The typical theme that you often read about in home interiors and themes are comprised of either combinations of colors or full-color monotone design. You may have seen a lot of beautiful themes but wait until you see these creative half painted designs for your home. This is a unique and attractive way to rejuvenate the looks of your home.

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The idea of a stylish half painted designs for your home is simple – to have separate the wall, piece of furniture and paint it half way. This will give emphasis on the area that you intend to highlight in your home. For instance, the illustrations show that darker colors are used at the bottom or lower areas, this creates a great emphasis on the things you have on the floor like the furniture, appliances and other items.

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Here are some of its features:

Unique and stylish

One of the things that you should consider when it comes to home designs is the exclusivity of style. This is to make sure that you are not just doing a copycat of what others already have. It’s like having your own style and design for your home.

Simple yet elegant

Simplicity is beauty – and it will show in a lot of ways with this idea. It is simply awesome because you just have to decide on half of its color and beautiful because it reflects the areas of your home that are worth exhibiting.

Universal

This design doesn’t only include the walls and furniture but can be implemented in your home decor or even your utensils. It is a great challenge on the part of the homeowner to match the items you have at home for this design. But this can be done with a painting them halfway.

With all these features of stylish half painted design at home, you can never run out of ideas to enhance your home interior. Just look around your home and see how you can work it out!

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Accent walls bring visual interest to any room; but take your accent wall one step further by painting a pattern instead of a solid color. Patterns may seem like hard work to paint, but all it takes is a little preparation and precise measurements on your part.

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What you’ll need:

Painter’s tape, a ladder, a ruler, and a level.

Choose your pattern.

Your choices are essentially limitless. You’re only limited by your imagination and your confidence in your measuring skills. The easiest patterns for the average homeowner to execute are vertical stripes, bold blocks, or diamonds.

Clean the wall.

With a large, damp sponge, wipe down the wall. Let it dry completely before you do anything else.

Paint a base.

Your base coat will be the color of one of your stripes or some of your blocks and diamonds.

Measure.

Using a piece of wood, measure the increments for your design. Vertical stripes should be between 5 inches and 12 inches wide for a visually pleasing effect. Anything narrower would create a woozy feeling, and anything wider would defeat the purpose of creating a striped pattern altogether.

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Mark the wall.

Hold your piece of wood against the wall, checking the alignment with a level, and mark the spots on the wall in conjunction with the measurements on your wood. Using the piece of already-marked lumber will save you time and the aggravation of having to measure repeatedly.

Keep marking.

Take a long level or a long straight edge and mark the rest of your pattern. Mark with care, though, since pencil marks can be seen through your paint.

Tape out your pattern.

Remember you’re taping the outline of your pattern and painting inside the tape. To ensure your pattern looks polished, burnish the tape with a credit card to seal the edges so that paint doesn’t seem underneath the tape.

Paint.

Wait for the first coat to dry completely before applying a second.

Remove the tape.

Pull the tape in a direction away from the fresh tape to achieve a smooth finish.

Paint patterns can make a bold statement in your home. Don’t overdo it though, since a room completely covered in vertical stripes will not make a bold statement, but will instead overwhelm the room. Not up to executing perfect vertical stripes? Leave painting to the experts at CertaPro Painters of Rockford, located at 101 N. Main Street, Suite 4, Crystal Lake, IL 60014. Contact CertaPro today at  800-462-3782

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Happy DIY Saturday and today we tackle those gorgeous striped  walls that is ever so popular in everyone’s homes. Striped walls look gorgeous, and the possibilities of how many options you have with stripes is endless. From vertical to horizontal, and mixing narrow and wide painted stripes is an easy way to make your walls look flawless, and unique.

Here is a ‘How to Paint Wall Stripes” video from The Home Depot.

Step by step guide: “Striping Painting Technique” – from DIY Network.

Step 1: Choose Vertical or Horizontal Stripes

A subtle striping technique, with alternating flat and glossy stripes, can add perceived dimension to a room. They are classic, elegant and never go out of style. Horizontal stripes make a room appear more spacious; vertical stripes make the ceiling appear higher. Tone-on-tone vertical striping was the technique we used in our demonstration

Step 2: Prep Work

Striping is a very simple technique. And the final effect can add to the perceived size and dimension of a room. Just remember to measure and tape carefully (anything that’s not straight will be very noticeable) and to take your time.

As with all paint projects, prep work is key. First paint a base coat on the walls; for stripes that’s really important because the base coat will be one of the stripes. Use a flat paint that is exactly the same color as the stripe to be painted on. It’s also important that the base coat dry for 48 hours before you start to work on the stripes.

Step 3: Measure and Mark the Walls

After the base coat is completely dry, begin measuring and marking the walls for the stripes.

Measure the wall, starting in the corner that’s least seen.

Next, divide the wall. Stripes should be between 4″ and 12″ wide. (A width of less than 4″ would be too narrow and busy; more than 12″, too wide and heavy. We’re doing 8″ stripes.) Place the first strip of tape in that obscure corner where you began measuring.

Step 4: Make a ‘Tape’ Measure

Make a “tape legend” for easy measuring. First tear off a strip of low-tack painter’s tape, 4′ to 6′ long. Stick it to the wall for easy handling and using a tape measure, mark it with dots corresponding to the width of the stripes you wish to paint. This will keep you from having to measure each stripe as you tape the wall.

Step 5: Press the Strip of Tape to the Wall

Place the end dot on the tape you’ve already applied to the wall and press the strip to the wall.

Next, use a laser level to shoot a beam onto the second dot; pull the tape loose at that point. The beam from the level will show you exactly where to place the next strip of tape. (You can rent or buy a laser level. Just set it up in the middle of the room and you can turn it so it hits every wall as you work your way around the room.)

Tip: Remember that because you will be painting only every other stripe, you’ll need to tape out the pattern so that every other stripe is outlined by the tape. Make sure to tape outside the chalk line; fresh paint will cover up the lines.

Tip: You can also make the lines with a chalk line. Use blue chalk because red or yellow is a permanent color.

Step 6: Adjust the Width

It’s unlikely that the measurements will work out perfectly. Any small differences won’t be seen, however, because you started in an obscure corner. If you want to be more exact, adjust the width of the stripes on the last wall. A 1/4″ to 1/2″ difference won’t be visible to the eye.

Step 8: Paint Over the Tape

Paint over the tape line with a semigloss paint, making sure to cover the entire area of each stripe (anything missed will show up as a contrast in sheens). One coat should be enough.

Step 9: Remove the Tape

Remove the tape once you’ve painted the wall, angling away from the freshly painted area as you pull (image 3 and 4)

A few last tips about color in different rooms:

• Blue is a great color for a bedroom: it’s serene and calming.
• Red is a good color for stripes in a dining room: it stimulates the appetite.
• For a foyer, shades of yellow and orange are welcoming colors.
• Shades of yellow and cream are soft and luxurious.
• Painting stripes with contrasting colors will create drama.

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