project: stripes

stripes wall
{Paul Raeside}

Painting stripes is a great way to break up an area of solid colour. They can go vertical or horizontal, they can be thick or thin and the colour combinations are endless. Painting stripes can be tricky though if you want perfect lines. Check out these bloggers tips and tricks for painting stripes on walls, ceilings, furniture and on textiles:



Chase The Star: Craigslist cabinet makeover - love, love!

Unskinny Boppy: the lazy girl's timesaving tips for painting wall stripes - thank you!

To Columbus & Beyond: DIY painted rug tutorial - with wall paint

Googiemomma: tutorial how to paint stripes on your wall or ceiling - too cool

A Girl And A Brush: ready to sail - gorgeous dresser

A Thoughtful Place: options for making striped drapes - instead of painting

The House Of Smiths: painting evenly spaced gray stripes on an accent wall - DIY tutorial

Sisters of the Wild West: Pinterest inspired dresser - with contrasting stripes

6 comments:

Aimee - ItsOverflowing.com said...

Great Ideas! XO, Aimee

Sheila @sZinteriors said...

I love stripes - they make me go weak in the knees ;-) And it's inspiration like the last one that has me falling!

Chase the Star said...

Thanks for including my striped cabinet!!! I love the other projects you've featured on here!! New follower!
Barbara @ Chase the Star
http://chase-thestar.blogspot.com

Kay Bostick said...

I checked out the links one by one. These are just too awesome. I am loving it. I am such a fan for stripes.

Becky said...

Thanks for the comment on my whale art! Love these stripes and have my powder room pegged for big thick stripes once I finish up some other projects around here!!

Tracey Ayton Photography said...

I just adore stripes. We have a Sarah Richardson inspired guest bedroom with some stripes. Funny, I just posted a little nursery with the striped application on the walls. Love it!!