How can I give pizzazz to an accent wall?
I's like to make the wall look metallic--not too bright--but I don't want to buy the expensive paint. Also, there's a door on the wall, that I'd like to include. No separate look.
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The key to any accent wall in the whole house, is to not make it dominate the room. So please send us a picture, so we can be more specific about our comments. Thank you.
For example if you put a high chroma color on one wall and the rest of your walls are beige, it’s going to look ridiculous and not balanced.
Think about a vase of flowers.
One can have eight kinds of flowers in there, but the whole key to making the vase of flowers look nice, is composition, scale, and texture.
Simple grid paneling can add a lot and you can incorporate a door into it with careful planning. Here's what we did and how we worked a door into it:
https://www.frugalfamilytimes.com/2018/12/how-to-install-grid-paneling-for-character.html?m=1
https://www.frugalfamilytimes.com/2019/05/our-easy-hollow-core-door-makeover.html?m=1
https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/531002612316343240/
I love these ideas!