So You Think You Can Decorate: Week 6 Challenge

Welcome to the week 6 challenge for So You Think You Can Decorate! This week's challenge is paint. For those of you who have been reading my blog for a while, you will recognize my boys' room from our previous house. I wanted to use it for this challenge, however, because it is such a great example of what paint can do.

Now on to the post...

Never underestimate the power of paint! It is one of my favorite decorating tools. This is the room that all three of my boys shared in our previous house. It was large, but it was long and narrow. I wanted to create the illusion of width, so I decided to use a wide horizontal stripe around the entire room.

Because I used a single wide stripe, the eye is drawn from side to side across the room making it seem wider.

The stripe was very easy to create. First I painted the blue base coat. After it was thoroughly dry, I measured and taped off the line with painter's tape. Here's a tip...seal the inside of painter's tape by painting the tape edges with a bit of the base coat color first. Then when you paint the stripe color it won't leak under the painter's tape...preventing messes when you remove the tape.

I chose to paint the stripe about 2/3 of the way up the wall...the perfect height for hanging artwork. (or towels...)



Because the stripe reminded me a little bit of a racing stripe...the pennant flags above the crib seemed perfect.

Stripes like this one can be used in just about any room to add visual interest...use subtler colors for a more sophisticated look, or even create a stripe with chalkboard or magnetic paint for a more whimsical approach!

But don't forget...paint is the decorator's best friend! It certainly made all the difference in this room!

The competitition is getting super stiff over at So You Think You Can Decorate...I could really use your vote...if you like this project head on over!! THANKS!

xoxo
Wendy