grey wall is surely captivating and extraordinary. To achieve the cloud-like effect, use two tones of grey. Paint the lower part of the wall with the darker tone and the top with the lighter one. Use both colours in the middle part, using quick bold strokes to get the blended effect.
18. Cross-stitched Accent
Unique, nostalgic and beautiful. This wall feature will take a lot of painstaking and detailed work to get right. But with the right attention to details and a lot of patience, it is possible. A great surprise or gift of labour for someone who’s into cross-stitching.
19. Paint Drips
You’ll never have to worry about the drips, the overpainting and the mess with this design.
Drips are encouraged and the messy result delivers a beautiful and arresting wall feature. For smaller rooms, you can do one layer of paint applied on the top of the wall, right next to the ceiling and dripped randomly.
20. Vertical Stripes
Stripes are classic, neat and a staple in almost any design. Adding some black vertical stripes to a plain white wall will instantly transform it into this chic and elegant wall accent. From a forgettable foyer to a stylish one.
21. Sunset Ombre
Capture the magic of sunset with this incredible sunset ombre wall design. Warm, bright, mesmerising. The key to achieving the seamless ombre wall is the careful blending of colours. Start with sky blue from the top, follow with blush, then with warm honey orange, and end with salmon at the bottom. Blend colours between shades.
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Blue MountainsRelaxing, cool and fascinating. Adding a tranquil wall décor such as this blue mountain feature evokes peace and quiet into a room. Best for bedrooms, bath or the music room. Using several shades of blue-green paint, draw and paint the dips and peaks of your mountains. You can even recreate a favoured mountain range!
23. Dividing Diamonds
Adding pizzazz to a plain wall is easy and fun! Instead of abruptly cutting off from one colour to another, transition by adding these dividing diamonds. This wall transitioned from blue to white, and to divide the two blocks of colour, several shades of blue and white diamonds were added in between. Fun, attractive and charming!
24. Prints and Patterns
Sleek, light and neutral. This is the perfect wall accent for the modern minimalist home. Using painters’ tape, divide the wall into triangles.
Working with each triangle, randomly paint them with either grey or white, or create different patterns like stripes, fish tales, slants, starts, circles, and whatever you fancy!
25. Connecting Dots
Give your plain white wall a fun upgrade with this dots and lines design. Easy to create but might take you some time to complete. This is easier with a sharpie. Just create random dots a few inches from each, then draw lines to connect the dots.
26. Watercolour Effect
Arresting, creative, unforgettable! Pick some of your favourite colours to use for this colourful wall accent. Diluting acrylic paint with water will give you this fascinating watercolour effect. Keep the rest of the room muted so as not to overwhelm the overall design.
27. Rainbow Wall
Everyone loves rainbows! Adding a cheery rainbow to your home will instantly uplift its mood and ambience.
This accent wall highlights a basic rainbow arch on white. The colours more than provide the vividness that the all-white room needs.
28. Bright Colour Blocks
Brighten up a gloomy corner or decorate a blank wall with some blocks of bright colour paint. This plain white section of the house is turned bright and interesting by just adding blocks of red, orange and yellow. Not artistic skills required, just keep your lines straight with the help of painters’ tape.
29. Grunge Watercolour
Don’t be afraid to play with your walls and colours! This grunge watercolour wall speaks of an edgy, free and creative personality. To create the look, use acrylic paint, pick your favourite colour and dilute with water to achieve the fading effect. No rules for this design, just have fun.
30. Origami Accent
Minimalist, colourful, fun.
This bright and eye-catching origami wall accent is all you need to perk up a room! Its sleek lines and minimalist design are perfect for the modern minimalist home – just the right amount of colour and fun but without the clutter and fuss.
31. Graded Ombre
Want to do the ombre wall but can’t achieve the seamless blend? Try this graded ombre – the easier and simpler version of the delightful wall paint trick. Instead of going for the seamless, you’ll have to do the transition in segments. Just add colour or dilute the paint as you go from one panel to the next.
