The walls of a modern house or apartment have their ownpractical and aesthetic purpose. Their decoration is an integral part of the design of the room. Painting the walls has become a fashionable design trend these days, which is based on the principle of maximum practicality. The ability to quickly change the functional and aesthetic space of the building depending on taste, preferences and the general artistic style of the premises is one of the signs of a fashionable house or apartment. It does not require much time and special artistic skill, but the effect of such a step will exceed the wildest expectations.
You can add variety to a boring room interior even with the help of a simple pattern applied using a stencil.
Where do we start?
The first step in making your dream come truetransforming the walls of an apartment or house with your own hands will be the choice of the drawing that needs to be done. Those who do not know how to draw should not despair and immediately abandon the idea of applying this or that image to the wall. Today, it is not a problem to find a lot of stencils on sale, sold separately or in a set with paints. By using these devices, images of any complexity are transferred to the surface. Return to the table of contents</a>
Fashionable direction and limitless possibilities for imagination
If in a house or apartment every roommade in its own special style, choosing stencils for painting the walls will not be difficult either. The only thing, experts advise: before you start buying, you should analyze the specifics of the interior design of all the rooms, your artistic preferences and write down an approximate list of images that are needed in a particular room.
Scheme of artistic painting of walls.This operation will help you navigate the variety of stencils and compare your ideas about wall designs with the current fashion trends. What wall designs are considered particularly relevant these days? Eco-style has penetrated almost all fashionable interior design trends. Images of flora and fauna, made in any of the existing styles, will not only transform the wall, but also emphasize that the owners of the house or apartment follow ultra-fashionable trends. Frame stencils are in special demand on the modern Russian market, with the help of which it will not be difficult to make drawings of flowers, birds, animals on the wall with your own hands. Scandinavian and Egyptian motifs are again on the crest of a fashionable wave. If you want to turn a small house or apartment into a "branch of the pharaoh's palace", it is enough to apply imitation of ancient paintings to the wall using a stencil, and the functional and aesthetic space of the room will acquire a completely different sound. Painting the walls of strict official premises - quite a feasible task. Considering the functional purpose of the space, representatives of flora and fauna, imitations of ancient frescoes will look like alien elements in it, which cannot be said about horizontal and vertical stripes that form a strict ornament. Return to the table of contents</a>
Features of the design of different rooms
Striped wall painting scheme.Many beginners taking their first steps in mastering the art of painting walls complain: choosing a suitable picture takes more time than the work itself. This is quite natural. There are no strict aesthetic rules for applying. However, there are recommendations. For example: it is best to fill the office with Greek, antique motifs. A variety of plant ornaments will fit organically into the functional and aesthetic space of the kitchen. Rococo is perfect for bathroom walls, because its very name, denoting decorative motifs in the shape of a shell, already reminds of the sea. Painting the walls of a child's room is a special issue. This is where, indeed, there is an opportunity to fully express your imagination! Heroes of favorite fairy tales, birds, hares, cats, elephants, airplanes, cars. If you paint a wall in a child's room with your own hands, this step will become a real gift for the child. But there is one main rule: do not overdo it! Painting all the walls in the nursery will not look as impressive as if you choose one wall and transform it, putting positive emotions and soul into the work. And the first thing you need to choose is the main color for the wall. If the drawing is light, it is better to choose rich shades of blue, green, crimson as the main background.
Types of rollers for painting walls.If the wall painting is planned to be multi-colored or made in an antique style, the optimal primary colors for it are: white, delicate shades of blue, yellow, green, pink. In a child's room, the wall is usually painted from its central part, where the largest, brightest drawings are placed. But the remaining walls should not be ignored either. Small images located on them, made in the same style as the main wall - a necessary stylistic note for the harmonious sound of the space of the room. Return to the table of contents</a>
What should we paint a house?
There are various types of paint for wallstechnologies. However, they all consist of a preparatory and main stage. Before proceeding, it is necessary to prepare the surface where the drawings will be applied. The first step is cleaning the walls from paint and wallpaper. In the second case, cleaning the walls with your own hands is quite simple if you use a little trick: using a sprayer, lightly wet the wallpaper with ordinary tap water and remove it with a spatula. The next step is a careful inspection of the walls and covering up cracks and holes with plaster. It is necessary to remember: the smoother the surface, the easier it is to apply a drawing to the wall with your own hands. As soon as the plaster eliminates the defects of the wall and dries, we proceed to the next stage of work. It begins with a primer. Liquid primer is applied with a roller. Its average drying time is an hour and a half. As soon as it dries, you can begin transferring the drawing using a stencil, acrylic, oil or water-based paints. If you are worried about the better preservation of the image, after it dries, apply several layers of waterproof varnish on top, and the problem is solved. When making a drawing, it often happens: the stencil slips out of your hands, and the work has to be redone, not to mention the fact that the walls and floor will be stained with paint for this reason. This can be easily avoided if the stencil is tightly attached to the wall with masking tape. There is another common mistake: removing the stencil as soon as the drawing is applied to the wall, as a result of which the finished work can be damaged. It is best to wait until the paint dries, and only then remove the stencil. If you want to make a drawing without a stencil, this will also not cause any particular difficulties. After the primer dries, the sketch is applied with chalk. It is better to draw a sketch of the image on paper or print it out beforehand. If you add glitter to the fixing varnish, which will be applied over the finished image, the drawing on the wall will become even more accentuated. Painted walls do not exclude the use of other decorative elements in the room decoration. For example: false windows. The main thing is that everything looks harmonious and is maintained in a single style.
