I am looking to paint an accent wall in my formal livingroom. Unfortunately, the corners are all rounded! Where do I stop painting at. A friend suggested some type of molding to seperate, but I don't like that idea! Any suggestions??
2007-04-13 06:01:28 · 10 answers · asked by jayandles 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
I most agree with twolittle and others who suggest BLUE painters masking tape, and have been in the trades forever. I have the same transition issue from a livingroom to a hallway.
What I offer is my own opinion,as others have. If the accent color coordinates with thye opposing color in the transition to the next wall, be they concave or convex rounded corners (interior/exterior) you should define a line, and most likely at a point that "FRAMES" the accent wall. It need not be at the assumed 90 degree angled corner however.
The aesthetics will not be compromised by ending with two opposing vertical lines on the accent wall as it transitions into the surrounding walls. That's the object of your design...to create the difference and focus. Molding means having to decide what color "it" must be, and in effect, it becomes the same in the transition as doing without it.
That said... The difficulty factor is more evident in a Horizontal transition, using half wall variations in color with a dividing molding, and having to carry that to adjacent walls.
Steven Wolf
2007-04-13 06:50:14 · answer #1 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
My two cents would be to not paint that as an accent wall. It's going to look akward to have break there where it's simply a painted line or a molding.
2007-04-13 06:44:21 · answer #2 · answered by eric b 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could lightly mark a line "pretend corner" in the middle of the curve and follow the line. However it might would be better to create your line just before the corner curves.
2007-04-13 06:08:48 · answer #3 · answered by sillybreaze 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I had the same problem. I took painters tape and made a line on one side of the bull nosing and painted. It came out really nice. Remember it is only paint and if you don't like it you can always change it.
2007-04-13 06:33:20 · answer #4 · answered by 2littleiggies 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
use a stencil either in the curve or just before it and then end the rest of the paint an inch or two before the stencil work.
2007-04-13 06:12:23 · answer #5 · answered by treesandfleas 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
either before the round corner or after
depending how you look at the living room layout
2007-04-13 06:08:26 · answer #6 · answered by pcc122 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
sorry but no
u could ask a proffessional at lowes or the home depot
2007-04-13 10:24:42 · answer #7 · answered by PURE REPUBLICAN 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could use painter's tape to mark where you want one color to end and the other to begin.
2007-04-13 06:07:13 · answer #8 · answered by Tigger 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Where the corner would be.
2007-04-13 08:58:18 · answer #9 · answered by ♥Lilly♥ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
perhaps a curve ?
2007-04-13 06:07:38 · answer #10 · answered by Barbados Chick 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