Are your walls plain and sans glam? Do you long for a cozy, welcoming room? Have you ever given a thought about interesting wall painting techniques, like sponging, ragging, stenciling or stamping? You actually do not need any kind of experience to do it yourself economically and make your room look grand with any of the following quick decorative wall painting techniques.
Even before you could start painting, choose a color scheme for the walls. Most of the painting styles, use two shades on one color for any design. If the one you are choosing uses two shades as well, pick your base color darker than usual, as your top coat which is a lighter color will make your base coat light as well.
To sponge or rag a wall, paint on your base color and let it dry thoroughly. Dip your sponge or rag in the top coat shade then and sponge or drag it across until you like the result. You have keep going this way until it’s done fully.
If you are considering using a decorative painting technique such as stenciling or stamping, you may just want to create a wallpaper effect bystamping or stenciling a simple design over your base coat. Also if you want to go more further with your designing and utilize stencils or stamps to create a faux brick or stone wall follow few simple steps. To start with, paint the color of your choice for the mortar between the bricks or stones. Immediately after the base coat is dry, stamp or stencil your bricks or stones over the base coat. After the brick or stonework is dry, spatter a bit of the darker color over your faux art to give it depth and make it appear more realistic.Creating faux effects such as making your walls look like it’s made off plaster or suede makes the room unique from the others. Use the paints that give the suede and textured effects naturally to give the artistic looking finishing touches to your wall.
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