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In this blog post, we’ll explore 50+ wall painting ideas that extend beyond mere decor, delving into the realm of personal expression.
Picture this: as a young girl, I was privileged to be part of my family’s wall painting tradition. Every few years, my parents would embark on a transformative journey, and my brother and I eagerly joined the artistic endeavor.
One vivid memory stands out – over two decades ago, my mom and I chose a rich, dark sage green for our family room. Remarkably, that color still graces the walls today, an enduring testament to the power of shared moments. Painting walls isn’t just about aesthetics; it’s a family affair that etches lasting memories. Join me on this exploration of 50+ wall painting ideas that not only ignite creativity but also cultivate bonds and stories that span generations. Let’s paint a picture, not just on the walls, but in the heart of your home.
Wall Painting Supplies
Before you begin your wall painting journey, arm yourself with essential tools. An angled brush for corners, a flat brush for borders, rollers with a tray for efficiency, and interior paint with various finishes. Don’t forget primer if covering existing paint.
Now, let’s break down the must-have items for your painting toolkit:
- Angled Brush: Perfect for cutting corners and achieving clean, sharp lines.
- Flat Brush: Ideal for cutting around taped-off borders, ensuring a neat and polished look.
- Rollers with a Tray: Essential for covering large areas efficiently, providing a smooth and even finish.
- Interior Paint: Choose the right color and finish (options include flat, satin, eggshell, semi-gloss, or high gloss) to suit your style and the room’s functionality.
- Primer: If you’re covering existing paint, using a primer can reduce the number of coats needed, ensuring a more efficient and effective painting process.
- Painter’s Tape: Use to tape off borders like the wall/ceiling border, around trim and electrical outlets for crisp lines.
Splash some color on your walls with the creative wall painting ideas below. From murals, to living rooms with bold colors, DIY design hacks and more.
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Dining Room Wall Mural wth Retro Style
Photo Credit:www.verygaypaint.com
A fresh and unique idea for your dining room is making one of the walls a literal piece of art! Let the wall be your canvas and paint this beautiful landscape mural on a focal wall behind your dining table. This design is easy to do for any skill level too!
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Accent Wall With Simple Abstract Geometric Patterns
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A great way to add some artistic flare to your room is by painting an accent wall with a simple geometric pattern. You can use basic masking tape to create clean lines and latex paint in complementing colors to fill in the shapes.
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Small Room/Bedroom Wall Painting Idea
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Working with a small room might seem challenging but sometimes you have to think outside the box. This fantastic idea uses the corner of a bedroom to place the bed and a funky mural right behind it to give it designer appeal.
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Great Way To Redo Bedroom Walls With A Shiplap Accent Wall
Photo Credit:www.apartmenttherapy.com
Another simple yet dramatic way to spruce up an accent wall is to apply shiplap to the wall first. Shiplap create an interesting texture and lines that is easy to paint over. This example uses a dark charcoal color on the accent wall while the other walls are painted with a white.
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DIY Hexagon Wall Paint Design Idea
Photo Credit:thediynuts.com
Want to turn a boring wall into a creative wall? Follow along with Erin's fabulous tutorial to learn how she used masking tape to meticulously create a breathtaking ombre hexagon wall that makes a big statement.
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Wall Painting Idea with Different Color Pattern
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If you want to add spashes of different colors on your wall, then this geometric pattern is an easy way to achieve that look. Use some simple painter's tape to create clean lines and paint each quadrant with your fave color combinations!
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Bright and Sunshiny Wall Painting Idea For Kid's Room
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It's common knowledge that yellow is a happy, feel good color. So why not infuse a cheerful vibe into your kid's room with a simple sun mural on any wall.
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Colorful Floral Mural Art
Photo Credit:leahbartholomew.com
Create a fresh floral vibe in your home with some punchy vibrant paints. This design is a perfect accent to any space in your home. From living room to kitchen, office areas/studio space and bedrooms!
