7 Creative Paint Techniques to Add Dimension to Your Home Decor

Paint Technique: Geometric Stamping

Put your own unique stamp on walls with this fun technique. This pattern looks like a series of triangles, but it's really achieved by a series of overlapping diamonds. Click the link below to get step-by-step instructions with photos.

• Learn how we created this look.

Paint Technique: Watercolor Bubbles

Create whimsical art with this technique that involves watercolor, dish soap, and drinking straws.

• Click here to see how it's done.

Paint Technique: Color Washing

Take a light-handed approach to color with a washing technique that uses only a little bit of paint to create an ethereal finish.

• Learn how to color-wash furniture.

Paint Technique: Dipped Finish

Dipped-dyed accessories are everywhere. Get on this trend with this DIY technique you can use on terra-cotta pots, vases, and more.

Paint Technique: Distressing

Give a new piece of furniture an aged appearance with this easy distressing technique, which involves two colors of paint and sanding.

• Get the step-by-step how-to.

Paint Technique: Marbleizing

Swirl it up with marbleizing. This technique is completed on paper, but with a few easy-to-access resources, you can turn your patterns into fun home accessories. We took our papers to a copy shop and had them printed on canvases to create a wall montage. For the pillows, we uploaded the design to Spoonflower, ordered fabric printed with the design, and sewed it into pillow covers.

• Learn how to marbleize paper.

Paint Technique: Whitewashing

Capture cottage charm with whitewashing. We used the technique to give new floors instant patina.

• See how to whitewash floors.