A Simple Silhouette Striped Wall
September 8th, 2009 at 3:45 pm . Posted in Home Decor .Striped wall – COMPLETED!
There is one long wall on the left side of the living room & dining room when we walk into the house. We wanted to do something with it so we decided to do stripes. I love stripes!
We made a trip down to Home Depot, and thank god we only live 4 miles away! Again, here we were trying to decide on a color together. I hated his choices and he hated mine. Finally we decided on a color. Simple Silhouette by Behr. As for the 2nd color, we asked them to adjust the color to a lighter color.
We decided on 6 stripes and measured them with our new measuring tape. We can now stop borrowing my Dad’s. To get straight lines on the wall when we applied painting tape, we used a Strait-Line Laser Level from Home Depot.
While we were painting the dark color, my parents came over and freaked out. I had to remind them who’s house it was and that it’s not finished. I teased them and told them to leave and come back tomorrow when it was finished.
And at finally 3AM on Sunday we were finished!
Any ideas what we could put on the wall now?
Our dining room and living room is empty for now until we buy furniture. Tyler and I are looking into making our own dining table – nothing’s set in stone yet as we have other projects we want to focus on first.
I have this love and hate relationship with painting especially when the walls here in Arizona are textured. This week and weekend’s project is to paint our bedroom… hint: light blue/green.
September 8th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Wow you guys are really good at painting.. I would go crazy painting stripes! The colors look amazing though! Can’t wait to see more photos of your house decorating in progress :D
September 8th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
This is amazing!!! LOVE your creativity. :)
September 8th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Oh I LOVE to paint. It’s funny because when I have painting needing to be done I continuously put it off. Then once I start painting I remember how much I love it and of course, when I see the finished product it’s just love at first sight….or action.
The room looks great! I really love the idea of making your own table too.
September 8th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
so very awesome, i hope sean and i can make gutsy moves like yall have and get amazing results when we get a place of our own someday!
first thing that come to mind is a large black frame, plenty of white space and some black design on it. opposite idea is something completely colorful but i dont know what.
other idea is modern shelves (maybe square/rect shaped) with little things on them
September 8th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
first thing i think of is a big framed art piece on the next white wall shown in the picture.
or on the striped wall, perhaps silhouettes? if that wouldn’t be too far out.
would it be risky to hang something on the striped wall and have to rearrange later and cover the nail holes? if not, i agree with sara’s idea first & opposite.
September 8th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Wow, AWESOMEE..!!! I love it! :D
Have a nice day.
September 8th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Wow, great painting job!!! I would also go with something white on the wall. Maybe some white shelving, that divides the two different stripes, with white/gray/black picture on them.
September 8th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
AWESOME! Love the colors!
September 8th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
i was thinking similar to sara’s idea! go for that!!
September 9th, 2009 at 12:59 am
Okay so I am in love with that wall. I *love* the colours!! :)
September 9th, 2009 at 5:27 am
that looks GREAT!! now come do my house ;)
September 9th, 2009 at 10:11 am
Steph, this looks FANTASTIC! I’ve always seen stripes done on other people’s walls — like on home makeover shows — & I love the idea!
Man, I want my own house!
September 9th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
i love ittttt!
i’m imagining a lot of mirrors with colorful frames.. all sizes and shapes with picture frames in between… but the stripes are already a statement on its own so.. that might be too much
September 9th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
oh that looks so fun! i love it. and such an easy color to decorate with. good luck!
September 9th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Love this wall!! Found you on 20sb – and I’m glad I did!
September 10th, 2009 at 5:37 am
Amazing!! What a great job- this house is really going to be your own!
September 10th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
That wall is great!!! I’d put up pictures, picture and more pictures!
September 10th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
A whole bunch of black and white photos framed in black and silver frames.
September 10th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
AHHHHH I LOVE IT! Please don’t get mad if in a few years I completely copy this look. :-) hahaha
It really looks great and the lines are perfect! Congrats my friend.
September 11th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Sooooo nice! Really dresses up the room. That late night was sure worth it!
September 11th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Wow, it looks great! Maybe wedding photographs? Or shelves with colorful flowers in vases.
Can’t wait to see the bedroom!
September 11th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
That was so ambitious, but the result is awesome!
September 11th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Your wall is gorgeous! I love it so much. I adore striped walls and I wish more people would use them.
September 12th, 2009 at 7:16 am
Looks awesome! I’ve always wanted to do this. Maybe when I get a house….
September 12th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
holy shit, this wall looks amazing! kudos to you and tyler for doing a great job! what do you plan to do with the other walls in the dining room?
September 12th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Wow, that wall looks amazing! I absolutely love stripes! I know what you mean about the textured walls being hard to customize but seriously, the stripes are awesome :)
September 13th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Just got done painting for 8 hours – no stripes but a lot of cutting in and trimming. Ugh! Your stripes look spectacular and have inspired me to do something similar whenever the husband and I get a house.
September 14th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
This looks great! I imagine that stripes are tough!
September 14th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
I would paint the electrical outlet covers the same color as the wall so it blends in better. Looks awesome too!
September 14th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Love, love, love the stripes! So clean and ya’ll did a great job making them so straight! haha
September 15th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
OMG! I love it!
It’s awesome!!