How to Paint Stripes on a Wall

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Painting stripes on your wall is a great way to change up a room without doing expensive remodeling. Stripes look wonderful on an accent wall in a large room, or they can cover all of the walls in a small room, like a bathroom.

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When you’re deciding where and how to paint stripes, you should pick between horizontal or vertical stripes, and then you can mark the design on the wall with tape and begin painting!

1 Choose between horizontal or vertical stripes. Look around your room and decide where you’d like to paint the stripes. If you want the room too look longer or wider, opt for horizontal stripes. To make your ceilings look taller, go for vertical stripes that reach the top of the wall. If there are fixtures on the wall, like lights or windows, remember that they will interrupt the stripes and can lessen the visual effect.^[1]
- Don’t be afraid to get creative when it comes to picking a pattern. You can even do diagonal stripes for an interesting and eye-catching design. You can also go out of the box with a chevron design or stripes of varying widths.
2 Pick 2-3 coordinating colors for the stripes. Once you decide on a design, choose a color scheme for the stripes. Opt for monochromatic warm tones, like red, orange, yellow, brown, cream, or tan, for an inviting and cozy space. If you want to make a bolder statement, go for cool, contrasting shades, like blue, purple, black, white, or silver.^[2]
- If you’re having trouble figuring out your shades, consult a color wheel for assistance, or look at photos of striped walls online for some inspiration.
Types of Color Schemes

Monochromatic schemes are similar tonal combinations that use several shades of a single color for a subtle effect.

Analogous schemes combine colors that are similar in tone and feel, but are not the same hue, like green, yellow, and orange.

Contrast schemes are composed of colors dissimilar in hue from each other, like white, red, and black.

Complementary schemes use two hues opposite one another on the color wheel for intense variation, such as blue and orange.
3 Remove all furniture from the room and lay down a drop cloth. If you’re painting the entire room with stripes, move as much furniture as possible out of the room. If you’re only painting one wall, push any furniture that’s on that wall into the middle of the room. Then, lay down drop cloth or plastic to prevent paint drips from staining your floor or carpeting.^[3]
- You should also remove anything that’s hanging on the walls that you will be painting, like pictures or shelves. This will ensure that you get crisp, clean stripes with no interruptions.
4 Paint the entire wall with 2 coats of your base color. Choose the lightest shade in your color scheme…