Well, my youngest will be here in June to stay for the summer, so it’s time to start on the guest room. It’s currently rather scary, with one wall painted in pink and orange stripes (no, I didn’t do that, it came that way… along with about 50 plastic flowers nailed to the wall). I really wanted to do something different with this room, so we’re really taking the plunge and going dark. William would have loved it if we would have painted it black, but I just didn’t want to go there. Black is just… no.
We did choose a fairly dark grey for the main room color.
The grey wall in the front is my “test wall”, and I like the color a lot. It’s Behr’s “Dark Ash” (770F-5, if you’re wondering). You can see the circus wall in the background. That definitely needs to go.
This is the wall that I will be painting in the accent color (Behr’s “Rain Storm”, 530F-7). This is patched and ready for paint.
This is the first coat of the accent color. The circus wall looks really hideous now. This will definitely need another coat, since it’s over a fairly glossy white. I suppose I could have used a dark primer, but the good primer cost more than the paint. A second coat is just as easy. Oh, the paint in the picture will dry flat, the gloss is because the paint is still wet in this picture.
That other wall is going to give me nightmares. I think it’ll be the first one painted in the grey, then I won’t have to look at it anymore. All the trim in the room will be in the blue, and I’m going to paint the bed and the bookcase in blue as well. I’m thinking a light sandstone(ish) color for the curtains and bedding, but that won’t come until much later.
I’m going to try to get the second coat on this wall today, then work on it some more tomorrow. I’m aching pretty bad right now, but I hate stopping when I’m not through.
