Pillars can be either decorative or necessary structural columns. Columns are round, rectangular or differently shaped vertical building structures that hold a load in the building. Columns are necessary building structures. They usually have a big and strong base.

What are pillars and what do they add to design?

Pillars can therefore be separate from a wall or even join a wall, forming a pattern.

Pillars can serve the purpose of being purely decorative. They can, therefore, be added wherever and in whatever style you like within your home.

Of course, while decorating your home, add pillars in such a way that they don’t obstruct too much space and are conducive to your living space. Try to judge this along with an interior consultant or architect at the time of planning if you are constructing a home or trying to add some decorative pillars.

Pillars, depending on several factors like the purpose, weather and budget, can be made of wood, stone, cement or concrete.

The question then is, how do you make pillars attractive and add decorative value to your particular home space?

You may have existing pillars in your home but they might not add much to your living space in terms of design or décor. You might want to get them painted so that they add more character through detailing, colour, art or a certain design scheme.

There are several other ways to enhance the look of a pillar. You can add tiles, mirrors, moulding, decorative lighting, wall frames and more but painting them is certainly the most economical. In many cases, pillar painting may not even require an artist or professional, but you can surely use a design consultant to help inspire you with a few ideas and suggestions on what might work well for you.

By painting a pillar you can add texture, depth and layers to your overall space. The things that can be done just with paint on a pillar are plenty. Customisation is key.

Painting pillars is affordable when you choose the right designs, the right style and the right colours. The right choices make sure that you have a great result with little bearing on how fancy the design idea is. It all needs to fit together perfectly within your space.

The next thing you might think about if you decide to enhance pillars with paint is, what are some good pillar painting designs to look at. And we have just the solutions for you!

Listed below are some inspirational designs that you could use when painting your pillars.

1. Fixed to the wall – seamless patterns for pillar walls

Taking some inspiration from the Amer palace and fort. If you have a semi-hexagonal pillar that is connected to the wall seamlessly like this one, then this pillar painting design could work brilliantly for you. If you would like to, you could replicate the intricate patterns you see here. You can choose colours that will go well with your interior. If required, you can continue the entire pattern on the wall as well or even just the bottom portion that is dominated by green.

2. One for the Kids

Decorating the kid’s room? This pillar painting design is something the kids would definitely love. Consider using a bit of moulding for a raised 3-dimensional effect and you can really create a fun interesting pillar for your kid’s room.

Bold colourful modern pillar painting designs are trending even in cafes and go well with plenty of styles if the colour scheme is met.

If it is more for a girl child’s room, then alternatively big representations of flowers and pastel colours would work well.

3. Immaculate Art

If your question is how intricate can a pillar design get? Here is your answer.

The pillar painting design of the Sistine hall of the Vatican library is a great example.

In case you are looking at a lot more detailing, this is how it will look. Imagine an intricate art-style painting on your pillars. You can even choose to follow a colour scheme that goes well with your room or house décor. This pillar painting design is the best you can get. Ask your consultant for a quotation in order to get started.

4. European Style – Simple Lines and Simple Taste

Inspired by a little European style, this combination is dual-tone and ideal to choose for your house pillar painting design if elegance is what you are looking for. Choose any colour, bold or pale and combine it with white. Follow this semi-floral and semi-geometric pattern to create a nice pattern that is both charming and interesting at the same time.

5. Partnering with White – Dichromatic Combinations with White

Dichromatic pillar painting designs are trending. You can find these almost everywhere. Public spaces, cafes, malls and more have seen these timeless designs that never fail to awe. Mix any bright colours with white and this is the result. This square pillar painting design is not colourful and bright and works well when used in verandahs and more external areas such as foyers or porches and entrances.

6. Bold Colours and Fine Design – Not for the Fainthearted

This temple has pillars joined to the wall and, as you see, used plenty of bright and dark colours. These colours have been contrasted with finer artwork in yellow-gold and red. Consider this pillar painting design if you would like to go for a bright and bold addition to your décor.

Pillars painted this way can very easily make a big statement in your living area.

7. One for Each Side – Hexagonal Pillar Painting

This hexagonal pillar painting design is stunning against the background.

Try this style where each hexagonal side of the pillar is painted a different colour. Of course, do try and coordinate those colours with other elements in your room décor.

