Wide Painted Wall Stripes

by Winetou
(Romania)

My wife saw a picture like this in a home decorating catalog, and she wanted a room just like that. I immediately agreed, because I just love stripes.

First, I wanted to paint the stripes horizontally, so that the walls would look longer, giving the illusion of more space, but I had to give up, and paint them vertically, because that's what my wife wanted; now the room seems taller.

I love the colors that were used for painting stripes on the walls. The original picture in the catalog was painted with blue and white stripes, but our room is darker (we rarely get some sun in that part of the house) and we had to choose other colors. I think yellow and orange are amplifying the light very well, making the room look brighter.

Unfortunately, as much as we wanted to paint the room ourselves (it seemed like a fun project), we had to hire professional house painters to do the job for us, otherwise I`m pretty sure the room would have looked completely different.

I know nobody likes to move stuff around the house, and start redecorating again.. but once you finish the room, you'll see that it`s worth your money and your time: you now have the house of your dreams.

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