Painting has never been one of my favorite activities. On a scale of one to ten it ranks around a one because I don’t like the odor. Due to a lack of painting productivity on my part my son’s room had not been painted in ten years. The blue background with fluffy cloud swirls were fine when he was six but lately he’d been hinting for more masculine digs. Pittsburgh Paints came to my rescue with their Voice of Color “Refresh Your Space” challenge. We received paint swatches to choose colors and I handed them over to my son. “Knock yourself out,” I said, “Choose whatever strikes your fancy.” He did, coming back to me with a request for a University of Georgia themed room, with red, black and white. This reminded me to never, ever allow my children to express themselves creatively again.
I headed to the nearest Pittsburgh Paints where the super friendly, knowledgeable staff didn’t even blink an eye over my unusual paint color request. They helped me find the perfect finish for a teenager’s room, one impervious to footprints. Don’t ask. They also recommended a low odor variety. Score! Now I no longer had to dread painting. I changed into my Pittsburgh Paints What’s Your Color? T-shirt, enlisted my son for help, and was ready for some serious painting. Little did I know what I was getting into with my son’s request to have half of the room black, half red and a stripe dividing the two.
I learned several things from this endeavor. Painting a room three different colors should be done over a course of two or three days, beginning at the top, allowing the paint to dry, and working our way down. Instead, I tried to do it all in one day, which I did in only eleven hours. Part of this could have been because I kept dripping paint. Note to self: let someone else paint the top part of the walls because I am terrible about dripping paint. Neither my son or my husband had any trouble. Also, be sure the wall is measured correctly for the stripe and the tape used to divide the area is in the right position. I noticed that some parts of our stripe were a few centimeters off. I doubt if anyone who was not looking for it would notice unless they were studying the wall but at the time it was frustrating.
To be honest, I had serious doubts about how the room would look when we begin painting the bottom half black. After all, it’s very dark. I stopped every so often and shook my head, prompting my son to tell me, “It will be fine when it is finished.” It was a difficult process but we were all pleased with the results. During the day my son did remark that I should never indulge his whims again. And the smell? Barely noticeable because Pittsburgh Paints has no VOCs. My son didn’t even need the fan to be turned on in his room saying, “I don’t notice any odor.”
While my son has remarked that his Voice of Color has been “forever silenced” after the difficulty with using three paint colors, my appetite has been whetted to redo my bedroom and bath. My Voice of Color is only choosing one color for an easy paint job!
What room in your home needs a makeover?
Do you know what the name of the type of paint was? They have a few on there website. And how many coats did it take to get the red to look that good? I love it!
That looks awesome!! I really love the colors you picked! So bold! Great job!! Want to come paint mine now??
Love it! It looks awesome!
What a difference! I love the color block look.
I have to paint several rooms in my house but hate the fumes. I will look for this paint thank you for sharing. (love the black!)
Wow! I totally love those colors.. what a great idea! Looks fresh, modern and super vibrant!
I LOVE the black and red combo, looks awesome!
It looks great! I love the different colors, very nice choice. We need to do some painting around here and will have to keep this paint in mind.
Great job! I would love to give my bedroom some color like this.
You’d win Mom of the year with Joey. He wanted red or black. Red, I will NEVER do again and black for his entire room is not happening with me..lol
Sigh, pretty sure I just sounded like my Mom..blah
Good job.
I love the color choices. I love to change my room with new colors and I have not used Pittsburgh Paints before so will give them a try on my next painting project.
I have to laugh, because next week we are repainting my living room, and can you guess what colors? Red and black! We also have elaborate trim moulding, so our plan was to do a checkboard-look with the paint. So, I TOTALLY know what you mean about painting the trim because I know what I’m in for myself! LOL!
I can’t believe you did this whole thing in only 11 hours! Wow girl! I love how the colors turned out, it looks great. I also like how Fuzzy blends in with the duvet. 😀
I love the two colors! What a great transformation!
That looks really great! I think that my son would like a room like this. Fun paint on the walls is part of a good childhood, right?! 🙂
Wow, that is just striking! Great transformation!
What a cool idea! I bet my boys would love a Kentucky blue room. I think it looks great, way to go Mom, no doubt your son loves the fab results of your efforts!
wow what a difference the room looks great!