Painting Horizontal Lines/Stripes on the Interior

We just finished painting the interior of a beautiful home on the Central Coast that had vertical stripes on the entry way and hallway. The job turned out great, and if you want to try this at home, I will give you step-by-step instructions to do so. It’s time consuming but should be pretty easy to tackle.

New Life Painting was established on the Central Coast of California, and services from Santa Ynez to Morro Bay and the surrounding areas of the Central Coast. Call us at 805-NEW-LIFE (805-639-5433) if you would like our skilled painters to do this project for you. Or if you are interested in tackling the project yourself, follow these steps:

What you need:

- Paintbrush or a roller

- Large roll or rolls of the Green Frogger tape

- Tape measure

- Drop cloths and paper to cover your floors

- A pencil

- And a leveler to make sure your lines are straight

What to do:

1.) Before you start making your lines and painting you will want to cover your floors with drop cloths and rosin paper.

2.)  You will want to first paint the wall with a base coat. On the house we recently did, the base coat color we used was a Kelley Moore color called "Crisp Linen".

3.) After the paint has dried, you need to figure out where you want to make your stripes and how wide you want to make them. Start from the floor, and with your measuring stick make all your marks with a pencil at the width you want your stripes to be.

4.) Then, when you’re done making the marks, start to go around with a leveler and make your straight lines with a pencil.

5.) With your Frogger Tape, go along those lines that are perfectly straight and horizontal. Make sure that you make the tape flat and that there is no air bubbles so the paint can't seep under.

6.) Once you’re done tapping the lines, you can start painting the stripes with your roller or paintbrush. The stripe color that we used at the home on the central coast was Kelley-Moore "Silver Queen". 

This is what the customer had to say about the job: "Our house looks so amazing!!!! I love love love it!!!! Cruz and Juan worked so hard and were so gracious every time I changed my mind on a color or idea about something! Striping my whole hall way was NOT easy but they did a perfect job!!! This just turned my whole week around!!! =) New Life is awesome!!!"

If you have any questions about striping or any sort of painting idea, don’t hesitate to call us at New Life Painting! 

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[Michel John]

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