Disclosure: I was provided product by BEHR to write this post but the thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.
These DIY Paint Drip Coffee Mugs were inspired by the BEHR 2016 Color Trends. Also a little bit by my wish to become a morning person. Coffee… bright colours? It’s a start, right?
The BEHR 2016 Color Trends celebrate the importance of colour in creating sensory-rich spaces. There are four distinct palettes – High Contrast, Luxe Dimension, Blurred Boundaries, and Lyrical Living.
For my project I chose to primarily use BEHR Premium Plus Ultra paint in colours from the high contrast palette – Pagoda (T16-02), Emperor’s Silk (T16-03) and Canary Diamond (T16-05) plus Coralette (T16-07) from the Luxe Dimension palette.
I used mugs I found at the Dollar store for this project and started off by using painters tape to block off the lip of the cup. I also taped the inside of the mugs just to be safe. You don’t want the paint on any surface that will actually touch your beverage or mouth.
Next… have some fun! I used paint brushes on the upside down mugs to create generous drips down the sides of the mugs. I started with the dark colours and went lighter. It doesn’t take long for the paint to try on the mug – about 10-15 minutes. I worked two colours at a time on the mug with all my chosen colours
From experience, use a dry brush each time. You do not want the paint to get watery, it works much better when the paint is thick.
Once you have achieved the look you want allow the paint to dry until it is just dry enough not to run more then remove the painters tape and allow to dry upright.
Hand-wash only.
This mug uses Pagoda (T16-02) and Emperor’s Silk (T16-03).
This one is Canary Diamond (T16-05) and Coralette (T16-07).
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Elizabeth
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Elizabeth what a great project and I love the colors you picked!
Very cute – love the mix of colors. And smart to tape off the rim.
Now the real question – have you become a morning person?
No, but it certainly makes the morning a little less dreadful. 😉
I like Symphony Gold.
I love the Canary Diamond colour.
My fave colour from the 2016 trends is Celadon T16-11
I am going to buy veiled chameleon today.
Thanks
Cool idea!
I am like the Symphony Gold.
I love all the colours in the Lyrical Living room, nice and soft!!
i like Blue Vortex
My fave is Pagoda, love the pink.
I really like Ivory Keys T16-17.
i love Galapagos and Modern Mint!
Wow, I love them all! I’m going to repaint my bedroom soon though and I can 100% see Charcoal Plum as the wall color
Love the Mauve Melody!!!
I love Pagoda.. Beautiful
Love this idea!
And I love the celadon colour!
I really like the Modern Mint
I love Charcoal Plum.
Pagoda is so cute!
My favourite colour is canary diamond.
I like the Half Sea Fog paint color.
Love Behr paint – great giveaway!
Love how the mugs turned out.
Hmm, a difficult choice to make my favourite is the Emperor’s Silk & Canary Diamond comes a very close second, or perhaps the other way around??
i like Citronne T16-09
I love Galapagos and mauve melody.
I love mauve melody.
I am loving the bright colors!
I like cheerful Tangerine! 🙂
I like Penthouse View.
I like Penthouse View – a nice neutral.
What a fun project!! ~Kerri
I love the color Penthouse View!
Coralette
I love the modern mint. Such a relaxing colour
I like the stratus color for the boys room.
I really like the Emperor’s Silk colour.
I love the new Opus colour.
Really cool project to get the kids involved in. Thanks for the idea. Love the Opus and Pagoda colours.
I like the ponderosa green
I like the Mauve Melody
My favorite color is Charcoal Plum
Pagoda is my favorite.
My favorite color is the Symphony Gold.I think it looks amazing!
Raw Copper looks like “me”.
I like the color Penthouse view
I actually have my chosen color in front of me on the paint chip – it’s MANDARIN 🙂 I certainly hope to win it!
I love the Behr paint and all the gorgeous colors but I am leaning towards the Symphony Gold.How awesome that it’s a paint an primer all in one!My house could use a face lift like this!
My favorite color is Celadon
My favourite colour is the Symphony Gold!
I like the Modern Mint
I like Emperor’s Silk
Hmm, I gotta go with Coralette
Love the Blue Vortex!
I like Canary Diamond
Bowstring is my favourite colour.
I love Symphony Gold! It’s the caramel like colour I’m looking for!
I am loving the Opus color
Pagoda T16-02 is my favourite , its the exact shade i was looking for my daughters room 🙂
I like warm earthtones and neutrals. I’m really drawn to Fifth Olive-Nue, Opus and Penthouse View.
Coralette anything peach
I like Modern Mint.
My favorite is the color Stratus from Behr.
I like the hlf sea fog
i like Symphony Gold simple but so many ways to add a pop of color with
I like Ivory Keys
I would choose the Pagoda colour. It is beautiful.
Great contest and awesome blog ! there are so many colours that i love and find wonderful for many occasions ! , but if i would need to pick just one colour it would need to be Pagoda T16-02 , it is the first colour to have standed out to me and i find it beautiful ! , Thanks for the chance to be entered in this giveaway , i love the idea of being able to DIY decorate your coffee mugs !
One of my favorite colors is Perfect Sky P510-5
That’s such a cool idea. They look great!
Just be careful with using art/ wall paints on things you eat/drink out of. Wall paints no longer contain, lead mercury or arsenic, but they may contain chromium, pthalates and cadmium still.
That is why, as I mentioned, I taped it off so the paint would come nowhere near your mouth. Unless you have some weird habit of licking the side of mugs.