wallpaper hacks

From habitat plus - wallpaper

If a wallpaper design takes your fancy but isn't quite the right colour or scale, or if the pattern is no longer available, how about interpreting it in paint?

We've replicated the look of some favourite Resene Wallpaper Collection designs as paint projects.

Sponge print wallpaper design

Making sponge print wallpaper

Clever mimicry of Resene Wallpaper Collection 34244-2 and 34244-3 using Resene Half White Pointer and Resene Triple Friar Greystone sponge prints on a Resene Quarter Friar Greystone wall. The pots are painted in Resene Quarter Friar Greystone and Resene Triple Friar Greystone, the ladder has a distressed effect using Resene Half White Pointer and the floorboards are in Resene Colorwood Light Greywash.

Black and white wallpaper design

Painting black and white stripes to mimic wallpaper

Painting wallpaper - supplies

This stripe design was inspired by Resene Wallpaper Collection 377133. The background is painted in Resene Nero and the stripes are in Resene Double Sea Fog.

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