Working a few hours on Saturday, a few more on Sunday, and a few more on Monday, I completely painted 7's room. We choose a nice, neutral greige for the background color. (greige = grey + beige)
The actual color choice is Benjamin Moore's Revere Pewter.
From the masses of orange color swatches, 7 settled on two: Volcanic Blast and Dragon Fire, both by Behr.
Quote from 7:
"They're both cool colors and they both have cool names."
In preparation for painting the stripes, I needed a temporary visual so that I could play with the height and width of the stripes. I went to Michael's and bought two shades of orange paper similar (but not exactly the same) as 7's color choices.
I decided on a 5" width for the center stripe and a 3" width for the outer stripes. After cutting them to size, I taped them to the wall to get a feel for where I wanted them. My first attempt was too high. But since they were just taped in place, it was easy to relocate the stripes to a lower position.
The stripes --hereafter known as The Speed Stripe-- will go on these two walls.
Tomorrow, while both kids are in school, I'll use John's laser level to tape off and prep for painting the stripes. However, I won't paint them because 7 is going to be involved in that process. (You know. Ownership and all that.)
i am totally get a visual and it's going to be awesome. i'm with 7, i love cool paint names. i can't get into a paint color if it doesn't have a cool name. revere pewter is also a beauty.
ReplyDeleteAdventurous kid you have! I am totally afraid of color. Maybe 7 can give me a talking to so I can venture out more. :) I think it is going to look awesome!
ReplyDelete@ Teresa~ I can't wait until it's d.o.n.e. I'm so sick of painting stripes!
ReplyDelete@ Heather~ I'm "braver" with color in kid's rooms. I feel like they're supposed to be bright and fun. (I'm way less colorful in the main living parts of the house.)