32. Dripping Mountains
Striking, colourful, inventive. This streamlined version of the mountains mural is brighter yet more subtle. Using several pastel shades of acrylic, dilute the paint with water to achieve the right drippy consistency. Fill large syringes and carefully work your way making mountain ranges across the wall.
33. Rainbow Splatter
This is another fun project to upgrade a blank wall into something colourful and exciting. Very minimal artistic skills required! Just pick out the colour theme you want; it could be several shades of one colour, a three-colour combi or this explosive rainbow collection.
34. Pastel Geometrics
Charming, understated, elegant. This colourful wall of muted pastel geometrics is easy to create. Using painters’ tape, map the wall out with random shapes, then fill each one with a different pastel colour. Mix some neutral shades with the pretty pastels to get the classy elegant look.
35. Into the Woods
With the right technique, painting a forest on your wall isn’t as hard as you would imagine. This green forest wall accent is easy to create. Start from the top background paint, then work your way down making tree silhouettes and adding more of the dark green paint as you go.
36. Red Grunge Fade
Edgy, fascinating, extraordinary. This rust-red grunge paint wall accent brings in an edgy and vivacious character to the room. The awesome way to disrupt the perfect orderliness of the modern minimalist interiors. After painting a section of the wall, press a wet rug to the newly painted section to create the grungy effect.
37. Hand Drawn Herringbone
Funky and creative, minimalist and attractive. Add a fun and trendy vibe to the room by creating this easy-to-do hand drawn herringbone wall accent. You’ll need a lot of patience working your way across the wall, but the work is simple enough. This is the only time you’re allowed to draw on the wall!
38. Colourful Fish Scales
This fish scales wall paint feature will not only dress up your wall, but it will also bring fun and excitement to the room.
Adding some party colours in fun shapes will instantly transform a humdrum wall into this colourful and gorgeous feature. Best for children’s bedroom, the nursery, the family room or even for outdoor hubs.
39. Unfinished Half
This may look like you’ve run out of paint, but it is actually a fun and quirky wall paint feature. This unique wall accent is a great conversation starter and is one of the easiest to accomplish. The streamlined elegant look underlines the fun and creative whimsy of the wall feature.
40. Elegant Minimalist
Some of the best wall paint ideas and designs actually use a sharpie. This elegant and classy wall accent is very easy to achieve! The first step is to paint the wall with a dark shade of colour. Once the paint has dried, use a gold sharpie pen to create the thin elegant lines. Done!
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Patterned PastelsFunky, bright, exciting! Eliminate boring walls with some fun pastel prints and patterns. Design patterns and options are endless, just use your imagination! This colourful concoction of dots, shapes and patterns results to an electrifying fun wall.
42. Floral Doodle
Express yourself and showcase your art on your wall! This amazing floral doodle wall feature is elegant and astounding as it is in black and white. You can also opt for the more attention-grabbing finish by adding in colours.
43. Vertical Lines
Subtle, elegant, modern. Adding random vertical lines to your plain wall will instantly give it a more modern and exciting look. The white vertical slants on grey background wall accent give this bedroom a contemporary yet stylish finish.
44. Painted Wood Planks
Love wood planks on your walls but would also like some colour? This painted wood planks wall gives a fascinating, fabulous and unique look to the bedroom.
The bright colours instantly uplift the bedroom from mundane to stunning. Highlight the wall feature with some spotlights.
45. Random Curves
In the minimalist trend of neutral colours and straight lines, this accent wall of curves and pastels is a standout. The circles and curves soften the look, while light pastels complement the modern minimalist styling.
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25+ Cool and Creative Ways to Paint Your Walls (And Add Some Pizzazz)
Whether you want to create an accent wall, or you’re looking to spice up a whole room, paint is an easy and inexpensive way to go. These creative wall painting ideas will give you lots of inspiration for painting techniques you might want to try.
