Boost your bathroom's appearance with specialized painting techniques.
Plain old paint may add color to a bathroom, but it does little to increase the "wow factor." Armed with a little creativity and some basic supplies, you can create a luxurious, one-of-a-kind look. Faux painting techniques let you create special effects relatively inexpensively while giving you the opportunity to unleash the artist within.
Crinkle Texture
You can add an old world feel to walls in almost no time with tissue paper, paint and antiquing glaze. Paint a square on the wall that's slightly bigger than a sheet of crinkled tissue paper. Affix the paper to the wet wall and paint over it. After the paint has dried, apply a color wash .
Sponging
This faux finish trick looks textured, but really isn't. You can achieve this look by painting a base coat with latex satin paint (repeating, if necessary.) After the paint has dried, dampen a natural sea sponge with water and wring it out. Dip it in glaze, blotting excess onto a rag. Gently press the sponge to the wall, and turn it slightly to cover more area.
Color Washing
Apply a base coat of satin or semigloss paint, working in 2- to 3-foot sections. After the paint has dried, mix one part of the base-colored latex paint with four parts latex glaze. Make another mixture with one part of a second latex paint color mixed with four parts of the latex glaze. Working in 2-foot by 2-foot sections, paint a thin layer of the first glaze to the wall with a paint roller in a random pattern, letting the base coat show through. Use a latex paintbrush to apply the second color. Wipe a cotton rag randomly over the two glazes so both the glaze color and the base color show through.
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