A Makeover and a Giveaway!
It sounds impossible, but painting straight lines is easy to do. I helped my friend update her master bedroom with a few straight lines and a strie paint technique. This only took about three hours of work and a thirty minute trip to TJ Maxx for Accessories.
The secret to a great line when you’re painting is getting the right tape! Scotch’s Blue Painter’s Tape with Edge-Lock will give you great results each time if you do this secret extra step. Check out my little video on how I tape off lines (please disregard the fact that I think my hair is long enough to wear a pony-tail when it’s not). The really dimply wall texture Shannon had put this tape to the test, but we had almost no touch up to do!
Here are the before pics:
Here are the after pics:
The stripe behind the low bed draws your eye up, making the room look bigger. The natural look of the strie ties in the shells on the lamps and the other browns in the room. It helps give the room dimension.
We mirrored the stripe on the opposite wall behind the dresser.
Close-Up of the Strie:
Here’s a quick look video at the before and after.
Now for the Giveaway!
Scotch is giving away a FREE ROLL OF Blue Painter’s Tape with Edge Lock to 16 READERS! Leave a comment below for your chance to win!
Comments will close at midnight PST on Wednesday Jan. 26 2011. Good Luck!
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Wow, what a great tip! Thanks for sharing! I’d love to win some tape…I’m always doing some project or another so this will come in handy! Thanks!
Woohoo! My walls are SO textured, I’d love to do stripes in a bathroom but I’m afraid I’d have to redo it all…
Sounds LOVELY!! I have a painting job on the to do list.
If I win I no longer have an excuse to not update my master bedroom! :fingers crossed:
we just moved into a new house and i have lots of painting to do! this would be so very helpful!
This sounds like a great excuse for a painting project. I, too, have stripes in my bedroom, and I love them! :)
I have wanted to put stripes in my Dining room for a year now. I think I have to just go for it!
Ooh this would be just in time for my hubby to paint the nursery!
Oh this would make painting my son’s room SO much easier! perfect!
Oooh we are going to be putting stripes in our living room, this would be perfect timing!
Painters tape is the best. I love, love, love the stuff! Free is great but it is sooo worth the money. Good luck to everyone!
I’m getting ready to paint kitchen cabinets. I’m going to need this! hope hope hope
Heather
I’ve been wanting to try this stuff!
I’ve never tried this stuff before – but anything that gives a cleaner edge sounds delightful.
Thanks for the chance to win! Hubby and I are house shopping as we speak so this will def come in handy!
Painting mega areas in my home is my 2011 resolution. Need tape!
Great giveaway!! :-)
A free roll of tape might actually get me motivated to paint! :)
Looks gorgeous! I’ve always wanted to do a full wall of stripes.
is the giveaway open internationally?
I want a blue tape! is not so easy to get where I am from!
great proyect!
What a great update!
- Danielle
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love it! This makes me what to update my bedroom!
i would love a roll
and i love the makeover!
You’re the best at painting stripes and I know from experience!
Now I want to paint stripes! I dont know why I never thought of using a level and pencil…
Wish I could hire you when we finally get a house! You rock!
I so love this!! I painted stripes a year ago and had little places where it got across the line. Now I know how to go back and fix it!! Thanks for sharing!
Our whole house has textured walls. This tip is invaluable!! Thanks.
This looks easy. How do u get get the tape strip straight. I tried it and my wall came out slanted. Whats the secret. The tape did hold up though;. lol
Bring it on,I’m ready!!!
I love it! Now if I could get the courage to do this in ocean blues…
You make it look so easy. I’ve always wanted to try strips, but was afraid I wouldn’t get my lines straight. Guess I will just have to kick fear to the curb and try it. Thanks for the tips..
I often paint stripes or some other patterns for my clients. LOVE painters tape!
This looks easy enough for me to do. I would really love to win so I can try it. Thanks for the video.
Great tip with the eraser! Thanks for sharing it!
I loved this video. I have textured walls and I have tried to create special areas with pain. I’ve never tried tape with a edge lock and I always have a lousy edge. Thanks for the tip. I going to use scotch blue tape even if I’m not a winner.
I would love to try this tape. We are just finishing a bi remodel and this gives me lots of ideas. Thanks
Very cute finish. I’m texturizing my bathroom walls today and wondering how I’m going to finish them. Got the tape up already!
Nice.. I wonder how well the Scotch Blue does versus the frog tape I’ve used though..
This sounds like a must try product.
love the stripe, and the ideas
keep them coming, maybe one of these days I will get around to painting my master bedroom.
Love the eraser idea! You look great Brooke…..I miss you!
Thanks for the video tutorial. I’ve been dreaming of painting some big stripes on my living room walls. Gotta get my hands on some that tape!
I recently painted my bedroom and taping saved us so much time to avoid messing up the trim. I have big plans for 2 bathrooms next so I’d love to win a roll of tape!
The 3M Edge-Lock tape works awesome! I would like to save everyone a lot of time. I have a new painting tool, invented by my dad, a painter who paints stripes for a living. This tool eliminates the old way, no more pencil marks, chalk lines, laser levels. You only use the tool and the 3M Edge-lock tape. It’s the new way called the “U-Stripe-It & Design Way.” Please check out ustripeit.com to help you stripe using the tape. Love the video, when you hear your kids in the background you always know the job is being done by a working person. Great Job!