Know about your paint

All of us know that there is some difference in the final look and finish of the wall if one uses a distemper paint or velvet paint. However, most of us are clueless about the details. Distemper paint is a mix of water, adhesive, pigment color, and chalk and is suitable to use for the interiors as well as exterior wall of the house. It can be applied directly on a masonry surface and its colour tends to fade away in 5-6 years. Distemper is also called cement paint which means it can be directly applied on the wall. However, you will have to give at least two to three coats to bring out the colour properly on the wall.

Velvet Paint, on the other hand, gives an ultra smooth luxurious finish and is ideal for home décor purposes. They give finish like an emulsion or an oil paint (sans the glossy effect). Oil content is higher in velvet paint than a distemper and it is stain and fungal resistant. It does not have any added lead, mercury or chromium compounds. The colour on the wall stays fresh for a longer period of time. The stains on the paint can be washed away easily with the help of a detergent solution soaked in sponge. Because of all these features, velvet paints cost more than distemper.

Since both the paints are chemicals, proper care should be taken to dispose off these paints properly in the environment. The leftover paints should not be poured down the drain or in water bodies. If you have a lot of leftover paint, store it in a container kept in upright position with the lid tightly shut and keep the tin in a cool and dry place.

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Grow over solid colour walls, wall décor is in

If you are looking for innovative ways to enhance your space, going for a good wall décor is a good idea. A creatively done wall can excite your senses and light up the room. Ideally, wall décor should be different for different rooms in a home. For instance you will give a different look to your office than to your kid’s room.

So after you have selected the room that you have to redo, do some market research. Wall décor suitable for living room will not look good in a kitchen or vice versa. Second step is to visualize your walls as blank walls and then explore the potential of decorating them. How big is the wall and what pattern will look inviting? Which colours would give a warm feeling? Does the pattern suit the furniture and its design? Keep such questions in mind. The base colour that you choose for a wall will set the theme and stage for the rest of the design of the room.

With a varied wall décor ideas presented by the paint industry, people are increasingly choosing paint over wallpapers. This is a less expensive option and equally creative. Textured paints allow you to bring different terrains at home. With right kind of brush, you can create a sand dune effects on walls or a patchy overdo in green will make it look like a forest. The more granular and blue paint of the ceiling will give an illusion of sky. If you want to go for more subtle effects, paint strips or try out veins and blocks. Velvet Paints that have a smooth finish and gives a luxurious effect. They are also stain free and more durable, which makes it a highly sought after product is the market.

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DISPLAY MEMORIES ON YOUR WALLS

Pictures are tokens of the cherishable moments that you once lived and that are now living in the warm hearts of you and your loved ones who shared those brilliant moments of love and togetherness with you. Why not enhance your room décor using the beautiful pieces of those fascinating moments that you have captured as pictures and colouring your walls with Dulux Velvet Touch?

However, just deciding to put pictures is not enough, one has to make sure that picture frames that one chooses, gels with the entire room décor and the wall paints. There are certain basic but important things one has to pay attention to as one sets out to frame the pictures.

Firstly, if you’re putting pictures, then, we assume that pictures have to be the focus item on the wall, right?! Choose Dulux Velvet Touch paint to enhance the glaze on your walls. Create a classy look by adding pictures that compliment the wall paint. So, make sure that you make some changes here and there to fuse the pictures together with your room décor and total home interior in such a way that the picture stands out without looking too distinct or standing away from the rest of your home interior. Also, do not destroy or break the effect of your picture for your curtains’ and other furnishings’ sake. Balance becomes the key when your room décor is in question.

Make sure you choose the glass type for your painting which doesn’t interfere with the colour and quality of your image. You can choose from a non reflexive glass, UV Control glass, Reflection Control Glass etc. to get the best effect of your artwork and pictures onto your home interior.

You can go in for matboards to frame your pictures. Try out newer designs, combinations, innovative cuts etc. to give an edge to your pictures or wall artwork. Rectangular cuts are passé now; therefore, you have more creative options like rounded corners, oval shape, diamond shape etc. when it comes to framing your pictures and artwork. Give your home interior a stylish wall décor using Dulux Velvet Touch paint and beautiful pictures of you!

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