Get some wall #inspo for your home with special effects pastel paint

(Photo: Dulux)

Newlywed and planning out your new home's decor? 

New paint formulations now allow a variety of textures and metallic effects to be added.

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DULUX AMBIANCE SPECIAL EFFECTS PAINT

This offers a selection of finishes and textures that couldn’t be achieved with paint previously, including metallic, linen, velvet, marble, and a unique Colour Motion effect (below) that reveals different hues when viewed from varying angles and under different light sources.

(Photo: Dulux)  

NIPPON PAINT’S MOMENTO COLLECTION

(Photo: Nippon)

How would you achieve the look of a brick wall with paint? This collection’s designer series, Travertino (above), is a special effects paint on which you can easily carve your desired shape and pattern.

(Photo: Nippon)

Nippon also allows you to transform your favourite coloured wall into a shiny surface, with its pearlescent semi-transparent paint that can be glazed over existing wall colours, such as the Cloud Pearl (above). TIP: Create patterns, such as stripes or zigzags, using paint. Stripes can be used to camouflage surface flaws, such as a protruding structural column (below).

This story first appeared on Home & Decor, 29th June 2017.