How To Paint A DIY Feature Wall Tutorial. I shared with you here how I wanted to do a mini makeover in my laundry room. My laundry room is barely a walk-thru from the kitchen to the garage. It is just big enough to hold the washer and dryer and that’s it.
The walkway is only as wide as the door, so this is truly a walk-thru. No cabinets, nothing extra, just one shelf.
It got a few accessories when we moved in and that was it.
I found this inspirational pic on Pinterest, so I thought maybe I could do something similar to give my laundry room a little bit of an update.
Painting a feature wall is a little more difficult since my walls are really heavily textured, but I wanted to give it a try. I could skim-coat the one wall, but that is a ton of work, so I am just going to give paint a try.
First thing was to take down all the accessories, patch the walls and then give everything a fresh coat of paint. I chose to keep my white shelf instead of adding wood shelves like the inspiration picture.
I bought a shelf at Lowes to add above the washer and dryer. I had them cut it to size and also cut me several 3-inch pieces to use as shelf brackets. I got those screwed in and then gave them a good coat of paint too.
Next, I taped off the top of the shelf and put down some paper to hold drips before I started on the feature wall.
Now I am ready to start my feature wall. I did some practice on a piece of cardboard. I used a sample pot of black paint I had left from a previous project and a 1-inch brush. Then I just started in with stripes and dashes. With my textured walls, I soon found that straight lines like my inspiration picture were not possible. So I just let it go with the uneven stripes and loved it. A little more freehand and modern.
If this turned out really bad when I was done, then I could just paint over it and try something else. I needed to see the whole wall to see how it would look. Since my walls are so heavily textured, I needed to use a bold design like my inspiration. With mine, I had to just let it feather out at the bottom and on the sides however the texture took it.
I’m happy with how it turned out. It doesn’t look nearly as messy when you see the whole wall.
I like how it turned out. A few accessories and this looks like a great place to do laundry. Such an easy project and it made such a difference. Total cost $40.
If you want to add a painted feature wall somewhere, then just go for it. The worst thing is you have to paint over it if it is a complete fail.