Walls take up a lot of the visual space in most rooms.
So why not do something more interesting with them than painting them all one color?
Whether you want to create a focal point with an accent wall or you’re looking for some all over interest, there are lots of creative ways to add color and pattern to your room using paint and some tape or a stencil.
And because it’s only paint…if you mess up or really don’t like what you’ve done, you can always paint over your mistake!
Keep reading to find get some inspiration from these DIY creative wall painting ideas.
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Whether we’re talking about fashion or decorating, stripes are a classic design element.
And to create the basic pattern, you won’t need any fancy tools…some paint and painter’s tape will get the job done!
Which is why putting stripes on your walls is the first one of our creative wall painting ideas.
1 | Vertical stripes
Vertical stripes are one of the easiest ways to add a pattern to your walls.
They’re a great way to make a low ceiling look taller.
Or as an accent wall that adds some pizzazz to a small room
2 | Horizontal stripes
Photo by Duet Design Group – Traditional Bedroom via houzz.comHorizontal stripes are another easy wall painting option.
They can make a narrow room feel wider.
3 | Bold stripes
©Robert Kneschke – stock.adobe.comMake a statement with bold colors and wide stripes.
Learn how to paint vertical stripes HERE.
4 | Subtle stripes
Create a more subtle stripe by using a stencil to paint dotted lines on your wall.
Read the dotted line painting tutorial and get the DIY stencil pattern HERE.
5 | Watercolor effect ombre stripes
A watercolor ombre effect is another painting technique that is similar to horizontal stripes.
It uses darker to lighter shades of glaze that are somewhat overlapping to create stripes with softer edges.
Read the watercolor ombre paint tutorial HERE.
Geometric patterns
If you want to try something a little bolder than stripes, then geometric patterns may be the perfect wall painting design for you.
6 | Chevrons
Photo by Tom Henman Decorative Painting, LLC – Modern chevron wall via houzz.comIf you want a more geometric take on stripes, try painting chevrons on your wall.
In this bonus room, they used the chevrons as an accent wall that helps to distract you from the angled ceiling.
7 | Plaid
Photo from housefulofhandmade.comAs Kati from Houseful of Handmade can tell you, painting a plaid wall takes some time and patience, especially when you stencil it with tiny lines like she did.
But the results are stunning, and definitely worth it!
Get her tutorial HERE.
My mother took it one step further and painted her living room ceiling plaid!
However, this would also be a very cool wall painting design.
You can find her plaid-painted ceiling tutorial HERE.
8 | Diamonds
Photo by Bravo Interior Design – Nursery via houzz.comThis nursery has an accent wall made from painted-on diamonds with a fleur-de-lis stenciled in the corners.
The yellow accents really pop against the black and white color scheme.
9 | Hand painted lines
Photo from jessicawellinginteriors.comIf you’ve always wanted to draw on your walls, this modern free-hand design by Jessica from Jessica Welling Interiors might be for you.
She painted lines in different shades of gray and black to create a cool look for her wall.
Get the tutorial HERE.
Circles and curves
Maybe you prefer circles over squares?
In that case, painting one of these curvy patterns on your walls may be more your style.
10 | Polka dots
Photo from thelilhousethatcould.comPolka dots are another classic design element that are often used in fashion.
But can look pretty good as part of your room design, too!
To find out how to create this look, check out the instructions at thelilhousethatcould.
com.
11 | Big round circles
Photo by Love Your Room LLC – Pizza Box Stencil Wall via houzz.comFor a larger pattern that really makes a statement, large joining circles are another option.
Shoshana from Love Your Room made these with a pattern cut out of a pizza box!
Get the full tutorial HERE.
12 | Damask
Photo from diybeautify.comDamask is another traditional fabric pattern that looks great on the wall.
Cindy from DIY Beauty gave her master bedroom a classic look by stenciling a large damask pattern all over one of the walls.
Read her tutorial HERE.
