Thursday, February 18, 2010

What are some neat ideas for painting a living room.. Not just ordinary, but things like sponging, etc.?

You could use different colors I used 3. One color on the walls, one for ceiling with shading, so it looks like there is a vaulted ceiling around the top of the wall and the ceiling I did another color to really pop it all. The ceiling looks vaulted and the walls appear taller plus the border which is 6 inches on wall and then 6 inches on the ceiling really makes the whole room look so much bigger!


It actually made the room much richer looking.


Check out the interactive design plans below where you can can design and paint your rooms... but I will warn you I can be there for hours!!!! Also use your search bar just type in ideas and see what links you get, when you find a link save it.What are some neat ideas for painting a living room.. Not just ordinary, but things like sponging, etc.?
I just finished colored plaster on my livingroom walls. It turned out very nice. At Home Depot they have free booklets in the paint section that show different types of faux finishes and explain how to achieve those looks. I got my plaster idea from one of the booklets and Home Depot had all of the supplies that I needed.What are some neat ideas for painting a living room.. Not just ordinary, but things like sponging, etc.?
Venetian plaster, torn tissue with two part broken colour glaze, a ragged broken colour glaze, a hard plaster (Sto or Dryvit) with a ragged broken colour glaze, torn paper with a two part broken colour glaze, faded fresco, handmade papers can be decopaged on the walls, (i know a lady that used road maps, quite nice actually), there is no limit, only your imagination...gild the ceiling


look at some Frank Lloyd Wright homes.


there are only two limits here, your bank account, and your imagination, if you can think of it, and can afford it, it can be done.


i did one living room with a mural going around the entire room, then shot a crackle lacquer over it and rubbed umber oil over it...it looked 500 years old when i was done.
Stripes are nice in two different shades from the same color. All you need is a tape measure and some painters tape.
It really depends on your sense of style. My cousin painted her living room with vertical stripes. She used a neutral color (taupe) in a flat paint and then taped off vertical stripes all the way around the room, painting every other stripe with a clear glaze. The stripes showed up when light hit the wall, but it was an understated effect.


In her bedroom, she used the same techniques to put large diamonds on her wall.
Our son did something in his den called ';crackling';, it's looks really nice. It's a 2 coat procedure %26amp; they told him how to do it at a Sherwin-Williams store.
The Ralph Lauren suede paint looks really nice. It's neutral and classy.
paint the ceiling something other than white
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