How To Paint Diamonds On Walls

This is the wall after.

How to paint diamonds on walls.

I figured a 30 inch tall diamond would be nice so from the top center of the wall i made a mark on the wall mark 1 measured down 30 inches and made a mark mark 2. Before we started i made a mock up of how big i wanted the diamonds to be. If you do not already like the color of the wall you will be painting paired with the color of the diamonds that you want this will take longer. For the color of the diamonds i mixed two leftover paints sitting in my garage.

I chose a wall in my living room to paint. 50 benjamin moore livingston gold and 50 latte from restoration hardware. To create the diamond pattern draw a diagonal line through the corner of each rectangle alternating directions. I painted this dark brown wall with a free quart of paint i got 6 or 7 years ago.

The base coat of the wall is restoration hardware latte. I already liked the color that was there but i wanted to add a blue grey paint to it. I didn t have to spend money on paint. I do like the idea of using this floating wall in the living room as an accent wall but i was over the dark color.

Determine which diamonds you want to paint the coordinating color and firmly apply tape on the outside of every other one. You can see i had already painted several paint swatches to find the perfect color more on how to find your perfect paint color later. Drawing the diamonds on the wall prior to. When painting an entire room in harlequin diamonds start with the wall that you naturally look at upon entering the room.

How to paint a diamond. Diamonds look their best when they are twice as high as they are wide. It took me 4 hours to complete. A harlequin diamond pattern on a wall will instantly attract attention and painting a wall with this kind of pattern is typically done on accent walls.

Apply tape and paint.