I knew I wanted to do alternating pink stripes but I had no idea where to start! After seeing this AMAZING baby boy nursery done by Jen at Scissors and Spatulas I emailed her asking what width she chose for her stripes and it turned out that 12 inches was the magic number...
So for us the first step was picking paint... But there are so many choices:
Since the home improvement stores offer samples in a pint size for $2 so I did a bunch of test painting in the closet to find the perfect combination:
We ended up choosing these colors-
#1 The Darker Pink was Valspar Semi Gloss from Lowes in "Oh so Pink":
#2 The Lighter Pink was Beher Semi Gloss from Home Depot in "Southern Beauty":
To make the stripes extra sharp we (my handy hubby and I) not only taped off the walls but also used painters caulk to seal the tape and prevent the colors from bleeding!
You really have to get the paint onto the walls to see the colors because they look so different on the samples than they do on the walls!
Almost done with one wall:
And the finished project walls:
She has the prettiest room ever! Job well done!
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