A Simple Silhouette Striped Wall

September 8th, 2009. 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.

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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.

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And at finally 3AM on Sunday we were finished!

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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.

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  • http://www.xjessalicious.wordpress.com Jessica

    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

  • http://everyonepoops.wordpress.com Laura

    This is amazing!!! LOVE your creativity. :)

  • http://rachieann.com/wp/ Rachie

    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.

  • pshaortao

    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

  • amy

    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.

  • http://minniepie.blogspot.com/ Minnie

    Wow, AWESOMEE..!!! I love it! :D

    Have a nice day.

  • http://yeahhonestly.blogspot.com Stefanie

    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.

  • http://seeshermblog.blogspot.com See Sherm Blog

    AWESOME! Love the colors!

  • Nicole

    i was thinking similar to sara’s idea! go for that!!

  • http://sleepyjane.wordpress.com/ sleepyjane

    Okay so I am in love with that wall. I *love* the colours!! :)

  • http://laurenfromtexas.com Lauren From Texas

    that looks GREAT!! now come do my house ;)

  • http://www.apricot-tea.com Ev`Yan || apricot tea.

    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!

  • haley

    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

  • http://www.prettysandyfeet.com/ katelin

    oh that looks so fun! i love it. and such an easy color to decorate with. good luck!

  • http://www.inhertwoshoes.com Lauren Piro

    Love this wall!! Found you on 20sb – and I’m glad I did!

  • http://www.kylaroma.com Kyla Roma

    Amazing!! What a great job- this house is really going to be your own!

  • Reeder’s Corner

    That wall is great!!! I’d put up pictures, picture and more pictures!

  • Ashley

    A whole bunch of black and white photos framed in black and silver frames.

  • http://wearingmascara.com Julie @ Wearing Mascara

    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.

  • http://danielleandclint.com Danielle

    Sooooo nice! Really dresses up the room. That late night was sure worth it!

  • http://somewhatvoluble.com Megan

    Wow, it looks great! Maybe wedding photographs? Or shelves with colorful flowers in vases.

    Can’t wait to see the bedroom!

  • http://www.writingtoreachyou.com Ashley

    That was so ambitious, but the result is awesome!

  • http://static-romance.org Angel

    Your wall is gorgeous! I love it so much. I adore striped walls and I wish more people would use them.

  • http://livingwiththeboyfriend.blogspot.com Allison

    Looks awesome! I’ve always wanted to do this. Maybe when I get a house….

  • Jennifer Cox

    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?

  • Emily

    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 :)

  • http://shescountry.net J

    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.

  • Elizabeth

    This looks great! I imagine that stripes are tough!

  • BGramer

    I would paint the electrical outlet covers the same color as the wall so it blends in better. Looks awesome too!

  • Erin

    Love, love, love the stripes! So clean and ya’ll did a great job making them so straight! haha

  • http://andthethreebears.blogspot.com Alycia

    OMG! I love it!
    It’s awesome!!

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  • Kyla

    you are my twin i swear! i am very indecisive and change my mind alot it drives my family crazy lol i did the exact same thing you did in our living room on one wall . we have gray walls and no idea how to decorate with them and an open kitchen which i agree with you, i dont want to have a “theme” type kitchen, i lke the color scheme green and yellow but i need ideas any help? let me know what you do for the stripes.

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