Painting a Round Arch | Arch Wall for Your Home

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You can find them in many home design magazines, because they are not only trendy, but also make your wall look special: colour-contrasting round arches. With the trend name Arch Wall, you've probably already discovered them in your feed! Whether they stand alone as decorative wall design or form an attractive background for a wall shelf - round arches are always an interesting element.
Do you already have a round arch to go through? Then simply design this door arch and set it off in colour! You can find out how to do this in this guide.

1. Preparation for painting the round arch

2. Inspiration for painting an arch

3. Instructions: How to paint a round arch

4. Tips for painting an exact arch on the wall

5. FAQ: Frequently asked questions about painting arches and round arches

6. Video tutorial: Transforming rooms

The first thing is to choose the right colour. If you want to paint a round arch, the colour of the arch should contrast with the wall paint. Also, make sure that the arch is precisely finished.

To change the colour of your archway, create a design highlight by choosing an interesting colour. Emphasise the inside of the door arch with a strong colour. You can also make your archway an eye-catcher by adding a 5 cm wide frame around the outside of the arch.

Preparation for painting an Arch Wall

As with all crafts, prepare yourself well for the work and have all the necessary things ready

When painting a round arch, the preparatory work with pencil and tape is particularly important, so in addition to brush and paint, also provide the drawing utensils. This includes a drawing pin/nail and hammer, a string with pencil, a spirit level and masking tape.

Cover the floor immediately adjacent to the wall well. If you want to avoid plastic, use our plastic drop cloth. Then you need the colour you want to apply to your sheet, a paint tray, a small paint roller and a brush. The To Paint MissPompadour angled brush is ideal for precise work.

Inspiration for designing a bow

Choose a colour for your bow that harmonises well with the wall paint. Just stay in the same colour family. If you choose an intense colour, make sure it appears another time in the room. It is best to base the size of the arch on the doors. That way, the arch will not be too narrow or too low. If you want to place a shelf in front of your archway later, keep the depth of the boards rather shallow.

Painting an arch on the wall

Use the arch to highlight different areas in your home. For example, this decorative element can be used as a headboard on your bed for a self-contained look.
Use the Arch Wall to decorate your toilet table or to accentuate the desk in the children's room or study. This makes the work area a real eye-catcher and can help you to concentrate better thanks to the demarcation.
A round arch can also look particularly elegant in the kitchen or dining room.

Painting an Arch Wall is an effective and inexpensive way to enhance your rooms and furniture!

Set off the colour of the round arch

If you paint the arch behind the bed or table, choose a colour shade that matches the rest of your room and stands out.
If you have painted the room in Beige with Cashmere, Green with Mud, for example, is a good contrast. For a more subtle effect, you can also paintGreen with Grey.

Make sure that the colour of the arch is lighter or darker than your wall paint. Otherwise it will be difficult to see.

Instructions: How to paint an Arch Wall

Although it looks complicated at first glance, painting an even and beautiful round arch is quite simple.
As with any painting project, preparation is important and we explain exactly how to go about it.

What you need:

string/stringpins
or hammer and nailpencillevelpainting tape

Step 1: Prepare the round arch

Determine the place on the wall where the round arch is to be placed. Determine the height and width of the arch. Place the nail halfway across the arch. Tie the pencil to the string and cut it to half the width of the arch. Then tie it to the nail.

Step 2: Pre-draw and tape the round arch

Now draw the curve on the wall using string, a nail and a pencil. Use the spirit level to draw straight, vertical lines towards the floor. Then tape them down well.

Pro tip

If you still have some of the original wall paint, coat the inner sides of the tape with it. This will give you razor-sharp edges.

Step 3: Draw border

Using the fine brush, carefully paint the outline of the round arch, always along the pencil line.

Step 4: Fill in

Now paint the inside surfaces and fill the entire round arch with paint.
Remove the tape when the paint is still wet.

If you want to embellish your archway in the hallway, simply trace the archway with the help of a piece of string
Drive a nail at the highest point of your archway, attach one end of a piece of string to a pencil and the other end to the nail and follow the curve with the pencil.

Tips for drawing an exact arc on the wall

You can make an exact arc with the help of string and a pencil. Hold the string tightly so that the circle is even.
You can also use a large compass to create a nice outline.
Use a spirit level to draw a vertical line from the arc to the ground

FAQ: Frequently asked questions about painting arches and round arches

How can I use a painted Arch Wall afterwards?

One possibility is to use the round arch as a background for a coat rack. You can also mount a shelf with boards cut in different lengths in front of the arch. Then paint the shelves in the same colour as the background
Simply use the round arch as the head of the bed. For a wide bed, paint two arches, for a narrower one, paint a single large arch. In the living room, you can also paint a round arch on the wall. There it is suitable as an accent for the armchair, above the door or for a photo wall.

Can I also paint a round arch over a door or window?

You also have the option of colouring a window and door arch. If the ceilings are high enough, this can have a great effect, especially if you paint the door or window frame in the same colour as the arch
We've explained how to paint your door in How to: Painting Doors.
As you can see, there are no limits to your creativity.

How do you paint a rainbow on the wall?

Especially in children's rooms, the rainbow with its cheerful variety of colours is a popular motif
It is drawn in pencil just like the outer contour of a round arch. Directly below it, draw a second arch in a different colour, then the next one and so on. Use the clearest possible colours.

How to mask a wall round?

Since masking tape is elastic, you can pull it into a curve. It is best to fill in the wall rounding freehand with a brush.
Use the narrow MissPompadour angled brush and work slowly and patiently along the outlined line. Once you have painted a stripe, you can do it quickly with a roller or a wider brush.

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