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Pop of Colour With a Simple Rainbow Design
Photo Credit:doodlemoo.com
Give any room a fresh look with this brilliant psychedelic rainbow design. Emily will show you how she sketched and painted in this perfect pop-of color in her favorite reading corner.
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Star Wars Kid's Bedroom With a Space Feel
Photo Credit:www.littlebitsofhome.com
Wonder why kids are drawn to the concept of outer space? I think it's because kids have the most open imaginations and they enjoy thinking of what exists outside of our planet. Or maybe it's just cool! Either way, giving your kids a "space feel" to their rooms is wonderful idea that could spark inspiration.
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Boho Landscape Mural For Baby's Nursery
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This soothing and calm paint color palette is a perfect place for your baby to blissfully fall asleep. The natural landscape design is doubly as calming and looks easy to recreate too!
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Add a Bold Single Color To Your Living Room Walls
Photo Credit:www.decorilla.com
Dark and saturated wall color gives a cozy and intimate feel to any room. Just know painting a small room with a dark color on every wall might make the room feel smaller than it actually is. Another option is to paint one feature wall with the bold color and the other walls a light color.
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Kids Bedroom Fresh Mural Wall With Flowers
Photo Credit:www.instagram.com
Create a fresh and creative space for your little artist with an inspiring mural wall! Pick some calm, yet vibrant colors and paint a variety of flowers, leaves and elements of nature.
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Black And White Horizontal Stripes In Office Area
Photo Credit:www.ariyonainterior.com
Painting horizontal stripes on a feature wall is an easy design to recreate that also gives a bold and dramatic look. Use masking tape to create crisp lines and then alternative between paint colors to mimic this beautiful design.
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Chalkboard Accent Wall With a Simple Message
Photo Credit:www.thestonybrookhouse.com
Chalkboard walls can be a very creative and unique wall painting idea. The great thing is you can use chalkboard paint on walls of any size: big feature walls, small walls in your hallway, angled walls, or even the backsplash in the kitchen. Once you painted your wall with chalkboard paint, you can then customize it with a quote thats meaningful to you or a simple doodles.
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Mountain Landscape Mural For Kid's and Babies Rooms
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Use some simple painter's tape and grey paints to create this basic mountain landscape design for a nursery or kid's room.
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How to Paint a Diamond Pattern on Accent Wall using Painters Tape
Photo Credit:thefrugalhomemaker.com
Create some straight lines on your wall with painters tape. Follow Christina's detailed step by step instructions on how she recreated her gorgeous diamond accent wall in her living room.
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How to Paint a Straight Clean Lines The Easy Way
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Ever get frustrated after spending time painting straight lines with masking tape, only to peel back the tape and see paint bleed lines? Well this awesome tip will make sure you'll never be disappointed with paint bleed lines ever again!
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Bright and Sunny Yellow Window Frames
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Add some sunshine into your interior by painting your interior window frames with yellow paint. This also adds a perfect pop of color without overpowering a small space, like an apartment.
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Ombre Bedroom Walls Tutorial
Photo Credit:www.domestically-speaking.com
Add a calm and beachy vibe to any room with a ombre wall with teal paint. Follow Maryann's instructions where she'll show you her exact formula and cheatsheet to achieve a smooth blended ombre wall.
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DIY Painted Ombre Wall
Photo Credit:tarynwhiteaker.com
Ombre walls can add a decorative and painterly vibe to your room. You can get creative with your ombre walls like Taryn did by adding some gorgeous wooden tree decals.
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Make this Wall Design with a Hand Painted Wall Pattern
Photo Credit:biggerthanthethreeofus.com
Paint a faux wallpaper wall design on your wall to give your space a cozy and charming vibe. Take a look at Ashley's step by step instructions on how she first sketches, designs and then paints out the modern pattern on her laundry room walls.
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Spectacular Blue Gray Ombre Feature Wall For Teens Bedroom
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It just takes a fresh coat of paint with a nifty ombre design to add a cool-calmness to a room. Follow along with Ashley's brilliant idea for her teens bedroom where she'll guide you on how to recreate the look and also some cool storage and decor ideas and whole room tour.
