When painting stripes on walls you re going to first paint the wall a solid color.
How to paint horizontal stripes on a wall.
92 1 2 divided by 5 equals 18 1 2 wide stripes.
Once your stripes are all taped and you ve double check to be sure your tape is on the correct side of the line go ahead and paint your stripes.
I did the entire room grey and wanted to add white stripes on one wall as an accent wall.
Starting from the top down to the floor use a measuring tape and a colored pencil to mark off how wide your horizontal stripes will be.
Mark a small x with a pencil and measure the width of another stripe from that mark continuing until you ve marked and marked the edges of each stripe.
Use a level to draw a straight horizontal line at the top and bottom of each stripe.
In our case we wanted five stripes on the 92 1 2 inch wall.
If your stripes are going to be the same width measure the wall and divide by that number or measure the wall and divide by an odd number to reach a desired.
Decide which color light or dark will be the first stripe.
How to paint stripes on a wall step 1.
This is the first step to painting stripes on a wall.
I paint from top to bottom and i highly recommend that you use a roller so that your brush marks don t show the more of a sheen that your paint has the more likely this is to happen.