A couple of weeks ago, I had the idea to paint an accent wall. I decided my bedroom would be the best room since I hadn’t changed much of it since late last year. I decided a dark wall would look great but I wasn’t sure what color I wanted. After looking at some inspiration pictures, I came across a dark grey color. I did some research and went with Marquee Satin Black by Behr. The reason why I used Marquee vs. regular paint is because it’s a one coat primer and paint.
After taking a quick trip to Home Depot, I bought the Pure White paint color the rest of my house has and the Satin Black. I remembered a long time ago, I had seen a tutorial somewhere on how to create a crisp clean line and good thing I remembered how to do it. I thought this would be really helpful so I decided to write a blog post on it.
- The paint (the Pure White and the Satin Black)
- Painters tape
- A roller with refills to switch out for the two colors.
- A paint brush
The first step was to paint the side walls white. The reason I re-painted them was because the white I previously used had a blue tint to it and I wanted to eliminate that. After that dried, I then used the painter’s tape and taped around the baseboards and edges of the walls. This step helps you create the crisp straight line and prevents the dark paint from getting on the white side walls.
Once I had the tape on, I ran my finger along the tape to make sure there were no air bubbles. The next step and the most important step is to paint over the tape and a bit of the wall with the white paint. This will create a barrier so that the dark paint doesn’t seep thru the tape and run the dark paint under the tape. Hope this is all making sense. You can see in the picture below, the blue tape has a layer of white and over that a layer of black paint.
After the tape and wall is fully dry, I painted the entire wall with Satin Black. I did use the roller all over the wall and used a brush around the edges where the tape is. I had to put two coats where I used the brush since the brush usually leaves streaks. Another important part is to let the paint dry completely before removing the tape. If the paint is still wet and you remove the tape, the paint may run.
Hope this was helpful! You can always come back to this post in the future if you decide to paint a wall for a refresh on how to paint a straight crisp line.
