Painting a Striped Accent Wall Tutorial

Hello Readers!I was noticing the last time I posted and October 30th and seems like awhile ago. Although, It feels like it flew by. I was recently working on a small low budget commercial, but the hours were intense, and normally I am at a desk in front of a computer. However, this was a shopping job. I was in my car almost 100% of the time. Life in the car in Los Angeles during the week, it pretty much the pits with all the traffic and crazy drivers, but I managed to prevail and pull of shopping and returns! Success!!In other breaking news, my really good friend Brian Ludmer fell victim to the LAX shooting! How crazy is that? You never think any of your friends could be in the wrong place at the wrong time like that. I have been to visit him 3 times in the hospital since the shooting. He was shot in hi right leg. Too see his full story (and what a wonderful guy he is) and contribute to him getting back on his feet, see this link. The good news is that he should make a full recovery! So relieved.After dealing with that, I have been hustling on some of my projects I need to finish and I am happy to show you one of them today in the form of a tutorial! My parents have a little bit of a clutter bug lifestyle (after they got married...the merging of the "stuff" is still being sorted out). Lets take a look at the before photos!
This first step was a great one! I managed to help my parents get rid of a lot of the clutter in their room! I painted their whole room and then painted a striped accent wall! Want to find out how I did it? See below... Supplies you w
1. Frog Tape (for the stripe wall - it has painters block) DO NOT USE REGULAR PAINTERS TAPE for this part. 2. Acrylic Latex Paint (in the 2 colors of your choosing and in a matte finish) I chose Valspar's primer and paint in one to eli
3. Painter's Tape (assorted widths) 4. Paint Frame and Roller refills 5. Paint Edger 6. Angled Paint Brush 7. Drop Cloths or Plastic
The first and most important step is to clear out the room that you are painting, and to mask off the floor. You will also want to tape the electrical outlets to prevent them from being painted. This step can feel like it may take as l
Next you will start painting with one color you chose. I started with Valspar's "high society" and painted their whole room that one color.
After that step, I began measuring out where I wanted my to tape out my stripes. **My measuring method: Begin with measuring the floor to ceiling = 100 inches With the number you measure, you will take that number and divide it by...
it by the number of stripes you want on the wall. 100 (inches)/8(stripes) = 12.5" per stripe When you measure your stripes take in to consideration the width of the frog tape you use and include that width in your measurement...
Once I made my marks on where I wanted to stripes to be. I laid the the frog tape on the wall.
Then I applied my second color "Rain Puddle" to the taped off stripe area. I applied 2 - 3 coats to make sure there was full coverage.
Then once you let it dry (preferably overnight) and then remove the frog tape.
Meredith - Arts & Classy
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  • Janet Smith Janet Smith on Nov 12, 2013
    What a difference. I know your parents must be delighted with their new bedroom! Hope your friend makes a complete recovery!
  • Miriam Illions Miriam Illions on Nov 13, 2013
    I'm so sorry about your friend, Meredith! That's awful. Hope he's doing OK. This room looks amazing - you completely transformed it!
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