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Painting a Chevron wall

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Ok, long time since I posted, we've been so busy with moving, vacations, unpacking, settling and so much more.  I've been so excited to have more space to decorate. So originally in our new home I was planning on making our formal dining into a formal living room, however the table I had made was much too big for the breakfast nook so we are using it as a formal dining room and I am not upset about it by any means!  I LOVE my new table.  I kept the idea of the chevron wall and boy was I nervous to start it but dove into it and was soooo lucky to have had my husband to help.   The steps to take are pretty easy, I used the method of making squares on the wall with chalk, i found a Dora book in my kids room and used that to make my squares: then sticking paint tape one square intersection to another, I wanted a large chevron print so I think I went from one intersection skipped 2 squares and ended the tape at the intersection.   Honestly you have to liter