20+ designer ways to paint walls

With the help of paint and improvised means that can be found in every apartment, you can change the interior beyond recognition. And there are many ways to paint walls that will not only transform the space, but also bring a lot of pleasure to those who will participate in this process.

Using paint on the wall, you can create an exclusive pattern that is not found on the wallpaper. This allows you to make the interior special and not like others. You can experiment with colors and shades, shapes, textures.

When using several colors, it is worth remembering that in this case it is better to combine:
• Different shades of the same color;
• Related shades;
• Contrasting colors that work well together.

Today it is fashionable to experiment not only with colors. Increasingly, designers are trying bold wall design options. For example, they age the wall, make the effect of mold or a damp wall, but at the same time use blue, pink, green shades. Large blots, spots and stains look bold and extraordinary. It is appropriate to use such decor on one of the walls in order to highlight a certain area in the room or make it the compositional center of the interior.

To create such effects, it is not necessary to be a professional designer, artist or painter. Yes, and special tools in this case are not needed. You can make the wall unusual with the help of an ordinary sponge, a clothes brush and a rag:

- an interesting effect can be obtained with a brush with a long pile, for example, applying paint randomly,

- if you smear the paint applied to the wall with a sponge, you get a nice marble effect

- an ordinary rag will help create a unique pattern on the wall or the effect of Venetian plaster,

- and a clothes brush will give the wall grain.

To create textured reliefs, it is recommended to use glue or glazed paints. You need to work with them only after the base paint has completely dried.

Increasingly, walls and furniture painted with slate paint are appearing in modern interiors. This allows you to make notes on the surface with chalk and draw all kinds of images. So the interior is always updated depending on the mood of its owners.

Marker paint also belongs to innovative types of coatings. After its complete drying, which occurs within seven days, funny pictures can be drawn on such a surface with dry-erase markers.

You can unusually paint the wall using stencils, buying them at a hardware store or doing it yourself. For self-made stencil, thick paper or cardboard is useful. Also, an interesting effect will be obtained if you wrap a roller with a piece of twisted rag and paint the wall with it. On sale there are also rollers with a stencil already applied.