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DIY Painted Circle Headboard For An Architectural Feature
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If you have a bed without a headboard, why not paint it on your wall for an interesting and inexpensive architectural feature. Check out Tess's awesome tutorial to learn how to paint a nifty headboard that screams interior design!
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Painting Wall with Chalk Paint: Perfect Way To Update a Bathroom
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The beauty with painting a wall with chalk paint it can bring an instant elegance to different areas of your home. Lindsey applied chalk paint to a feature wall right behind her toilet, to add a farmhouse rustic charm to her bathroom.
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How to Paint a Wall to Look like a Headboard With Unique Features
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This is another innovative, and inexpensive way to paint a headboard to your walls. Follow along with Lindsey's tutorial where she'll show you how she applied an easy stick-on moulding to create the border of the headboard. She then simply painted it in with 2 coats of white paint.
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DIY Chalkboard Paint Wall Idea For Kids - The DIY Nuts
Photo Credit:thediynuts.com
Painting a creative wall with chalkpaint and painted on photo frames is a brilliant idea. It can spark artistic expression and give kids an outlet to explore. Check out Erin's detailed tutorial to find out how.
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DIY Paint Pen Faux Wallpaper on a Blank Wall For Under $10
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This has got to be one of the cheapest and easiest wall painting hacks I've come across. Learn how Erin took a blank wall and sketched out a gorgeous whimsical floral pattern with a simple pencil and water-based paint pen.
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Color-Blocked Painting Technique with Pink and White Walls
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The great thing with painting walls is that they're much like a canvas, the sky is the limit with possibilities! One such possibility is color-blocking walls which is painting 2 different shades of paint on the same wall. All you need is your paint, a ruler and some painter's tape.
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Blue Painted Accent Wall With Light Hues
Photo Credit:lovelyindeed.com
Take some light hues and some painter's tape to create this sharp looking accent wall in a nursery, kids room or any area of your home. This design is an easy way to give a modern touch to your space.
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Paint A DIY Herringbone Bathroom Accent Wall For an Elegant Look
Photo Credit:thediynuts.com
Save money on wallpaper by creating a herringbone pattern DIY style with masking tape and a ruler. This pattern is perfect for smaller rooms like bathrooms, entryways or dens.
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Simple Dark Blue Walls In Living Room For a Cozy Look
Photo Credit:www.pinterest.co.uk
Paint a feature wall with a coat of dark blue to bring a dramatic yet warm feel to your living room. The dark hue doesn't overpower since the other walls are painted with a lighter color.
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Perfect Color Schemes For Your Walls With These Beautiful Ideas
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Picking color schemes can be a daunting task, especially if words like "complementary color" and "monochromatic" are not in your day to day vocab. Read this beginners guide that gives you tips and ideas on how to pick colors schemes that not only look good but that feel harmonious together.
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Colorful Wall Painting Idea With Inspiration
Photo Credit:www.pinterest.com
Looking for colorful and inspirational wall painting ideas for your home, office, school or business? This bright and cheerful wall is a great way to liven up the workspace.
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Geometric Wall Painting For a Modern Touch
Photo Credit:www.pinterest.com
Want some color in your life? First take some simple frog tape (or painter's tape) and stick on the geometric pattern. Then have fun filling in each triangle with different paint colors for a vibrant, punchy, colorful look.
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Wall Mural for Girl Bedroom with Water-Based Paint
Photo Credit:www.maritedoesit.com
Follow this tutorial for a cool mural using some sample cans of water-based paints. You'll get the sketch of the design and each color Marite used.
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Geometric Accent Wall with Contrasting Color
Photo Credit:www.hawthorneandmain.com
Use black and blush to create this awesome geometric mural in any space. This design can be used on an entire wall or just in the middle of the wall like, Shonee did.
