Splash out!

August 30, 2014

A crisp chevron feature wall will make your space look modern! All you need is a simple stencil and a splash of paint.

Paint a chevron
1 Once the base coat (in this case, standard white paint) has been applied and is dry, adhere the stencil to the wall with masking tape.

TIP Paint over the masking tape sparingly with your base coat to ensure that there’s no bleed-through when you add your second colour.

2 Using a standard black paint, apply paint every alternate row. You can add a second coat for a richer black colour.

3 Once the wall is semi-dry, pull the masking tape off. Be sure to remove it slowly (and at a slight angle) in order to avoid any bleeding of the paint.

Chevron template

By Kim Bougaardt, Home magazine
Photographs Francois Oberholster, Home magazine