How to Choose Bedroom Paint Colors
I just finished a fun room renovation project in our home and I am jumping up and down because I love it. I added new paint colors in our boy’s bedroom and cannot believe the impact it has made in the room. I reached outside of my comfort zone and went more bold than usual and I am so happy I did!
Last week I realized summer was over and it was time for a new project. The double bedded boys room upstairs needed the most attention and really needed some help. If you are trying to figure out which room it is in our home, don’t worry. You have never seen it before. It was that bad.
Ask For Input
Our three boys are grown (they are ages 27, 24 and 23) and no longer live at home, but they do come home often to visit. I thought it might make sense if I reached out to our boys and asked for their input on this project. So I sent a text message to our boys asking for input on what they would like to see done to the room.
After spending considerable time trying to google the term “instagrammy” I went back to the source. According to my son Michael, Instagrammy means “too much white decor, no color, chippy furniture, and no stuff”. So I decided to add color to the room with paint and try not to include too much white decor. I still intended to sneak in the chippy furniture and find somewhere to hide all of their “stuff”. But I was excited about the challenge.
Select the Bedroom Paint Colors
This bedroom in our home was an old bedroom for our boys, and then became a storage room and guest room for the last two years. This photo shows how bad it looked. The old paintings and rug were in here for storage and there was barely room for anyone to sleep. And to be totally honest, this photo was taken after I cleaned up.
When most people select their paint colors, they go to the paint store, bring paint chips back to their home, hold them up on the wall, and then head back to the paint store for samples. They then paint the samples on the walls and try to decide which color they want.
I had no idea what colors I wanted to try, considering my favorite color white was forbidden by my sons. Instead of heading to the paint store, I went online and pulled up the Behr 2019 Color Trends. I used the Behr Paint Your Place® and uploaded some images of our bedroom and then viewed different colors on my walls. It was so easy, and I found two I really liked. They were the BEHR 2019 Color of the Year Blueprint S470-5 and Cotton Grey HDC-NT-20.
Here is the photo of the boy’s bedroom I uploaded on my computer.
Here are the two colors I selected. It is so easy to try different paint colors on the Behr site.
I decided to paint the room in Cotton Grey and also create a focal point in the room by painting the window alcove in Blueprint. I have always wanted to create a sitting area under the window and I love how it turned out.
Painting the Room
We picked up the Behr Marquee®Interior Paint at The Home Depot and got to work prepping the room. The hardest part was emptying out the room. There was so much “stuff” left in the room and it took me hours to sort through old college binders and junk. The prep was easy as all we had to do was patch a few holes. It only took a few hours to paint the entire room.
Adding Decor to the Room
I already had the white chippy end table and cabinet and overruled my son’s requests and placed them in the room. I gathered all of the accessories from around our home and the only purchase I made was the duvet covers.
I went with minimal accessories so there would be plenty of room for the boys to be comfortable when they come home to stay.
I have a feeling I will be enjoying this reading nook until our boys come home.
As a finishing touch, I added one of my paintings on the wall. I thought about painting a new one but this one was just too perfect!
I am sure you are wondering what the boys thought of the finished room. I sent them another text.
It means a lot to me that they like the end result. I absolutely love it.
Giveaway
I am really excited to announce that I have partnered with BEHR to give away a $100 e-Gift Card to Home Depot. It’s so easy to enter! Just leave a comment here telling me what room in your home you would like to paint. That’s it! For another entry just follow @BehrPaint on Instagram. Winner will be picked on October 15th at 9:00am PST.
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of the Behr Paint Company. The opinions and text are all mine.
Love this! We are breaking ground on our house next month! Soooo I guess you could say I’d love to paint every room😉
Love this room. We will be painting our sons old room soon. Just like you he moved out. I was thinking more neutral color before but now inspired for some color. Thanks love your Instagram posts
Love the color! I am so tired of looking at off white walls so i would paint my living room!
I would love to give my master bedroom a refresh going from blue walls to white. It only has one window so it feels dark. After 2 boys, (my youngest is 6 months) my self care is in need of a little TLC.
I must repaint the dining room! I was hoping to warmup this North facing room and choose a shade of green that looks lovely in night lighting but HIDEOUS and glows in daylight. I’ve been living with it for 5 years because I don’t know what color to use. I think Behr’s Paint Your Place is a great place to start the selection process!
Your guest room looks beautiful! Great job. I am in the process of trying to figure out a color for my master bathroom. My bedroom is blue, but my gut tells me blue would be too dark for the bathroom. I think I will try loading a pic on Behr to try different colors. Thank you for the tip and all of your inspirations. Have a wonderful day.
I’ve used Behr paint forever and really need to find the right color for my master bedroom. I went with a dark gray but it wasn’t a good gray, too much green, now I’m on the search again for the perfect gray.
Time to say goodbye to the 1980’s floral wallpaper in our open stairwell and hello to some new paint!
Love the colors you chose, looks fantastic!
This is beautiful!!! I love the blue color you chose too. I think i would love to paint my livingroom/kitchen area. It could really use some fresh paint!! Thanks for sharing!!
This is a beautiful room, love the colors. I would live to paint my bedroom/sewing room
Your room turned out beautiful! I’d paint my master bedroom and bathroom.
I have two grown boys so especially enjoyed your boys comments 😂
Oh goodness, my living room is so in need of an uplift!! Will be checking out the Behr site for that try the color feature!! Thanks!
Love the finished result! And that painting is gorgeous. I’d like to add some new character to my kitchen with some new paint 🙂
I really REALLY need to paint our master bedroom. 15 yrs with off white walls & a window treatment re-purposed from a prior home. The ceiling are angled & very high. It’s a contemporary look that runs counter to my traditional preferences. I like a quiet palate but I want something elegant & French & gorgeous. Where to begin with color.
Looks awesome!! Our master needs some help! I could start with new paint…..😊
I’m liking the blue in the bedroom. Well done.
Bathroom. My bathroom is a room that I’m having a difficult time deciding on what color to paint. That’s the room that needs the most help.
My kids/hall bathroom is red on the bottom, white on top, with black on the baseboards and middle trim. (Texas Tech colors). Not instagrammy at all. I bought the house like that. I’ve worked & lived with it for 2 YEARS now. I would LOVE to paint that bathroom!!!
Looks great! Definitely NOT instagrammy!
My bedroom hasn’t been painted since I built my house 15 years ago. I just started looking at colors this week (grey) and one of my co workers recommended the behr marquee. I had only looked at the home depot site and didn’t know I could upload a photo to Behr. I will be doing that right now!
I love it! Every room in my house needs to be painted!