How To Paint Diamonds On Walls

The base coat of the wall is restoration hardware latte.

How to paint diamonds on walls.

If you do not already like the color of the wall you will be painting paired with the color of the diamonds that you want this will take longer. You can see i had already painted several paint swatches to find the perfect color more on how to find your perfect paint color later. I already liked the color that was there but i wanted to add a blue grey paint to it. I chose a wall in my living room to paint.

50 benjamin moore livingston gold and 50 latte from restoration hardware. Drawing the diamonds on the wall prior to. This is the wall after. I figured a 30 inch tall diamond would be nice so from the top center of the wall i made a mark on the wall mark 1 measured down 30 inches and made a mark mark 2.

How to paint a diamond. I like the contrast of the tan blue. References maison d or interior design services. Before we started i made a mock up of how big i wanted the diamonds to be.

Diamonds look their best when they are twice as high as they are wide. Apply tape and paint. I didn t have to spend money on paint. A harlequin diamond pattern on a wall will instantly attract attention and painting a wall with this kind of pattern is typically done on accent walls.

Use a brush or mini roller to apply the coordinating color in each diamond. I painted this dark brown wall with a free quart of paint i got 6 or 7 years ago. For the color of the diamonds i mixed two leftover paints sitting in my garage. I do like the idea of using this floating wall in the living room as an accent wall but i was over the dark color.

To create the diamond pattern draw a diagonal line through the corner of each rectangle alternating directions.