13 | Quatrefoil pattern
Photo from dimplesandtangles.comUsing an all-over stencil in a quatrefoil design can also be very dramatic.
Jennifer from Dimples and Tangles used gold metallic paint over a blue background to stencil this beautiful wall panel.
Read more about her design on dimplesandtangles.com
Photo from en.paperblog.comIf you prefer a more subtle approach, use clear glaze over a matte paint color instead of using a different color of paint.
This creates a sophisticated look that won’t overpower your room.
Click here to read the tutorial on en.paperblog.com.
Faux materials
Another creative wall painting idea is to use paint to create the look of a more expensive material, like stone, wood or tile.
These techniques can take a little practice to get right, but produce stunning results when you’re done.
14 | Faux tiles
Photo from housefulofhandmade.comKati from Houseful of Handmade made her wall look like beautiful handmade blue and white tile.
Even close up, it’s hard to tell it’s only paint.
Find out how she did it HERE.
15 | Faux marble
Photo from craftedbythehunts.comUsing real marble to cover your bathroom walls is an expensive way to upgrade your space.
Which is why Zoe from Crafted By The Hunts decided to paint a marble look instead. And it really looks like marble!
Read the tutorial HERE.
16 | Faux concrete
Photo from songbirdblog.
comWhile concrete might not be as expensive as marble, trying to install a wall of the real stuff would be a heavy job.
Fortunately, you can re-create the look with paint like Marianne from Songbird Blog did. A much easier way to get the same vibe!
Find her tutorial HERE.
17 | The lace look
Photo by Chroma Colors, Inc. – Eclectic bathroom via houzz.comThe walls in this small bathroom really stand out because of the lace pattern stenciled on the walls.
Because of the contrasting paint colors, the delicate pattern is easy to see.
You can find this stencil HERE.
18 | Faux wood
You can even make paint look like wood grain by using one of these Faux Wood Graining Tools*.
Which would make a great accent wall for a rustic room.
Wallpaper replacements
Wallpaper is a beautiful way to add a pattern to your walls. But it can be pretty expensive.
Painting the pattern is an inexpensive alternative.
19 | Chinoiserie
I have always loved the look of metallic Chinoiserie wallpaper.
But it’s priced way outside my budget.
So I recreated a similar scene in my hallway by stenciling cherry branches over some silver paint in my hallway and I love it!
The painted version has the added bonus that you can use whatever colors go with your decor.
Learn how to create the look of Chinoieserie wallpaper HERE.
20 | Stenciled botanical print
Photo from jessicawellinginteriors.comBotanical prints are big these days.
Rather than buying wallpaper, Jessica from Jessica Welling Interiors used a large stencil to paint one wall in her bathroom. Which is an inexpensive way to get in on the trend.
Find out how to create this look HERE.
21 | Hand drawn botanical print
I did something similar in the original version of my guest bathroom.
Except I painted everything freehand and used glaze mixed with my paint colors to get the watercolor effect.
The rectangular print with floral motifs was copied from my shower curtain!
22 | Scalamandre-inspired zebras
When I renovated my master bathroom, I really wanted to use the Scalamandre zebra wallpaper on the walls.
But I couldn’t justify the cost.
So I created my own custom stencil, and still got the zebra look I was going for.
Read the tutorial (and get my stencil) HERE.
23 | The writing’s on the wall
Photo by Tom Henman Decorative Painting, LLC – Traditional bedroom via houzz.comAnother creative wall painting idea with a wallpaper look is to stencil writing on your walls.
This bedroom is using an old-style script to add to the Paris theme of the room.
Painted wall murals
Our last group of creative wall painting ideas is murals.
Painting a large scene like one of these on your wall is like having a huge piece of artwork in your room.
24 | Bring the garden in
In the original version of my bonus room, I painted the end wall to look like a trellis with wisteria growing on it.
It almost makes you feel like you’re sitting in the garden all year round!
Read the trellis wall mural tutorial HERE.
