This is the first step to painting stripes on a wall.
How to paint horizontal stripes on a wall.
Here s how to paint stripes on a wall horizontally.
How to paint stripes on a wall step 1.
Decide which color light or dark will be the first stripe.
Starting from the top down to the floor use a measuring tape and a colored pencil to mark off how wide your horizontal stripes will be.
Mark a small x with a pencil and measure the width of another stripe from that mark continuing until you ve marked and marked the edges of each stripe.
When painting stripes on walls you re going to first paint the wall a solid color.
92 1 2 divided by 5 equals 18 1 2 wide stripes.
Once your stripes are all taped and you ve double check to be sure your tape is on the correct side of the line go ahead and paint your stripes.
In our case we wanted five stripes on the 92 1 2 inch wall.
Use a level to draw a straight horizontal line at the top and bottom of each stripe.
Start at the top left corner of the wall and measure down for horizontal stripes or to the right for vertical stripes measuring the width of 1 stripe.
I did the entire room grey and wanted to add white stripes on one wall as an accent wall.