^Deffo this. We live in a Victorian house and I’ve stopped measuring/spirit levelling as there is barely a right angle in the place - do everything by eye now…
definitely recommend frogtape for straight lines, but I’d advise the low-tack version.
if your worried about the line having bobbly bits (because the wall isn’t perfect) then a tip is to paint over the tape with the colour you have underneath first, and then paint over the top with your second colour. However, putting multiple coats of paint over tape can cause the tape to tear off paint when you remove it. The alternative is just to go with one coat on the tape and remove when wet, and do touching up with a steady hand (or little strips of tape to guide)
good luck!
quite dark is my gut feel if you’re using throughout. Are you in a terrace? You’re going to want it light in the hall/landing
give em more time to dry too, the colour and sheen will change a reasonable amount over the next few hrs
They’ll dry to be a lot lighter than that.
Also, pin them up vertically when you’re looking at them - having them laying flat leads to them looking very deceptive.
This is for one room, and the divide will be fairly low (under the windowsill)
That is pinned vertically (nail in the bottom left) but yeah will give it a few hours and have another look
ahh ok cool, i think they look pretty nice, right one in particular
I like the right one better than the left.
But i’d be tempted to go darker on the grey to make more of a statement*
(*I keep saying this phrase when it comes to decorating and then keep going “what statement am I trying to make?”)
It’s a small room so I feel like going darker (even just on the bottom half) might make it a bit claustrophobic
Oh that’s true.
I think my old housemate did that top colour on the bottom and then a white/super pale cream on the top which is also a nice combo.
This weekend I’m going to build a breakfast bar type extension perpendicular to a built-in unit in my living room, that I can set up decks and my pc and music stuff on. Will also hopefully paint the floor in the hall.
Got my brother coming over to lend a hand, we’re going to have lots of beers and nothing can possibly go wrong.
Yeah that’s dreamy I’m into it
Where will you draw the line tho? Chest height?
Yeah will be at the bottom of the windowsill. The window sits a foot or so above my desk so about chest height aye. Gunna get a pure white and go over the skirting boards, doorframe and windowsill so they pop a bit
Sounds fab! So before and after pics pls
Done some of my living room in this, doesn’t really go with the green sofa but it’s not near it. Wanted to get the sofa recovered in a natural sort of sandy colour but before fabric I’ve been quoted £300 So green sofa it shall remain.
Forgot the before. Gunna go over the skirting with white next weekend but happy with my handiwork for my first ever room painting
I absolutely love it! Fab job!