You can use a little gold to highlight the hexagonal edges as well.

8. The Rainbow Effect

Create any artwork from simple to detailed and try and use every colour to fill them in. This style is bold and beautiful.

Follow any style of artwork for the top portion of the pillar and allow it to drag to the middle portion, tapering as it goes downward.

Inspired by a temple, this pillar painting design is simply a stunning addition to any space.

9. Bringing Out the Carving

Temples and palaces are known for how well carved out the interiors are. You can use different colours on every induvial carved surface the way you see here to bring out the carving completely.

Use pastels if you want the same colour effect you see here or then match a colour scheme of your choice. Go for this pillar painting design to add character and detail to your space.

10. Let’s Not Forget about Gold!

This Buddhist temple shows us what magic can be created with gold and black.

This kind of artwork that is made with stencils can be very easily replicated for your home.

Go with gold and any other colour. This round pillar painting design in gold cannot fail you if gold fits into your home colour scheme.

11. Bands of Colour

Sometimes simple is beautiful.  Go with this scheme if you want to work with just two colours. Make one or a few bands that almost make the pillar appear striped. The best thing to do for an already heavily decorated room is to choose a pillar painting design like this one.

 

12.  Nothing as Impressive as Flowers

One can usually never go wrong with florals.

If in case florals work for the living space in question, then this pillar painting design is perfect for you. Try out something similar for your living room, garden, entrance or even café area.

A string of flowers twisted around the column really gives this design a larger-than-life, wow effect.

FAQs

1. How do you make pillars attractive?

One of the easiest ways to make pillars beautiful is by adding colour. There are plenty of painters and design consultants to do this job. Select your colours and call someone to get the job done. Put in a few bands of colour if you want to go with two colour tones. To go a level ahead, use design stencils for the entire pillar to be covered by the same design element, like the gold pillar example seen above.

To go a step further, use art forms. Get a painter or artist or even your own design consultant to create unique art on your pillar. A great example is the Sistine Chapel shown above.

2. How many pillars are good as per Vastu?

Vastu Shastra suggests equal spacing and balance in distribution when planning the location and number of total pillars. It could otherwise have adverse effects on those living within the space. Therefore, always settle with an even number of total pillars in the house.

It also suggests not building pillars in front of doors and entrances.

Another suggestion is to avoid sharp and pointed edges through carvings or mouldings. All living rooms should ideally not have pillars but if it cannot be avoided, then try a lighter non-obstructive and flowing colour scheme and design for it. Create your pillar painting design accordingly.

3. How do you decorate concrete pillars?

It is easy to paint over concrete pillars. Using the standard indoor acrylic paint, first the wall needs to be very well sanded twice. Post that, a concrete sealer, primer and then finally paint must be applied.

Don’t hesitate to go ahead and choose some artwork to be painted on as well. Once the wall is primed well, it is easy to paint on. The paint sealer at the end also works well to ensure the paint lasts for a long time.

4. How do you decorate a pillar wall?

A pillar wall is slightly different from a regular pillar placed somewhere in the centre of the room. Pillar painting designs for these must take the connected wall into consideration too. In many cases, some part of the design from the pillar is continued on the wall or even the whole design. At times, only one element like the border draw a line of continuation from the wall through the pillar and joins the other side of the wall again.

Choose a colour that goes extremely well with the overall room décor and use that colour for the colour band on the pillar wall.

5. What is trending in pillar painting design today?

Today, highlight pillars with intricate art forms, using gold or standout block colours. Basically, it means that pillar painting these days is more about design and less about making it blend in. The pillar is looked at as an opportunity to add another design element to the space. Hence you will see art, metallic shades and fresh seasonal trending colours in dichromatic schemes. Which of these is the best? It all again depends on which one works for your space and style the best. Choose accordingly.

Also, small changes in the style or pillar borders can take you a long way in making a pillar stand out.

Finally, pillar painting design ideas are plenty and highly affordable. Unlike getting a whole room painted, it is also a quick job. But this also depends on what you are getting painted. If it is an intricate art, then it might take more time but otherwise dichromatic colour schemes and bold bright shading is easy to achieve and can be done by many.

Our team at Homelane would be more than happy to consult with you and find out which pillar painting design could work for you. We could also complete the job for you.

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