Accent Wall in a Girl's Bedroom
by Brittany
(Castaic, CA, USA)
Red Focal Wall in My Bedroom
Choosing the color for this wall was extremely easy. Since it is a bedroom, my first step was to find the bedding that I fell in love with. It turned out to be a suede red comforter.
It was my first time painting any wall a "real" color… ever. Pretty scary in a house full of white walls! I wanted to match the bedding as much as possible. I had bought a throw of the same material and took it with me to the store to match the paint. Then took all those swatches home to see how it looked with the lighting in my room.
I chose the same wall as the bed because it was the only wall with out distraction (window, closet, door), and it was the only one by huge bed fit on. But I realized that maybe a solid color wouldn’t be good enough so I added a Faux Finish by ragging a cranberry lightly over the top (article submitted on how to do that technique in the faux painting section of this website).
Sounds weird, red wall with a red bed right in front of it. But I knew I was going to separate it with a light headboard or drapery.
We primed the wall first. The wall was already white so we wanted to make sure the paint didn’t bleed through. But we didn’t realize we should have TINTED the primer a red hue so we wouldn’t have had to put so many coats. (TINT YOUR PRIMER if painting a dark color on a light wall.)
We used Ralph Lauren Paint. Wasn’t too thrilled about it because it had a weird texture. But loved the color. The finished product looks AMAZING! As you can see in the photo, I used the same color to paint random wall accents, shelves, small dresser (not pictured), ceiling fan blades, and the same fabric/colored drapery. It's cozy, eye catching and makes the room feel deeper in length.
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