Accent Wall Painting Ideas

We've already covered how to choose the right wall and color for painting accent walls.

But here are some great non-traditional wall painting ideas to take your accent wall to the next level and get your creative juices flowing.


Unexpected Places

• Backsplash is a perfect place to put an accent color on and liven up the entire kitchen.

• The back wall of a built-in bookshelf painted in a contrasting color will highlight your books and accessories.

• Don't forget about the fifth wall - your ceiling! Using a bold solid color or decorative painting techniques, you can transform the entire room and WOW everyone who enters.

• Break up the accent wall with wood strips and molding, and paint them in the trim color.

• Draw a large geometric shape on your wall (square, rectangular, half-circle, etc), fill it with an accent color and then outline it with strips of molding for a more finished look.

• Leave a 20" wide vertical gap of white space in the middle of your accent wall, then hang artwork down the center.

• Moving in a clockwise direction, paint 1/3 of one wall and 2/3 of the adjacent wall, wrapping the corner in an accent color. This cool trick will help you create an architectural emphasis where one doesn't exist.

• Instead of using regular paint and a solid color, try faux painting finishes like venetian plaster, antique crackle, stone imitations or denim.

• Adding a mural to the accent wall will make the room come alive and will create a theme and mood.

• You don't have to use paint in order to create an accent wall - wallpaper is a great alternative and just as versatile and beautiful.

• Consider a gold, silver or copper leaf finish for your accent wall - the result can be breath-taking. A cheaper, faster and easier way is to use metallic paint - it will look subtler but will still add a dazzle.

  

• And here's a bold idea not for the faint of heart: painting your accent wall black. Most people are afraid of black color and think it will look goth and depressing. But when done right, a black accent wall can look absolutely stunning and even fresh, positive and inviting, and the key to pulling off the black is to keep the furniture, flooring and ceilings light.

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