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Painting The Living And Play Rooms

Painting a Room For Dummies As you all can probably tell, I am really into DIY projects. There’s so many projects around the house I’ve been itching to tackle, painting being one of them. White walls are depressing and suck the life out of me, so I HAVE to paint walls to create happy zones. I had the opportunity to create another happy zone in my home when Walmart asked me to beta test their Projects Made Simple DIY video tutorials. The step-by-step tutorials are super easy to understand, they even recommend products to help you on your way. I chose to follow the how to paint a room tutorial. I’ve been painting rooms for a while, so the tutorial was pretty much a refresher. The instructor did mention some things that I usually don’t do; using a sanding pad and washing the walls before painting. I do check for cobwebs at the very least, though :-). The video below shows Greg and I painting our living and play rooms from start to finish. The most difficult task was taping everything up. I felt like we were taping forever! The joys of painting.

In the video and photos you may notice some craziness like the brown curtains layering over the white curtains in the before shots. Greg knocked them over and put them back on backwards. Also one of the couches is missing a slipcover in the after because it ripped so bad, there was no way I was putting it back on. Hopefully our new slipcovers will be arriving this week! I didn’t put the Super Mario Bros. stickers back up in the play room because I want to put a bookcase or cubes in there and I don’t want to end up covering up some of the stickers. Oh, I also put up some pretty dandelion stickers by the slipcoverless couch. The naked space was driving me nuts.

Before

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After

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The paint colors used are Calm Misty Sea and Frozen Praline by Color Place. Color Place is supposed to be medium quality compared to BHG and Glidden, but since we’ll only be living in our rental for 2 more years at the most, it’ll suffice. I wish I had gone a shade darker for both colors, but overall I am pleased. It’s amazing what a fresh coat of paint will do to a room, especially one once sterile and full of scuffs and little hand prints :-).

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What simple projects are you tackling in your home?

I am a member of the Walmart Moms program. Walmart is compensating me for sharing this experience. My participation is voluntary and all words and opinions are always my own. Read my full disclosure policy here.

Azslyn Cole

Tuesday 29th of May 2012

wow how cool i will definitely have to try this =}

Jacquie Haymon

Tuesday 29th of May 2012

I am a DIY Gurl too! So far I have painted the living room and dinng room in my house. As week as my kids rooms which of course I have to do over because I did a rush job when we first moved in. Next up for me is the front bathroom, my bedroom and the the kids rooms. Thanks for the inspiration to get up and get it done!

Idaho Jill

Monday 28th of May 2012

I don't like white everywhere, either. we have really pretty beigy-tan....I would love to paint some accent walls, but we may be moving soon, so I am waiting to see about that first.

Cindy Brooks

Monday 28th of May 2012

That touch of color is perfect! Love the dandelions you've put on the wall, too :)

Madeline

Sunday 27th of May 2012

I'm impressed with your project results! My latest project was to paint all of the sinks in our bathrooms with Giani paint. They came out really nice although I wish I would have chosen a different color for the downstairs bathroom. Oh well, at least it's so much easier to keep it looking clean now!

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