How to Paint an Eye-Catching Ombre Wall

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Follow these steps to achieve the perfect ombre wall in your home:

Select Colors for your Paint Project:

The first thing you’ll have to decide is if you want a single color ombre wall (aka, one color that gradually fades to white), or a multicolor ombre wall (a dark shade, medium shade, and light shade). For multicolor, you can either choose three shades from the same color family or slightly different colors that blend together well. Digs Digs has some great tips and ombre inspiration for your decorating.

Gather Paint Supplies:

Purchase the paint in the color(s) that you’ve selected for your wall. You will also need a primer, painter’s tape, a tray, roller, paint brushes, and sponge.

Painting Preparation Tips:

While you’re certainly excited to jump into your project, you won’t be satisfied with the results unless you prep the walls properly. Begin by wiping down the walls to remove any excess dust/debris, sanding down any rough spots, and if necessary, patching any holes. Make sure to also apply a coat of primer to create an even, solid base for the paint to adhere to. HGTV gives some ideas and inspiration for painting your ombre wall.

Creating the Ombre Effect with the Paint:

Use a roller to paint the entire wall with the lightest of the shades you have selected. Paint the bottom quarter of the wall with the darkest shade, and mix the medium and dark shade together to create the color for the section of the wall immediately above that. Paint the final section using just the middle shade. Blend the colors together using a dry paintbrush or sponge until the lines seamlessly blend together.

You don’t have to be a gifted artist to paint the perfect wall! – it just takes the right tools and some time and effort.

Try this Glitter Wall tutorial in your home for another cool effect!

Like to get your home decor and fashion into the Spring Season? Then turn up the color dial by adding the effect of ombre’ to your items. Ombre is the graduation of color in an object, such as when fabric is very dark at one end and gradually lightens or vice versa. You can use this process for pretty much anything like chairs, banisters, stairs, desks, walls, fabrics and more. Here are a couple of D.I.Y. ideas of where you might want to use ombre’ within your home and more.

Walls

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Give your walls a touch of the gradual effect to add variety of color within the room.  Look above to see the different shades of the greens being displayed from the accent pieces and furniture that are being pulled from the ombre’ of the walls. Use the wall to lay out the color palette for the entire space or for the colors for other walls within the home. 

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Chairs and Desks

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Perhaps you may not have wanted the entire space to be ombre’d just a few pieces around the room.  Then ombre’ your desk, chair or dresser. These pieces would be great for brightening up and adding color to your space. The contrasting design of the ombre’ pieces are bringing in the vibrant richness that can radiate any space.   Visit: http://www.designsponge.com/2012/04/diy-project-shades-of-blue-ombre-chair.html, for the chair and for the dresser- paintedfurnitureideas.com.

Clothing

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Ombre’ doesn’t just stop within the home.  Ombre’ can go as far as  hair, accessories, and clothing.  Create a color gradient for the things that you wear, most of the popular styles today are all about colors being mixed together and the more color the better.  Put this into your life by visiting: Stripesand sequence.com- for the jeans and for the accessories-ohthlovelythings.blogspot.com.

Stairs

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Make the stairways the focal point when entering your home.  Ombre’ the bottom portion of each stair on the stair remembering to have the stair located at the bottom to be the darkest and the one at the top to be the lightest.  For more tips and guidance on how to do this go to: wyetta.com.

Now you go out and try it.  See what items you can gradually turn into color in motion.  Be inspired, creative and have fun!

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