Aaron's sister was living with us until recently. When she moved out we decided that we wanted to turn her old room into a playroom for the kids. Before moving everything down there I wanted to do a little redecorating. We decided the best way to do that would be to paint. Upon much deliberation on colors, we settled on a Mango Orange wall with Kiwi Green stripes for an accent wall. The colors we picked out are purposely bright, we wanted to help lighten up the basement.
To start off we painted everything in a creamy Eggshell color. After that we taped off the accent wall and painted it with the green. I call this Hello Green! because when I walked in the room after painting that color, that's what I said. Once the green was dry I taped the stripes.
After taping the stripes I did another light coat of green to help prevent the orange from bleeding through the tape. This would help give us a more sharp line with the stripes.
Next we painted over the whole wall with the orange. It took three coats to make sure the green wasn't showing through.
As soon as the third coat was on we pulled off the tape and admired our new stripes! There were a few spots where the orange bled through the edges, so I had to do some touch-ups after everything was dry. Lastly, we did a clear coat over the top to seal things off. We love it! What a fun way to help brighten up a basement playroom.
