How To Paint A Striped Wall

 This is part of Gavin's big boy room design.

(I'm going to be posting a tutorial on the pillow and headboard soon)

Supplies Needed:
Paint
Painters tape
Yardstick
Pencil
Laser level
Math Skills (you may want to double check with a friend)

First off, start with measuring your wall from top to bottom. I didn't want the stripe to include the baseboard so I subtracted that out. Overall, I had 96" to work with, after taking out the baseboards I was left with 91",  so I did 7 - 13" stripes.

Start with painting the entire wall with the lightest color you are using. It's always  easier to go over a lighter color then a darker one.

Next set up your laser level 13" down from the top, then take the yardstick and pencil and trace along the line all the way across the wall.

 Then grab your tape (it's much easier with two people) and tape over the lines you just made.


Notice how the sections you are going to paint are larger than the other sections. That is because you want to place the tape above the top pencil mark and below the bottom one.

I placed some little tape squares in  the sections I didn't want to paint to make it easier to tell apart. Then paint your darker color.

Pull off the tape before it's dry, that way you'll have a crisp clean line!

Completed project!















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