25 | DIY mountain wall mural
Photo from craftedbythehunts.
comBringing the outside in is a common theme among wall murals.
Zoe from Crafted By The Hunts chose a blue and gray mountain scene for her wall mural. It makes the space feel very serene.
Read the tutorial HERE.
26 | DIY botannical wall mural
Photo from jessicawellinginteriors.comFor a more modern take on the botanical print, Jessica from Jessica Welling Interiors hand painted a large floral wall mural.
With its bold colors and large-sized plants, this wall painting makes sure her bathroom is nor ordinary.
Get the tutorial HERE.
27 | Hand painted hills
Photo from cassiebustamante.comCassie from Cassie Bustamente created a statement in her hallway by hand-painting graphic hills on the walls.
Even if you’re artistically challenged, drawing lines like these shouldn’t be too daunting. And they definitely add some zing to a long blank wall.
Read her tutorial HERE.
Now that you have some ideas for interesting ways to paint your walls, it’s time to get out the brushes and rollers! Pick your favorite and go with it.
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Unusual ways to decorate walls - INMYROOM
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Decorating painted walls is much easier than decorating any other surface. In this post, we will look at the brightest ways to decorate painted walls
We continue the series of articles on color in the interior: actual shades of the season, harmonious combinations, rules for working with the palette, decorators' tips and other publications on the topic in a special section.
Stay tuned, choose your color!
Recently, painted walls are becoming more and more fashionable. In Europe, this trend has existed for more than a dozen years, and now it has reached us.
This finish has many advantages: it can be repainted at any time. For example, if you are bored with an old shade or need to update an old coating that is dirty or your children have shown their creativity on it. In addition, decorating painted walls is much easier than decorating surfaces with any other finish.
The walls in the whole house or in one room can be painted in one color
The space will take on the appearance of a gallery and solid, this approach will help to reconcile even the most diverse furniture, and most importantly, you will be able to express yourself with the help of these walls as you like.
For example, you can hang one large picture or photograph on the wall - this technique allows you to expand even very tiny rooms. Our eye, seeing an exorbitantly large picture, sends a signal to the brain saying: look how big everything is here.
The brain projects this signal onto the perception of the rest of the space.
With a large picture above the sofa, even a 4-meter room can be made visually more spacious. By the way, it is not necessary to buy a picture. To expand the space, it is better to use canvases with abstract plots that you can easily depict yourself. Or involve children to help - they are great specialists in this.
Several paintings, mirrors and other interesting items
Several mirrors can be hung on plain walls - this technique expands the space. And you can hang a few small pictures - this will give the room more intimacy. This technique is good to use in rooms of a small area, but with high ceilings.
If there were no worthy small paintings, framed photographs are quite suitable instead. Or even just multi-colored frames that you can paint in the colors that go best with the color of the walls.
Various embroideries, applications, herbariums will look interesting. All of them will attract views, and, accordingly, divert attention from something else.
For example, from not very expensive furniture, or from a not too beautiful floor. Even modest lamps against the background of such wall decor will look quite out of place.
Gypsum board niches
One-color painting is very good when niches are made on the wall with plasterboard. No less interesting is the solution when niches are highlighted in color - this helps to focus all attention on what is in the niches.
Painting or stickers
The latest fashion trend: graphic, silhouette wall painting. It is not difficult to make it yourself using stencils. Or use ready-made stickers, however, it will not look as highly artistic and expensive as even home-made screen painting.
Geometric patterns
The most trendy way to decorate walls is to apply stripes or other geometric patterns in different scales and colors.
Depending on the direction of the strips, the space can be expanded, narrowed, the ceiling can be raised or lowered.
Drawn circles also work well, which can also create visual tricks.
Many ideas on this topic can be found on the website of the English brand dulux.ru and in the catalogs Color Futures , published annually by AkzoNobel in collaboration with top British color designers.
