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How To Paint The Perfect Princess Room: Just The Beginning

By Tyler ⋅ June 19, 2008 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

If you didn’t already know, my daughter is way into the Disney Princesses. So much so that she thinks everything comes in “Princess” . So when the wife and I started talking about painting her room, we knew we had to paint it pink, but we weren’t sure how we wanted it painted.

The quest for the perfect princess room began a while ago when I started picking up paint samples from Lowes, Home Depot, Sherwin Williams, Farrell-Calhoun, Benjamin Moore, etc…you get the point. I amassed a large stack of pinks, purples, yellows and greens just so we could find the right color for her room.

When I painted Olivia’s nursery in our old house I think I set the bar pretty high. I painted 1′ stripes around the entire room using a pale yellow (I think it was called Baby Bee Yellow) color. The stripes were the same color but in two different sheens. It was subtle and it turned out well.

Starting With A Blank Slate

Here are a couple of “before” pictures showing you that I have a pretty blank slate to paint a princess room. When we bought the house, we had 3 or 4 colors to choose from and they painted the ENTIRE house one color. Needless to say, I’m anxious to get some color on the walls.

Blank slate picture #1

Blank slate picture #2

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The Benchmark Princess Room

When I was perusing Home Depot a while back, I happened to pick up one of those “idea” cards displayed along side the Disney Home paint. This particular card had some ideas for painting a princess room. We didn’t pay too much attention to it since I was dead set on using an Earth friendly, low or zero V.O.C. paint for the girl’s rooms.

The benchmark princess room

I’m not planning on going all out and painting her room just like this photo. What I want you to notice is the ribbon wall in the upper right hand corner of this picture.

That’s what I’m going to attempt in her bedroom. I’m not sure how it’s really going to work, but I’ll update you all on my progress.

And this is only the first room. Once I finish this project, I have another room to paint. And, of course, I can’t just paint the new nursery a plain ole’ color. I’ll have to do something at least as special.

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