Video: How to paint a room with freehand horizontal stripes Marianne Shillingford is paint brand Dulux's creative director and the design director of Dulux Design Service. Here, she explains how to paint a room with horizontal stripes, using paints from Dulux's autumn 2013 palette, Urban Folk. Five differently-coloured paints (we've used paints from the Urban Folk palette in matt emulsion from Dulux In Store Paint Mixing- enough for one stripe each for the length of the wall. Here are Russian Rouge, Inky Tales, Brooklyn Nights 1, Olive Branch and Sea Urchin 1) Medium decorator's brush Measuring tape Clean damp cloth Directions Cut a length of string that is the length of the wall and tie a knot at one end Measure where you want the stripes to start, and mark the heights at both ends of the wall Load the string by running it over stick of chalk a couple of times, and then stick it tight at one of the wall Pull it tight to meet the mark at the other end and then snap it against the surface to leave a line for you to follow Repeat this over to get the widths of stripes and spaces in between Load a brush with matt emulsion and flatten the bristles out in a small roller tray before applying it to the wall. For the soft broken lines which are key for this look, hold the brush flat against the wall and drag it along, then fill in with more colour if you need it You can also use a roller too for a slightly different effect, the lovely thing about this technique is you're not trying too hard to get a straight line - wobbles are good and add to the finished effect Once the paint is dried, rub off the chalk lines with a clean damp cloth