Choosing your Paint Effect

Please note that the textures shown here are at pictures at low resolution and cannot show the real effects of the techniques.

Clouding

Clouding is a free form finish creating clouds of translucent colour. This technique gives a rustic textured appearance that is both soft and gentle. It is perfect fo uneven walls because it naturally tends to hide imperfections.

Colourwashing

Colourwashing gives a mottled, hazy look to a wall. Once again, it can give a pleasing ´countrified feel to a room, and depending on your choice of colour combinations you can make an unlit or north facing room look bright and spacious, whilst making a sunny room mor tranquil.

Ragging

Ragging is a stylish and imaginative way of producing a soft, yet highly patterned design. It can add drama an interest to rooms with plain carpets or fabric and cover up poor wall textures.

Rag Rolling

Rag Rolling is a bolder patterned effect than Ragging. Use it perhaps to highlight a particular section of a room or to create rather dramatic effect throughour the whole of the room. This dramatic effect looks particularly superb in plain rooms.

Sponging

Sponging is the best known and most versatile paint effect, giving an all over impression of random patterns of colour. It can drate a deliate gentle feel when a muted combination of colours are used.

Stencilling

Stencilling is one of the most effective and inexpensive ways of adding originality and detail to a home.