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Photo: Annie Sloan
How to Paint Like a Natural
Paint shades can be as unpredictable as the flora, fauna and phenomena that inspire them, and how they react to your unique environment depends on how you light your home, when you’re looking at the walls, what else you’ve used to furnish your rooms and so on. Explore the one-of-a-kind ways colors and finishes react to your spaces by buying sample pots of paint, then applying it to poster boards that you can move around and observe in different areas. Take in more tips for pro-level painting with our guide, below. (Love this room? It features Annie Sloan’s Winged Wildlife RHS Decoupage Paper and Carnaby Yellow Wall Paint.)