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How to paint stripes on a wall
Choose the type of pattern you want to create.
Stripes can be thick or thin, horizontal or vertical, or patterned in various ways.
Tape your walls for perfection.
Taping is the trickiest part of painting stripes on walls because of the tendency for the paint to bleed under the tape. Use low-tack painter's tape and seal each tape edge with a thin coat of the wall's base color to prevent paint from seeping under the tape.