So, we have considered the main ways of decorating painted walls. It remains to add that lately technology has stepped so far that now painted walls are not only beautiful, but also really safe and environmentally friendly.
For example, the same English brand Dulux has developed a whole line of Eco Design Vinyl Matt paints from the premium segment - this is a new direction of paints that are practically odorless, easy to clean and are distinguished by the absence of volatile organic substances. In a word, there are only very good paints better than paints.
Top 6 Misconceptions - INMYROOM
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Painted bathroom walls look really boring, or maybe covered with fungus or white bloom? We refuse stereotypes and debunk the main myths of wall decoration with paint
Looking through photos of interiors on Pinterest, you notice more and more that in bathrooms use paint for wall decoration.
Looks interesting, very worthy, and at home one could use such a technique, but some invisible barrier does not give a chance to dare it. Painted walls look boring, cheap and only good for decoration. state institutions - prejudice is to blame. We decided to prove the opposite and dispel your doubts.
Misconception 1: painted walls - the last century
Walls painted with dull blue or green oil paint, the subject of a nightmare. But all this is a relic of Soviet times, when such a palette for bathrooms was the standard. Fortunately, today all this is behind us, because reliable water-based moisture-resistant paints have appeared. They look decent, and the huge palette, combined with unexpected design ideas, takes the paint finish to a new level. Create a romantic Provence or cheerful pop art in the bathroom - you can do it with paint without any problems. And if you want to decorate the walls with geometric ornaments or artistic painting, you are welcome too.
Tip: Use masking tape to keep painted walls looking neat.
It is useful in places where a color change is expected, and in places where the floor and ceiling adjoin.
Misconception 2: painting bathroom walls is expensive and difficult
Are you being told that painting bathroom walls is expensive? Don't believe! To be sure, compare paint and ceramic tile prices - everything will immediately fall into place. You will of course have to invite highly qualified professionals to level the walls, invest in high-quality plaster, primer and paint - not without it. But refresh or update interior next time you can do it yourself, picking up a roller and a new shade of paint.
Tip: the base surface of the walls should be practically ideal. Remember that paint does not hide defects, but rather emphasizes their. Therefore, a high level of wall preparation (repeated leveling and priming) is the most important stage on the way to the interior of your dreams.
Misconception 3: Wall paint is afraid of water
Special acrylic or latex paints designed for use in wet areas.
It is impossible to wash them off with water. We will not Argue, ceramic tiles are much less susceptible to moisture than any paint. But you can use partial coloring or protect the most vulnerable areas with tempered glass or the same familiar ceramic tiles. Last the option will even help to interestingly beat the room or zone it.
Tip: To maintain the original look of the painted walls, provide good ventilation. And in addition to this step, leave the bathroom door open (at least an hour after taking water procedures).
Misconception 4: Painted walls get fungus
high humidity and inadequate ventilation. Fight mold and fungus is not a pleasant thing. Here it is easier to anticipate circumstances than then fight them. The fungus can appear even in the bathroom, the walls of which fully tiled. It's just that it will be practically invisible, hiding behind the tiles. and in the seams, but for your health the harm will be no less. There are special paints that contain anti-mold ingredients.
Using them, you will not worry about the appearance of unwanted microorganisms. in your bathroom. Tip: Apply several coats of paint to bathroom walls. Tem By doing so, you will increase the number of special components against fungus and mold.
Misconception 5: the paint on the walls will definitely crack
Let's not deny: the cracks on the painted walls possible. But this result is likely not only in the bathroom. And the point is here not at all in the purpose of the room, but in poorly prepared surfaces under painting. Before applying paint, the walls must be perfectly aligned, concrete plaster and putty are completely dried, and the surface is well primed. Quality materials and prepared walls will not let you know what is cracks in the paint.
Tip: remember that the primer is applied in 2-3 coats. It is possible to paint the walls only after its complete drying, but no later than 24 hours after application.
Misconception 6: Painted walls will turn white secret.
