What are some good tips on how to decoratively paint your walls? Non Faux styles please!?

Question

I don't like a plain colored wall. Any ideas?

Answer 1

You might use the trick my mother did for decorating the rooms of the kids with their changing tastes - she used a highly figurative wall paper (dragons, fighter jets, airplanes, horses) on one wall that was not the largest but was easy to cover and visible (like behind the bureau, behind the bed)  while using more neutral or mixed colors that go well with others.

Answer 2

yes, darling...check your email...thanks for the 2 pts and the 10s

Answer 3

Divide into panels and paint accordingly. Plant on timber mouldings and paint in three shades: Sort of thing John Fowler used to do with National Trust Houses.

I have seen effects of graduated colour from top to bottom, but always looks too reminiscent of rising damp. Horizontal (or verical stripes) can look quite impressive, agin depending on the style of your room. Or a fuso machine finish very popular in the 30's (produces a sort of speckled effect) which you can use dramatic colour combinations.