We finally were able to start working on baby's nursery again after several weekends of events which consist of: our
gender reveal party, two birthdays to attend, going out of town for a weekend, shopping for baby's furniture and of course cleaning up where we left off in the guest room (you can read more
here from the last post). Yea, we've been kind of busy as you can tell and it still continues for the next few weeks.
My idea for the nursery was to have the walls painted in a light gray color with stripes on two end of the wall (opposite of each other). The paint we choose is the Behr Premium Plus Ultra Interior paint and primer in one from Home Depot. Not only do we love the fact that we can skip the whole 'priming the wall before color', but the color payoff is amazing! One coat is good but we usually like to do two coats just to make sure the coverage is prefect and plus Behr Premium Ultra Paint has never disappointed us. We used it for our bedroom, the dining room and living room. After looking over several paint swatches, the color we choose for BH nursery is Sterling and Sliver Sky, both in satin.
Day 1: Painting the Walls
After cleaning and prepping the walls bit by bit after work, we finally were able to start painting on Saturday. We start off by applying Sliver Sky on all four walls. After the first coat and a half we realize that 1 gallon wouldn't be enough to finish the second coat. This was moment to take a much needed break as it was almost dinner time (6pm). So back to Home Depot we go to purchase another gallon and then off to eat dinner. We got back home around 8:30 and we (mostly Hubby) went to work right away with finishing off applying the second coat.
First Coat
Applying the second coat
Next day after two coats. Ready for the stripes.
Day 2: Stripe Walls
The first step was to measure the walls where the stripes would be at. Because the room has a vaulted ceiling, I measured the highest point. From the top of the base board to the ceiling was 9'-9" which is 117". In order to figure out the how thick I want the stripes to be, I took 117 and figured out what number divides evenly with it. In this case it was 9. So 9" per stripes equals 13 stripes all together. It was perfect because I wanted the first gray stripe to start on the bottom and the last stripe to be at the very top. I sketched a little drawing and homemade two 9" rulers from cardboard to use as reference.
The most time consuming of the process was taping out the stripes! It took us over 3 hours to finish taping the walls! In order to make sure our stripes were straight as possible, we took my handy homemade ruler and using a string or in our case a yarn, we placed the ruler from end to end of the wall and taped the yarn. Using the yarn as a guide, we taped it out with painter tape. Each wall probably took us 1 1/2 each.
Dots indicating not to paint the area.
Using the yarn as a guide for the next taping.
Finally to the fun part, painting in the stripes. The paint color we selected is Sterling (a very soft gray). From applying the first coat then letting it dry for 2 hours before applying the second coat, it probably took us a total of 4 hours or so to complete. We let is sit over night before we peeled off the tape.
Day 3: Final Result
I LOVE how the stripes turned out and the color! Hubby approved as well and made sure he took most of the credit for it doing it LOL I did my fair share of helping him paint while being pregnant so I can get as much credit as he does Go ME!
Here is where we're at with our to-do's list.
clean out the room paint the walls- purchase new blinds,
curtain rods, and curtains
- new rug
- ceiling light fixtures and table lamp
purchase cribget a dresser and a closet- hang art
- get a rocker/glider
- DIY curtains, crib skirt?
I must say, we crossed out a good amount from the list so far. I'm quite happy of the progress we're making with getting her nursery done before I get any bigger. Now the search begins to find cute decor for her room.
