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Friday, March 18, 2011

Decorative Painting in Riverwoods Change the Most Boring Walls

What can you do besides repaint the entire wall? Here is the solution. You have some great options that are easy, inexpensive and create a professional look. The easiest is to use a technique called sponge painting. It literally is what it says - sponge color over the existing wall and you are done. This is a very easy process with good results but you must use the correct additives to get the look you want. Sponge painting is used to create a soft blending of colors together to give the illusion of color.

Don't be afraid to put color over color for this technique, be sure to work in small areas with wet edges.

A second interesting look that I happen to like a lot is to make stripes diagonally or horizontally on the wall, this time with no paint. For this technique you simply use a polyurethane sealer...a different sheen than the sheen on the walls currently.

You decided how wide you want the stripes tape them off and apply the polyurethane sealer over every other stripe and you have a finished product. It is subtle yet very striking. Designer note: make sure your lines are straight; it will be very easy to see if they are not. And carefully plan how you lay out the size of each stripe taking into consideration how they will end up at the corners and at the end of the room. Painting tip: to get a perfect edge at the tape line use a small amount of the polyurethane sealer with a paint brush and seal the edges before you start decorative painting in Riverwoods.

These techniques will change the look of any room, and they are both inexpensive and fun to do. You can use them to do the entire room or just an accent wall.