Are you fed up with your living room? The colours, decorations and overall look no longer match your ideas or style? Would you like to clear out the room and redesign everything? But hold on! You don't have to do that.
Sometimes a new wall colour is enough to bring a breath of fresh air into a room.
Interior designer Eva Brenner has some helpful tips, tricks and ideas on how to repaint and redesign your living room.
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You will need the following for colour spraying the walls:
To protect the floor or carpet, door and window frames as well as window sills, light switches and sockets, start by masking the skirting boards and everything that will not be painted. Use adhesive tape to attach the film to the mouldings and the motto here is: a lot helps a lot! It's better to use too much film than to end up having to clean paint splashes off the parquet.
If you want an even colour result and want to achieve a result in a short time, you should definitely try the paint spray system - e.g. W590 FLEXiO. It applies paint quickly and efficiently. Particularly great: the wall corners do not need to be pre-painted.
Once the wall paint has dried, you should remove the masking tape from the wall as soon as possible. To ensure that it can be removed without leaving any residue, do not wait too long.
As soon as the wall paint is completely dry, the furniture can be moved back into place. With new decorations such as colourful cushions, a fresh bunch of flowers or even repainted furniture, the living room gets a whole new look.
As soon as the wall paint is completely dry, the furniture can be moved back into place. With new decorations such as colourful cushions, a fresh bunch of flowers or even repainted furniture, the living room gets a whole new look.
As soon as the wall paint is completely dry, the furniture can be moved back into place. With new decorations such as colourful cushions, a fresh bunch of flowers or even repainted furniture, the living room gets a whole new look.
As soon as the wall paint is completely dry, the furniture can be moved back into place. With new decorations such as colourful cushions, a fresh bunch of flowers or even repainted furniture, the living room gets a whole new look.
The walls have been repainted and the decorations have been replaced, but now the old coffee table or bookshelf no longer fits in with the colour scheme? Nothing could be easier: even old furniture can be remodelled in just a few steps and then literally shine like new.
Simply sand down thoroughly and paint in a new colour using the paint spray system, leave to dry and enjoy the result.
Curious about more upcycling projects? Then take a look at our DIY instructions for the coffee table made from old car tyres.
A new wall colour is an easy and inexpensiveway to change theeffect of a room in no time at all. With simple tricks, you can make rooms look larger or smaller or make them cosier. The most important questions to answer are: Which colour will you choose and which wall or walls will get a new coat of paint? Will you stick to one colour and be subtle or can it be a little bolder? Eva Brenner not only has the answers, but also explains which colour is best suited to a living room and which style of living suits it.
Whether every wall in a room gets a new colour, or individual walls or even just parts of walls, depends mainly on the size of the room.
If a room is small, then it makes sense to choose colours that make the room appear larger. So if your living room is rather small, you should go for light, bright colours. White, beige or pastel colours are good for making the room appear bright and spacious and intensify the daylight that comes in through the windows. If you would like to use more than one wall colour in a small living room, you should choose no more than two shades and preferably from the same colour family. However, you can also use dark blue or green tones for the colour scheme, as dark painted walls recede into the background, making the room feel larger. Particularly low rooms are visually stretched if the front wall and ceiling are painted in the same colour. Another trick that makes small rooms appear calmer: Paint radiators or sideboards in the same colour as the wall behind them.
If you want to make very high loft-like rooms or ceilings appear smaller or lower to create more cosiness, you can be a little bolder and go for dark, bold colours. Shades of brown, dark grey, red or even black if you're really brave.
First things first: what you like and what suits you and your character goes well. But if you're unsure whether the wall design in your living room should be monochrome or brightly coloured, professional Eva Brenner can give you valuable advice here.
You probably won't get tired of monochrome walls - whether they are subtle or brightly coloured - for a long time, whereas walls with colour patternsmay no longer appeal to you at some point. Nevertheless, colourful, brightly coloured walls with patterns look very modern and make this room an eye-catcher in your home. Do you dare a colourful wall with geometric patterns?
Or do you actually paint several walls in different (contrasting) colours? As you can see, there are no limits to your imagination and creativity when it comes to wall design in the living room.
Except perhaps the natural boundaries such as door frames, window sills, light switches, sockets and so on. The rule here is masking: A lot helps a lot. After all, anyone who has ever tried to remove paint splashes from the wrong wall or paint over them knows that this is the kind of hard work for which you don't get an A with an asterisk. We recommend using our helpful masking set or the premium version.
How about a wall with a colour gradient, the so-called ombré look?
Are you in full swing and want to give other rooms a coat of paint? Eva Brenner reveals which colour is particularly suitable for which living space.
Calming colours should literally set the tone here. After all, you should be able to calm down and relax in this room. Colours such as blue, green or purple are therefore ideal. The darker colours should be chosen.
People play, laugh and get up to mischief here. The wall colour should reflect this mood. Cheerful colours such as yellow, pink, green or pastel shades are therefore perfect.
Everything fresh? If not, then the right colour should be added here. Blue, green or turquoise in any colour variation will bring a kick of freshness to your home spa.
Neutral colours such as white, beige, light grey or subtle shades of green go well in your home kitchen. When choosing a colour, make sure that the walls and kitchen furniture match harmoniously.
If you are planning larger projects and don't just want to spray interior wall paint, you can use the W 590 spray system: with two spray attachments, you are ideally equipped for applying wall paints, varnishes and glazes.
W 590
We have summarised more tips on spraying paints and glazes for you in our tips and tricks with Carina.
Apply glazes and lacquers correctly
With the paint sprayer, it is child's play to apply a coat of paint evenly and get into even the smallest crevices and corners. The end result is a smooth and even coat of paint. Brush marks are often left behind when using a brush.
Why it's better to spray