Paint the entire wall the color you want the spaces between the stripes and allow the paint to dry.
How to paint vertical stripes on a wall.
If using a level and pencil mark your stripe widths across the wall.
Prepare your walls with paint primer.
See our guide about how to paint walls for tips on getting a.
Use a ruler or tape measure to make sure your lines are straight and equally spaced.
Step 3 create your outline.
Laying out and painting stripes on walls.
The process is easy and can be done in two ways.
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.
Go with vertical striped walls in simple black and white.
When you re sure the wall is dry tape off your vertical stripes.
Paint an odd number of stripes on your wall.
For vertical stripes measure the width of the wall and for horizontal stripes measure the height of the wall.
Painting vertical stripes on walls isn t that difficult though it takes a bit of preparation to end up with straight even lines.
Painting vertical stripes on the wall is a two step process.
Start at the top left corner of the wall and measure down for horizontal stripes or to the right for vertical stripes measuring the width of 1 stripe.
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.
Tape around the edges and fixtures on the wall first and then paint your base color.
Here s how to go about it.
Try wide neutral colored horizontal stripes.
Painting your wall with unique vertical stripes can make your room look stunning.
First by using tape if you want the perfect looking stripes and secondly without using a tape if you want to get not so perfect natural feel.
Want a tight space to feel spacious.
This makes sure you ll get a solid strip at the edges of the wall or ceiling.