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This Sunset-Inspired Work Of Art Wall
Photo Credit:www.bhg.com
Do you love sunsets? Why not paint an entire wall as a sunset to bring that warm, calming vibe into your room.
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How to Sponge Paint a Wall with Sea Sponge
Photo Credit:www.familyhandyman.com
Use a sea sponge to create a nifty paint effect on your walls. In this tutorial you'll learn how to make the sponged effect, without having to buy expensive wallpaper.
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Perfect Solution To a Boring Wall in the Bathroom
Photo Credit:www.randrathome.com
Bathroom walls are the last to get some paint loving. With this easy hack you can get your bathroom decor goals accomplished in a jiffy.
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Cozy Living Room Walls
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Keep the whole family cozy with a fireplace feature wall in a beautiful dark green color. Add a warm and meaningful quote to the space above the fireplace to make it extra special.
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Work Of Art In The Office
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Looking for a fantastic wall painting idea for your office space? Paint this this creative and meaningful mural like Rewind Backups did in their office. They asked their employees to send in inside stories and memories, and then commissioned local Ottawa artist Robert Lariviere to paint this mural.
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Paint Architectural Features With Bold Colors
Photo Credit:www.curatednest.com
If you have some interesting architectural features in a room, like this beautiful vaulted ceiling, you can highlight it with a bold color. This will bring attention to the unique shapes and lines of the feature, and will look like a piece of art itself.
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How to Use the Color Wheel to Pick the Right Palette for Any Room
Photo Credit:www.bhg.com
This guide will teach you the basics behind the science of the color wheel. This will help pick wall paint colors, mural colors and accent colors with room decor.
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Geometric Wall Design In Kitchen
Photo Credit:www.instagram.com
Add a splash of color with a geometric wall design like Abbey Chiavario in her kitchen eating area. It livens up the space without being overbearing because of the muted color palette.
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How To: Colorful Accent Wall For Kids Room
Photo Credit:www.anikasdiylife.com
Looking for colorful wall painting ideas for your kids rooms? Follow along with Anika's step by step tutorial where she harmoniously transforms her kids shared room with the perfect boy and girl sides.
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Whole Wall Art Deco Vibe For Your Living Room
Photo Credit:www.designcafe.com
Paint the whole wall with soothing muted hues in an deco design for a modern feel. This design can easily be accomplished using painters tape and simple brushes/rollers.
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Give Your Living Room A Classic Look With White Paint
Photo Credit:www.stonegableblog.com
White paint is probably the most classic of looks. It gives a clean, open feel to any room. It also serves as a canvas which you can add different colored hanging accents like frames, art, pictures, etc.
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Use Darker Shades For a Cozy and Elegant Look
Photo Credit:www.laurenashleyexperiences.com
Create a warm, cozy and elegant look by using darker shades on your walls, like designer Lauren Ashley did for her clients living room. She used reds' complementary color, green, as curtain accents to elevate this look.
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Chic Gallery Wall Idea
Another easy and simple idea to add color and design to your walls is to curate a gallery wall. Pick art pieces, photos, kids art from school, quotes or anything that's hangable really.
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Bright Citrus On Feature Wall For Best Results
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Adding a vibrant, punchy citrus yellow color on a feature wall is a great way to bring some energy into a room. Pair this bright color with neutrals like beige, grey and even wood tones to add some calm.
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Gold Moon Wall
Photo Credit:abeautifulmess.com
Paint a beautiful gold moon on your wall for a one of a kind mural. Even when the real moon is out of reach you can have your own moon at home.
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Hand-Printed Galaxy Wall
Photo Credit:abeautifulmess.com
Bring the stars into your bathroom in an easy and soothing way. You can get creative here and paint your favorite constellations for a meaningful and unique look.
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Painted Sunburst Color-Blocked Wall
Photo Credit:thehouseofsmiths.com
Paint a bright and cheerful starburst pattern for your loved ones room. Add their favorite things to the wall, like their initial and peaceful things that evoke calm and serenity.
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