Painting a strip across a wall..how to get level and straight?

ormus

could be worse!

gabyjane

Oh..my..lord!!! wow but yeah NO!! how did you do that? if you are bored maybe you could try a couple of things out for me?! instead of the strip (which lets face it i'm going to balls up!) we were looking at the wall art, the one i liked was the tree which goes kind of over the headboard..could you do one of those is a lighter teal for me..Thanks!!

EliteHeat

I think Ormuses second attempt is pretty good.

ormus

do you mean like this?

(very quick and dirty).

gabyjane

Wow that's fab! was thinking a little bit more branchy than chunky tree but love that..now if you could just pop round with your paint and brushes that will do nicely!!
Thanks

ormus

just a few ideas for you to consider.

gabyjane

Oh i LOVE the second one down..are they pc images or can you buy them as wall decal? love the owl one too as redoing dd's room in May..i did art at college but still not sure i am good enough to paint it on myself..where are they from?
Thanks

boots_babe

We've just bought the metal tree sculpture that is at the bottom of ormus' last post. It's in our dining room, we love it : http://www.gardenornamentsandaccessories.com/

I love the teal tree you did ormus, we're getting extension done and will have a whole new bedroom to decorate and this has given me some really good ideas :beer:

Can I ask what software you were using to easily change the wall appearance, as this would be really useful when trying to do our interior design.

blueberrypie

Doozergirl wrote: »

Masking tape does not work as well as you might think it does. Paint often leaches because the wall isn't completely flat itself, it's sort of pitted once it's been painted. You'd have to be very, very sure that it was stuck down perfectly into every nook and cranny.

This technique does work well though: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Paint-Clean-Lines/

timmmers

gabyjane wrote: »

Oh i LOVE the second one down..are they pc images or can you buy them as wall decal? love the owl one too as redoing dd's room in May..i did art at college but still not sure i am good enough to paint it on myself..where are they from?
Thanks

Try this

http://www.blockposters.com/gallery.aspx

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