Neopolitan Stripes

I finally finished one wall of the girls' room today. Mom had a hard time understanding what I was trying to explain about the stripes, so here it is. I think it is so cute! Since I now have all the time in the world, I figured, why not take on painting and taping for days on end. Atleast it's something that I can do a little here and a little there.... This took about five days. But, after it's all done, with curtains and nice touches, will be well worth it!

One of the tips that I found that works wonders for beautifically clean lines is to get your tape up (I used a laser level) then re-paint the background color onto the tape. This way, if the paint bleeds through the tape, it is the same color and you can't tell... then it creates a good "seal" and after it's dried, paint your opposing color over the top. It's also good to take the tape off while the paint is still damp. Once you wait until it's completely dried, it can be extremely stuck to the wall. (Yup, done it!)

Oh, and for cutting in at the ceiling and for trim, my sis gave me this great one: Load your angled trim brush, paint your glob on the wall, then using minimal paint (I mean like almost dry) carefully cut in where you want it to go, dabbing on more paint from you glob on the wall. Let it dry, which doesn't take long since you didn't use much, and then cut in with thicker paint. I tried it and it really helps with all of those accidental globs you get up onto the ceiling!

Hope these help, and happy painting.