First, the ceiling was painted with regular white ceiling paint
as shown here,
then painted the final color, a sort of light tan..
Then the walls...
Yes, we painted it red. Here's the beginning of the real
color!
The bottom third of the wall was painted a slightly glossier and slightly "pinker"
shade
of red than the upper two-thirds. Then a deep red (I swear it's gray)
color is
stippled on the lower portion and worked with a paper bag to achieve a 'leather look'.
Then the blue tape ordeal began.. Two-inch painter's tape was put up in
perfectly
vertical stripes, with 2" between each stripe. This was done
only for the
top two-thirds of the wall (non-stippled).
5½ hours and 152 stripes later, I had finally covered all the way around the room.
My
fingertips were actually worn shiny from smoothing all the tape..
After the taping was done, the upper part was painted in an identical,
but
glossier color. We could then take the tape off, revealing a pretty
neat effect.
Taking the tape down only took about 45 minutes!