Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Stripes Explained

Okay, I feel I need to explain. The cute wall of the previous post... NOT the way I wan to paint my stripes (though adorable in that room)

Examples of what I don't want:


Here are a couple of what I do:


See, subtlty. I'm looking at one shade lighter stripes. Just something that just adds a little bit of interest to the wall, especially because our walls are huge & a tad imposing. Some stripes might just liven it up. I'm considering... & thinking of ways to bribe, handsome.

P.S. my friend Smithy has a perfect example of good stripes.
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12 comments:

  1. MandiSeptember 22, 2010 at 6:47 AM

    My sister had some stripes in her house that were the same color (maybe a shade different) but alternated between flat paint and high gloss. It looked really cool.

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  2. Just SOSeptember 22, 2010 at 8:21 AM

    I love the yellow and gold stripes. Good luck in getting handsome to help out.

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  3. kaitlinSeptember 22, 2010 at 8:41 AM

    why have i never been to your house?!

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  4. Trixie and TessSeptember 22, 2010 at 9:40 AM

    I agree. Subtly stripes are FABULOUS!! A friend of mine recently painted her little boys nursery and used stripes...it's turned out SO cute! They definitely add interest to the wall.

    Tess♥

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  5. TLFSeptember 22, 2010 at 9:56 AM

    I love the stripes!! Check out what this blogger did: http://windhula.blogspot.com/2008/08/hall-pictures.html

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  6. LeahSeptember 22, 2010 at 9:58 AM

    I love stripes! My mother did the same thing as Mandi's sister. She did thinner vertical stripes in the foyer, and then wide horizontal stripes in the bedroom. Both used the same color for each stripe, but alternated flat and semi-gloss paint. When the sun shone in, it really popped!

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  7. Em and RussSeptember 22, 2010 at 10:00 AM

    I like subtle strips. That is what I wanted to do in Mirian's room, but we were just in too much of a hurry to paint the upstairs before we moved all of our stuff up. Maybe one day though.

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  8. ScottSeptember 22, 2010 at 10:40 AM

    I don't mind stripes in a bedroom, but not in the main living room... gahhh

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2010 at 10:59 AM

    I love the horizontal wide strips in the middle pic! That was is way cute!

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  10. CindySeptember 22, 2010 at 11:10 AM

    I love the stripes!!

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  11. JessicaSeptember 22, 2010 at 12:55 PM

    Love me some stripes.

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  12. April CarterSeptember 22, 2010 at 11:51 PM

    Loves stripes...I know why Scott doesn't love them..he would probably have to do alot of the painting (: That is why we don't have stripes in our house

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