Painting Stripes

When we built this house we had everything (trim, walls, and ceilings) painted bright white. The first room I am changing from boring white is the powder room, located right off of our kitchen.

My first thought was to paint it blue and have brown accents, hence the picture on the wall. After going through tons of paint swatches I decided blue just wasn't for me.  Then one day I came across the wonderful tutorial on painting stripes from Classy Clutter. The moment I saw it I new stripes were in my near future.

This was a one day project the longest part of it was the prep. The tricky thing about painting bathrooms is all of the stuff you have to paint around. To help with this there are some tricks I use.

1. Remove all the hardware you can.

2. Cover the back of the toilet with a trash bag.

 

3. Remove the globes and bulbs to the light fixture. Loosen the light fixture and cover with a small trash bag. Tape edges of light fixture with painters' tape.

4. Tape the edge of the sink with painters' tape, cover the edges of the sink with Glad Press 'n Seal, and place a baggie over the faucet.

I didn't tape along the trim or the ceiling I just used a 1" angled Purdy paintbrush, a steady hand, and a wet paper towel (in case of a mistake).

Since I was painting the a bathroom I choose a semi-gloss finish, so I will be able to clean the walls easily when needed. I used Behr Perium Plus Interior Semi-Gloss Low Odor, Zero VOC, and painted the entire bathroom Behr Cozy Cottage (740C-2). After letting it dry a few hours I decided on 8 - 12" stripes and used a laser level to make the lines then taped along them. Unfortunately it was getting late and I forgot to take pictures with the tape up. Once taped I used the "Base Coat Method" described in Classy Clutter's tutorial and used Behr Creamy White (W-D-710) as my other color painting every other stripe starting from the ceiling down to the floor. The trim and ceiling did not need to be repainted so they are still the original bright white.

I am very happy with how the stripes came out and oddly they make our small powder room appear bigger. The mirror is the Hemnes from IKEA and it fit our space and budget nicely. The room still needs some accessories but so far I couldn't be more pleased with the change.

Thanks for reading and I hope you are feeling inspired.

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