Interesting design techniques for painting walls can be introduced into the interior of any room: from the kitchen to the nursery.
Living room. This room can become a real platform for realizing creative ideas. The walls can be painted in several matching or contrasting tones, and different textured finishing materials are used.
Bedroom. The atmosphere here should be calm and peaceful. It is necessary to select only neutral, pleasing tones that are close to natural. It is better to avoid too rich shades. Stencils, stripes, various unpretentious ornaments, as well as an accent wall are well suited for bedroom design.
Kitchen. The kitchen uses paints that are easy to clean and have moisture-repellent properties. It is better to paint the walls in calm, discreet tones, and select the furniture in a contrasting color.
Children's room. Drawings, stripes, numbers, other pictures, as well as areas made with slate paint look great in a child's room. They can be made bright, while the walls themselves are better painted in a neutral color.
Hallway. The corridor is often painted using ombre or gradient techniques, but too dark tones are not used here due to the lack of windows. You can combine painting with plaster or decorative stone. To visually expand the room, the method of horizontal stripes is used.
Bathroom and toilet. Wet rooms are painted only with water-resistant materials, but areas that will be regularly exposed to water are best tiled. Combinations of white with orange, blue, and yellow are traditional for the bathroom.
Balcony or loggia. Open balconies are painted with materials for exterior work, closed ones - with water-based emulsion, acrylic and latex paints with the addition of antiseptics. Most often, a cold palette of shades is used here to reduce the intensity of natural light.
Painting the walls in an apartment is easy to do with your own hands. The painting technology itself is quite simple, but the result will please you only with high-quality surface preparation. If wallpaper can hide minor imperfections and defects, then paint, especially matte, will only highlight them. Only textured materials can hide pits and small irregularities, but ordinary paints cannot do this. The problems of the walls will be especially noticeable in good lighting: they will immediately catch the eye.
To prepare the walls for decorative finishing, you need to do the following:
clean the base from the old coating, especially from smooth paints;
repair all defects and putty if necessary;
sand the walls well;
apply primer in 2-3 layers.
You can start painting only when all layers of the rough finish are completely dry, otherwise the paint will apply unevenly and will not last long.
In order for the room to evoke only pleasant emotions after painting, you need to choose the right colors or their combinations. It is better to strive for your own desires, rather than follow fashion, because it changes almost every year. Here are the most popular paint colors and their purposes:
white - ideal for ceilings, small rooms, visually expands the boundaries;
beige is a very popular color, suitable for all types of interiors, looks better in combination with contrasting tones;
black - reduces space, is used only as an accent, otherwise it will make the room gloomy;
gray – looks stylish, gives coziness, can become a background for walls, but definitely requires dilution with more “cheerful” tones;
red is an aggressive color, used in interiors with caution, practically not used in bedrooms and children’s rooms;
yellow is an excellent color for creating bright spots and diluting a boring environment, especially recommended for northern rooms;
orange – gives a feeling of warmth, harmony, encourages communication, is popular in the living room and kitchen;
brown is a classic color in the interior; beige and peach shades go well with it;
blue – gives a feeling of relaxation, calm, sets the mood for relaxation, its light shades are well suited for the bedroom;
purple - used accentuated, as in the dark version it can cause a feeling of fatigue;
green – calms, gives a feeling of closeness to nature, suitable for the living room, bedroom.
Room decoration styles may vary. Depending on the style direction, it is worth choosing both the shade option and the type of wall painting. Here are the most popular interior styles:
Modern. Usually walls are painted in one or two shades; a popular combination of rich tones with white and beige colors is popular. Stripes and ornaments on the walls work well. The palette should be unobtrusive.
Minimalism. Plain coloring is used in colors such as blue, gray, white. Textured paints and moldings are used.
Loft. Typically the design includes brown, gray, black tones. Often a wall painted “like brick” is introduced.
Classic. The interior can be decorated in any color, preferably pastel colors with ornaments, monograms, and gilding.
Provence. Blue, lilac, mint tones, pink and peach shades are used. The walls can be plain or striped; artistic painting is popular.
Country. Stone textures, mustard, white, brown tones, antique effects and whitewash are used.
They depend on what you want to see on your wall. Special rollers are suitable for abstraction. If you want to make repeating shapes in different parts of the wall, it is better to make a stencil.
If you want to see the whole working picture, then you need to think about what to draw first and what then. It is better to first draw sketches with a pencil on the walls, and only then start painting.
The stardust effect is often used on the ceiling. This does not require any special tools or effort.
Spray paint onto the work surface. But for a reason. If you took a brush, then you need to squeeze it out, bend it in the opposite direction from the area and release it. The remaining drops from the villi will fly to the surface and leave a beautiful mark.
The choice of paint depends on the room where the renovation is taking place. If you can use any non-staining paint in the hallway, then in the living room or bedroom you need to choose the appropriate one.