The Nursery Makeover Begins… On Video!
We recently revealed that we’ll be working on a Young House Love nursery… just not for us. We’re super excited to create a fun and functional baby’s room for John’s sister Emily who’s expecting a little boy this October. And of course we have plenty of affordable DIY ideas up our sleeves that we’ll be sharing as we go. The first order of business in Emily’s blank canvas of a guest room was to get some paint up on those bare walls.
But we didn’t just settle for a fresh coat of soft blue-gray, we decided that a cheerful, modern and awesomely random vertical stripe effect was just the thing to get this makeover started with a bang.
The easy one-night process of taping, painting, and peeling was as simple as picking a color palette…
… getting that painter’s tape up on the wall…
… filling in each randomly sized and spaced stripe with one of our four accent colors and peeling off the tape to reveal…
… fresh slices of color around the room (we promise they’re straight, the camera lens just makes them bow out a little).
And we even whipped up this video of the entire painting process with more step by step details and paint color information:
Yes John’s awesomely long arms came in handy for the filming of this video. And that is an Oregon Trail icon on his painting shirt. Good times. Oh and you can watch it here on YouTube if you’re having trouble with Vimeo above.
And since we’ll be keeping a tally of how much our little nursery transformation costs, we’ll share the tally for this phase of the project. For a gallon of wall paint and three sample cans of our stripe colors (we already had the white paint on hand) the room got a totally new look to the tune of just $39. And we’ll also be using the leftover paint for a few more DIY projects around the room so we’ll get even more bang for our buck. Stay tuned…
And because we love a good teaser, we thought we’d share a glimpse of some of the bedding and upholstery choices along with our paint chip color palette so you guys can get a taste of the big picture:
Don’t you love those cute little elephants? Babies are so much fun, even before they’re born. So what about you guys. Any babies on the way? Any nursery makeover details that you’d like to share? Spill the bun-in-the-oven beans.
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Hey Katie,
I think you can still do stripes! Just press your tape firmly against the textured part of the walls and paint away. You might have some edges to straighten once you peel back the paint (small touch ups that can be made with a short handled brush) but I’m sure you can make it work! Good luck…
xo,
s
Katie,
I also painted striped and have textured walls. I get perfectly straight lines by using paintable caulk. It take a lot of prep time, but your lines will be PERFECTLY straight on the textured walls. I put a small bead of clear paintable caulk along the tape line, smooth out the bead to create a thin seal between the wall and the tape, paint, and then remove the tape. I am anal and have done my whole house this way.
Wendy
I loooove the stripes! We are due in November and I am in a mad pyscho mode to get this baby’s room done, lol! We are going with a vintage blue, orange, white and maybe green colors! I can’t wait to see the ends results, i have so many ideas in my head but can’t figure where to start!!!
You two are so unbelievably adorable! I love the idea of not making the stripes uniformed.
I’m thinking of doing stripes in my bedroom (horizontal ones) and had a question. Do you prime the stripes before painting them? thanks!
I picked up a white ceramic elephant from Ross today for just $2.99. It’s the same rounded-back shape as the elephant on the fabric, but the trunk is up. Small, maybe around 6″. Cute if you need more accessories :)
Hey Amy,
So cute! Thanks for the heads up. You know we loooove a ceramic animal (or ten)…
xo,
s
I’ve seen your nursery pics before, but only tonight did I notice that you used Polished Limestone! We recently moved and I painted our large master bedroom in that color and it is so soothing and gorgeous.
This is our bedspread: http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=1626&f=31814 and it looks fantastic with the light gray paint.
I’ve learned so much from your site; keep up the great work!
You guys are adorable. You really should have your own TV show.