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Elegant
Personality for Your Walls
by Kathleen Wilson
Adding
style and charm to an area as large as your walls isn’t
always as easy as it sounds! There are so many
options in painting, papering, faux finishes and paint
treatments it can be hard to know what might be a good
choice for your family. Right now a really hot technique
is adding quotes, words or sayings to your walls that
might be meaningful for those who live there, and it is
very easy and inexpensive to do!
Adding meaningful words to your walls is
inspirational, unique, and easy! You can do it yourself
(which I am about to show you!) or you can order your
words from online sources such as WallWords.com. (Tip:
Online quote sources are a great place to get ideas for
quotes and sayings as well.)
I like to place my quotes or sayings over a doorway
or mantel, along a wall border, or I use single words
centered on doors or small, awkward wall sections. As
soon as you have chosen your quotes or sayings, you are
ready to get started!
Open a word processing program on your computer such
as Word, and type in your saying. Experiment with
starting each word with a capital, or all words lower
case to see which looks best for your room. Now change
and experiment with the fonts on your computer. If you
highlight the entire passage first, every time you
choose a new font, you will be able to preview how it
looks. Keep in mind elaborate script looks better in a
more formal or romantic setting. Choose a style that
fits you and your room. Make sure you choose the font
size to represent the size you would like on your walls.
When you have chosen your font and size, print out
the passage. Using a pair of scissors, cut apart each
section of the quote as it will be painted onto the
wall.
I like to use paint pens to draw the quotes onto the
wall, but thick tipped permanent markers work as well,
they come in many colors. Using scotch tape, tape the
quote to the wall just above the area you will be
drawing. Now use the computer printout as a guide, copy
the words onto the wall with the paint pen. A strip of
masking tape placed on the wall below the words will
help keep you in a straight line. If you are not
comfortable copying the letters, or if you have chosen a
difficult font, place a piece of carbon behind the
printout, and trace over the letters with a pen
or pencil, leaving a pattern directly over the wall
instead.
Now go over the tracing with your paint pen.
This technique brings daily joy and inspiration to
those who frequent your home, and is a meaningful way to
express yourself in just an afternoon! Feel free to
borrow a couple of my favorite quotes or words below, or
try these sites for inspiration…
http://www.wallwords.com
http://www.quotationspage.com/
http://www.heartsandminds.org/quotes/quotes.htm
Or borrow some of my favorites…
“I Can Do All Things…” –Philippians 4:13
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where
there
is no path, and leave a trail.” –Emerson
Live, Love, Laugh
Believe
Dream
Find your own, and give your loved ones a gift of
inspiration every time they walk in a room!
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