Puji Sherer, Chief Color Nerd of Portland-based Colorhouse Paint, leads us through a few simple steps to create a colorful DIY in your little one’s room.
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS
What you will need:
- 2″ blue painter’s tape
- Pencil
- Level
- Paintbrush
- 2 3/8″ nap roller and trays
- Dropcloth
- 1 qt Colorhouse’s Mint Ice Cream from the Land of Nod Collection (eggshell sheen)
- 1 qt Colorhouse’s Pineapple Popsicle from the Land of Nod Collection (eggshell sheen)
STEP 1
Protect your trim from drips and splatters with blue painter’s tape.
Use your level and pencil to draw a horizontal straight line 42” up from the floor.
STEP 2
Follow your pencil line with blue painter’s tape.
STEP 3
Seal the tape by putting a thin coat of the base coat color along the edge of the blue painter’s tape.
This will ensure a perfectly straight line, as any bleed thru under the tape will match the existing color and therefore be undetectable!
STEP 4
Using the roller, paint Mint Ice Cream 2/3 of the way along the wall.
Let dry. Apply a second coat if needed.
STEP 5
Create a diagonal line with blue painter’s tape on top of the Mint Ice Cream.
STEP 6
Seal the edge of the tape with Mint Ice Cream.
Allow to dry. Cut in the shape with Pineapple Popsicle.
STEP 7
Roll the inside of the shape with Pineapple Popsicle.
Let dry. Apply a second coat if needed.
STEP 8
Remove the tape!
Pro Tip: Pull the tape away from the painted area in order break the seal cleanly.
Voila!
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