Removing wallpaper is a big job—and often one best left to the professionals—which is why it can be tempting to cover dated prints or not-your-style colors with a coat of fresh paint.

3. Choose a Secondary Color from the Wallpaper Pattern "Choosing a secondary color from the pattern for companion paint will pull that color forward to provide more depth to the walls," Miller says.

The paint color percentage actually refers to the value of the color, which is how light or dark the color appears. When ...

Paint color brings the room into focus in a Long Island townhouse sitting room. ... create the look of wallpaper with paint with a faux finish, which layers glaze with base colors, he says.

All this color picking is manageable if you're painting a brand new or well-primed wall. Things get trickier when paint matching is your goal. Like clothes, car colors and photos hung in sunlight ...

Apply primer to the wall. “KILZ or Zinsser Bulls Eye 1-2-3 are my tried-and-true favorites,” Murphy says. Once primer is dry, use painter’s tape to section off portions of your mural or to ...