The bright colors and clean stylings of lighthouses create a serene nautical bedroom.
Echo the bright colors and crisp styles of a nautical theme with straightforward stripes and subtle textures on your walls and decorate with repurposed oars and galvanized buckets. Combine tropical elements like surfboards with classic anchor and lighthouse decor for a trendy twist, or take a more traditional approach with vintage nautical items like diving helmets and old wood chests or foot lockers. Model sailboats make the theme fun for kids.
Instructions
1. Sketch the design patterns for the room on graph paper to determine the scale of any patterns or stencils and murals painted in the room. Account for molding, furniture placement, windows and doors when placing murals or large patterns.
2. Paint the main or on all walls. If the wall is textured, or if a lighter color is being painted over a darker color, you may need to use primer and an extra coat or two of the base color to fully cover the wall. Use rollers or large brushes for the first coat and smaller brushes for detail work around molding or to fill lighter spaces in the second coat.
3. Sketch any or murals onto each wall. Use a projector for detailed murals. Tape off molding, door and window frames as well as any chosen patterns. For example, if you are including bold red, white and for your nautical themed room, you can use the tape to create the areas to paint within.
4. Cover the floors and furniture with dropcloths before pouring and preparing your paint. Plastic tarps can offer extra protection for furniture above and beyond canvas or other fabric dropcloths.
5. Paint stenciled depictions of nautical flags, rope and netting, lighthouse silhouettes or portholes and wooden ship steering wheels to add color to a neutral wall. Bold blue or red stripes and checks evoke the patterns of fishing and sail boats, while white accents and molding on dark walls create a crisp and serene space.
6. Remove the tape after all coats of paint are dry. Use smaller brushes to add detail to murals and stencils, or to touch up borders and lines. Throw away or recycle the dropcloths and painting trays.
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