100+ Interior Wall Painting Ideas You’ll Love

Ombre or Color Washed Wall Painting Ideas

When you’re painting or re-painting, add color and personality with an ombre, color wash, or color block painting technique in a room or on one wall.

• OMBRE means “shade” so an ombre painted wall features stripes (like shown here) or a gradient of 1-2 colors in continuous shades.
• A COLOR WASH wall looks like watercolor and uses either a wall glaze or thinned out wall paint to show more color variations than a solid opaque paint. (See our tutorial for colorwashing wood stain here.)
• COLOR BLOCK is a technique where one section of a wall is painted a different color to highlight and make a focal point. This can make ceilings feel taller or rooms seem wider, and can also help hide vents or other items you don’t want to draw attention.

All of these creative DIY wall painting techniques are easy for a DIYer and so visually interesting!

ALSO IN THIS POST:
page 1: striped and wavy walls
page 2: ombre/colorwash/colorblock walls
page 3: stenciled walls and faux wallpaper
page 4: faux painted molding
page 5: murals and artsy walls
page 6: patterned and geometric walls
page 7: chalkboard and typography accent wall ideas
page 8: ceilings

Color Wash & Ombre Wall Painting Ideas

Use an ombre painted wall to add color in a variety of colors, or all the different shades of just one color.

Swoon, these water color stripes are to die for!

This blue vertical ombre wall is the icing on the cake in this relaxing all-blue room.

Ombre looks just as nice in a vertical painted pattern, too!

 

For a little girls room or nursery, a scalloped ombre wall is a darling wall painting idea!

I would paint the bottom layer first and work my way up instead of how they did this, to make it a LOT easier!

If you’re artistic and brave, try a color fade partially painted wall.

For the girl in your life who loves to sparkle — add a GLITTER layer of paint to the walls!

Choose a glitter paint additive for your wall paint, or try this iridescent glitter paint that can go over any color you choose.

Simple Color Block Wall Painting Design Ideas

Use a painted block of color on one wall or around the room to add interest and color to any room.

This pink color block wall gives the look of tall wainscoting — but you can paint over it again at any time!

Love this large scale vertical stripe color blocking.  It adds color without being busy.

This half wall color block is so interesting!  Love how they painted the door too!

Color blocking a lower wall can be a great faux wainscoting trick, giving a lot the same visual break as installing board and batten, but with just a coat of paint.

See more creative wainscoting wall ideas.

Lauren combined the two wall ideas, continuing the visual of board and batten by continuing the green paint around the walls for this modern woodland baby boy nursery.

And this shared kids room features just a black paint wainscot. The room is gorgeous but so simple.

This subtle color block section ties together the 2 beds and helps balance the asymmetry from only one window in the wall. And so cute to have the music to a favorite song on the wall!

The simple painted frames on the wall give this room a lot of interest and I love how they frame the bed!

This large stripe with alternating blocks of color is a fun idea for a kids room! 

On the next page: stenciled walls and faux wallpaper –> 

IN THIS POST:
page 1: striped and wavy walls
page 2: ombre/colorwash/colorblock walls
page 3: stenciled walls and faux wallpaper
page 4: faux painted molding
page 5: murals and artsy walls
page 6: patterned and geometric walls
page 7: chalkboard and typography accent wall ideas
page 8: ceilings

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