Piper’s room has polka dots, Kenzie’s room has stripes! Painting stripes was a much easier task then polka dots. The walls turned out really fun, bright, and playful. Two tones of pink paint, some blue painters tape, and a handy, dedicated husband was all it took. While Piper’s polka dot wall took days, Kenzie’s striped wall only took a few hours; they both turned out equally beautiful for each of our little princesses.

You can find step by step instructions at the end of this post!

 

As always we made this project a family affair. Encouraging Piper to get excited about Kenzie’s arrival.

I love the way this room turned out!

Painting Stripes Step by Step

How to Paint Stripes:

We decided to go with pink for our baby girls’ room.

1. 1st you need to paint the entire room the color you want. If your accent wall is going to use be 2 different colors you don’t have to paint that wall yet. You’ll want to pick the lighter color as your base and paint the entire wall that color.

*I like the way it looks using the main room color as part of the accent wall, it’s also a little easier than picking a third color. We picked 2 colors right next to each other on the same paint swatch to keep the wall monochromatic.

2. Wait until the room is completely dry, in warm weather 24 hours if it is cold it may take up to 48 hours to fully dry.

3. Map out your stripes using a ruler into equal sections. For our standard room, it divided up into 8 stripes perfectly. Make small marks with a pencil across the wall to match up your tape.

4. Using blue tape create your straight edge, don’t forget the side of the attached wall. Push the edges down hard so there will be no leaking under the tape.

5. With a roller paint every other stripe with your accent color.

6. Once you are done BEFORE the paint dries remove the blue tape.

 

Let the room dry and then you can start decorating! I love the way this room turned out. It’s too bad my daughter never used her room! We ended up moving when she was 3 weeks old. I’m looking forward to doing something completely different in our new home once we buy a place! But for now, we’ll be renting, and aren’t allowed to paint the walls.

 

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