Fun with Stripes

There are tons of different ways to use stripes in a room. Of course you can simply just paint two different colors or.....paint the same color but use different sheens like a flat or eggshell and a semi-gloss (tip: paint the whole room flat or eggshell and then tape off stripes and use the semigloss). Another variation of this idea would be to tape off stripes and then fill in with a clear latex urethane such as AquaPlastic. Do a faux finish on every other stripe or apply a glitter glaze. I did the glitter glaze on a horizontal stripe around my younger daughter's bedroom which turned out great, perfect for a princess room. Metallics are also fun, use them as a solid or more like a faux finish treatment, I love the metalllic collection from Modern Masters. Be warned that these dry really fast, you must add an extender. Some colors are sheer, some are semi-opaque, some are opaque.

If you don't enjoy taping, I would do horizontal stripes and make sure you are even all the way around your room, use a level. If you are really daring, paint a glow in the dark stripe.

Play around with the width of the stripes, they don't have to be uniform, just remember the more stripes you have the more taping you have to do. Use good quality tape, the paint store can recommend what you need. Before you even buy the paint experiment by cutting out different widths and placing them at different heights, try both vertical and horizontal.