Last weekend, I painted the upstairs hallway walls Benjamin Moore's Cloud Cover (satin finish) and while it was a huge improvement, I felt like it needed more. I have been wanting to try some type of stencil or stripes on the wall for a while now. And, recently, I was re-inspired by Emily's post and I thought, 'Why not?' So, I decided to do subtle tone on tone horizontal stripes. Subtle was the emphasis here and I decided to paint the stripe one shade away from the wall color called Benjamin Moore's Winds Breath (eggshell finish).
Hallway before:
And, hallway after:
Hallway before:
Hallway after:
A lot still needs to be done, but I was thrilled with how the stripes turned out so I decided to post it now. Two tutorials I followed pretty closely were Young House Love and Emily Clark's.
Our hallway (more like an upstairs landing) has a lot of corners, so when marking the walls with the painter's tape, it was important to keep it straight and level. My husband helped me and we used a "L" square and a level to insure the markings were straight. I also decided to have the lighter color as the first stripe and I believe it made a difference and kept the landing feeling lighter and brighter.
Note: Mr. Zebra (from my last post) was intended as a hint, not a red-herring. I'm going to have to get better at leaving hints! :)
