Painting Stripes

So with the first room a success.. well I think so (notice I did go subtle here because the lighter stripe I added was actually a paint sample left over when I was deciding which grey to paint the dining room, btw I LOVE the darker grey I went with. I will add the paint colors I did around the house on our house tour page here). So onto the bathroom it was. Let me just first say I was feeling pretty confident since the dining room only took me about an hour from start to finish, so cool. Well the bathroom was a different story. NOTE TO SELF: When you are dealing with a much older home, and no I’m not talking about one from the 1950’s-70’s age. We are talking old baby. Our house was built in 1846, you do the math, it’s about 170 years old, YEARS. Ok so when your house is old, like mine, your ceilings, walls, and just about everything isn’t exactly straight. But who are we kidding, that’s what we love, and so-call character. So it took me the pretty much the whole morning trying to make my tape lines straight. Mind you in between dealing with the kids and their needs. Photo inserted here to show you what I mean :

So there is this fun little equation for this project, that can actually prove to be helpful, and not as confusing as I thought when I first read it, trust me.

1.) Measure the whole length of the wall, from ceiling to floor (not including any moulding or trim).

2.) Then decide how many stripes you want. Multiply by 2 and subtract by 1. I wanted 6 stripes in the

     bathroom so my equation looked like this: 6 x 2=12-1=11.

3.) Then divide the total length of the wall by the number you got from the equation in step 2. (so it

     would look like this : my total wall height is 88.5 in. / 11 = 8.04 (I rounded to just 8 in.)).

4.) Then I grabbed a measuring tape and start measuring my wall every 8 in. making a small dot with a

      pencil. Then connected the dots with painters tape like so: