Supplies:
10-12 inch level with a 45 degree level (extremely important as all levels don't have the 45 degree feature)
Pencil
Two gallons of paint, two different paint colors depending on your color scheme (a third gallon maybe needed if you have a large room for your main color)
Tape measure
2-3 Rolls of Frog Tape depending on the wall size
Exacto knife or straight blade
-First you will want to paint your base/main color on all four walls. This would be the same color that will be a solid color for the remaining three walls and one of the zigzag colors.
-Once the paint has dried you can start making your marks with pencil. You will want to start by finding the center of the wall you are putting the Chevron design on, use your tape measure. Measure top to bottom and left to right. Make a small pencil mark for the center point.
-Once you have the center you need to decide what size Chevron you will want on the wall. (distance from one zigzag to the next zigzag) I recommend doing 10 inch or 12 inches apart. The wider the distance you choose the less zigzags and less taping off you will need to do.
-From your center point you will want to measure directly up and down the 10 or 12 inches you decided. Make sure your level is showing the bubble is in the center when making your next marks. You will complete this all the way up the wall and all the way down making a mark at each distance.
-Starting from any one of the points you just created, position your level at a 45 degree angle. The tip of the level will touch the spot you just marked. Once you have the 45 degree angle where the level is showing the bubble is in the middle, you will drawl a line against the level measuring the 10 or 12 inches you determined. You will do this at a 45 degree angle down to the right and down to the left from the original point just marked, creating an upside down V shape. (It is extremely important to make sure the 45 is exact as possible so you don't have angled Chevron or the design starts going up or down hill.)
-You will then work from each new point completing a 45 degree angle in the opposite direction. The next would complete the V shape, then an upside down V, back to a V- so on and so forth in both directions. You will complete this same technique for every row.
-Once you have penciled in all of your lines you will start putting your frog tape on the wall. You will want to put the tape as close to the pencil line as possible without covering the lines. When applying the tape note that every other zigzag will remain the color already painted on the wall. This is where you will put the excess tape. (this side the tape doesn't have to look good) You want to make sure you have straight lines with your tape where they will meet at the point. If you have excess tape you can use an Exacto knife or straight blade to cut any excess tape that goes over the line into the section that will be painted.
-After the entire wall has been taped off you can begin painting your secondary color. You will only paint every other zigzag and only the sections with the perfectly taped off section.
-You may need to put 2-3 coats of paint on the way depending how dark your base color is
-Before the wall is completely dry, carefully peal off all the tape.
-You may need to touch up any excess paint after the tape has been removed.
You are done and probably exhausted. It is a lengthy process that has several steps between painting your first coat, marking the entire wall, taping the wall, painting your second color, tape removal and touch up. It looks amazing once you have everything completed. You are probably thinking you will never do that again. At least I did. They also sell templates online that help create the Chevron- less measuring. They look extremely difficult to use and look to take way more time as you have to wait until each section is dry. The best way I have found is by following the above instructions. Good luck on completing a Chevron wall in your home!
See below for photos of progression on creating a Chevron wall
Room painted main color, then measured out and taped
Painted second color, every other zigzag
Tape removed and zigzags touched up=Completed wall
Angle showing what the solid wall looks like next to the Chevron wall
