Bathroom Painting Techniques

Most people pay so much attention to bathroom fittings and accessories that they completely overlook the bathroom walls. If you are not tiling the entire walls of the bathroom, then you need to choose a good paint color for the bathroom. But, just painting the bathroom in two coats of paint might make the bathroom seem drab and uninviting. To give the bathroom a warm ambiance, you might consider using different painting techniques. Some painting techniques like sponging, marbling, wall stenciling and silk painting are ideal for bathroom walls. This gives the bathroom walls a good texture which is visually interesting and makes a welcome change from flat paint colors. Decorating a bathroom by using different kind of bathroom painting techniques can help you to jazz up your old bathroom in a budget. Here we are going to discuss some bathroom painting ideas that will give your bathroom a fresh and new look.

Bathroom Painting Ideas

One of the best painting techniques that works for a bathroom is sponging. Sponging is a very easy faux painting technique to master, and even a novice painter can do a very professional job. For sponge painting you need to choose two complementary colors and paint the bathroom walls in the lighter hue first. When the base coat is dry, you need to use a sponge to apply the darker paint color. Most people go with lighter paint shades in the bathroom, but bright colors like teal blue, lime green, rust and tangerine works really well for sponge painting technique in the bathroom. A variation of the sponge painting technique is a cloud faux painting technique. For painting your bathroom walls in a cloud faux finish, you need to paint the bathroom walls in a matte effect sky blue color paint. When the paint dries dip a sea sponge in a bowl of water and squeeze out the excess water next dip the moist sponge in grayish blue paint color and dab it randomly over the surface of the wall. To soften the edges of the cloud patterns you can use a cheesecloth.

One of the best painting techniques that can make your bathroom look chic and modern is raw silk faux painting. In this painting technique, the walls are painted with a stain finish wall paint. A tinted glaze is then applied over the walls which is made by combining one part glazing liquid to one part satin finish latex paint. For getting the raw silk effect, a piece of steel wool is dragged through the glaze starting from one edge of the wall to the other vertically. Some good colors to choose for this painting techniques are rust, eggshell yellow, robin blue and sea green. A variation of this painting technique is to use a fine toothed comb over the glaze instead of steel wool.

A good paint technique for bathroom, that is simple and easy to do is to paint stripes on the wall. You can choose two contrasting or complementary colors for painting stripes on the bathroom. If your bathroom is small, then vertical stripes in pale colors like mint green and dusty pink would look stunning. For larger bathrooms, you can choose bolder hues like aubergine and cherry and paint horizontal stripes on the walls. If painting the walls of the bathroom in a faux finish, sounds too intimidating to you, you can try wall stenciling instead. All you need to do is to choose a stencil, place it over the walls and paint it with a color of your choice. This is an excellent choice for reviving a kid's bathroom.

These were some painting techniques that you can use for painting your bathroom. Using these bathroom painting tips, you can give a fresh and unique look to your bathroom, without burning a hole in your pocket.