In the life of every person comes a time when he wants to change the interior of his home. Have you moved to a new apartment, do you want to refresh the old one, or are you waiting for replenishment in the family? Then the first thing you're thinking about is painting the wallpaper or painting the walls . The first option is traditional and, one might say, outdated, but painting the walls in the apartment will allow you to make the interior design of your home unique and unrepeatable.
Types of painting walls
- The easiest way to paint the walls in the apartment is in one color . Choose a favorite color shade, pick up a roller and cover the walls in two or three layers. The colors for painting the walls of the living room, children's room and bedroom, of course, can be different.
- A more modern move is a textured painting of the walls. It assumes a non-uniform relief, which can be achieved with the help of various devices, from special rollers to a regular rag or a piece of cellophane. Often, when painting walls use two or more colors of decorative paint. For example, one of the methods for creating a texture involves the imposition of the first homogeneous layer of the colorant, after drying, a second layer of thicker ink is superimposed with spots or stripes. Or another version of the facture, when dotted strokes are applied to the surface of the wall with a miter brush, creating unique patterns. You can also gently wipe some of the still-dried paint of the previous layer and apply the next, lighter layer, through which dark "patches" of texture will appear.
- Art painting walls - very effective technique. The walls of your rooms will not only be beautiful, but also very unusually painted. For painting it is better to choose simple drawings, or to cover with patterns only a part of the wall. Please note that the chosen color and motif of the picture should be in harmony with other details of the interior: ceiling finish, flooring, furniture and lighting fixtures.
- Painting walls using stencils is a great idea for people who do not have artistic abilities. In shops selling goods for repair, you can buy different types of them - stencils with abstract patterns or floral ornaments, images of stars, butterflies and the like.
- More and more popular in recent years, wallpaper used for painting . They are a dense relief coating of walls, which can be painted in different colors. Moreover, if in a few years this color of the walls will bother you, you can quickly and easily repaint the walls in any other shade.
Choosing the paint for walls
It is also necessary to determine the type of paint for the walls. The most popular are acrylic paints, which before use are diluted with water to the desired consistency. Most often, white water-based (acrylic) paint is used, achieving various shades by adding a liquid color (a pigment) to it. Keep in mind that when drying, the water-based paints are noticeably lighter.
Latex paints are good for wallpaper under painting. Also they can cover decorative plaster or any other relief surface. Latex paints are more waterproof than acrylics, and with them you can get beautiful silky matt walls.
Various decorative colors allow you to create an even more beautiful interior of your rooms due to their unusual effects. For example, the walls covered with paint with the effect of velor will look like a soft fleecy fabric, and the pearlescent color will change color depending on the lighting.
The question of painting the walls should be approached very thoroughly. Having made the right choice, you can admire the beauty of the interior of your apartment for a long time.