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.
I would love to paint our stairway (sooo many scuffs on the wall) or kids room. Love the blue!
Wow Leslie it’s absolutely beautiful I love the pop of color in the alcove. I’m a Behr paint fan all the way.
I love the painting. Oh my gosh I didn’t even realize that you paint. I can only imagine that the hardest part of redoing this room was going thru your sons things…as I’m a mom of 2Sons 31and 24. When we sold our home that was the most emotional part of the whole move. Again great job.
I’m just finishing up an 8 month long, full gut, kitchen renovation. I used Behr paint in the kitchen and loved it! The Behr ceiling paint is the whitest white! I love it!
Now my dining room is looking pretty drab. Time for fresh paint to compliment the new kitchen. I’m sure the living room will have to be next once the dining room is done. The Behr gift certificate would be great since the kitchen ate up most of my budget.
My fav color is grey. I love it in your room! The blue accent is a nice touch! 👍🏻
We are renovating a Lakehouse so we are painting every room. But the next up is the kitchen.
Beautiful pop if color!! Thanks for always sharing amazing things !
A triumph! You have definitely defeated your fear of color, and the result is fabulous!
The family cottage hasn’t been touched since 1974. It needs a lot of fresh paint!
Painting the living room and dining rooms where we’re putting in hardwood floors. The paint has been the same for about 20 years so we’re looking forward to an updat.
Almost every room in my house needs painting – it’s been 11 years for most and they all need a little updating to more current colors. But first up would be the main living area.
I would love to paint my living room! When we moved in , we painted everything grey and it’s too dark with the dark floors. Would love to lighten up the room like your living room! 😊
My home office for sure! It could use a punch of color!
Love ur choices!
The whole house needs to be painted and I would love to start in the kitchen.
Oh my goodness what a transformation. I have not painted a wall in 20 years and I REALLY want to start redoing the builder beige. I am so glad you showed how to do this, because I would have been that person with samples all over my walls and this blue is EXACTLY what I think I want! Thank you so much!!!
I would love to paint the trim and doors in my house white! Room came out beautiful!
I would love to get rid of the red in my dining room! I liked it for about 1 year and now it’s been 8!😂
My husband and I bought a 1922 Craftsman style home, last November. We’ve been here almost a year and have only managed to paint the dining room! I love what you have done to the boys’ room. It’s so amazing, light, and airy!! I would love to paint my front living room! It’s a dark taupe….certainly not my color of choice. We’ve just had so many other things to tackle with the house so far,….now that things are settling I hope we can paint . Can’t wait for fresh changes!
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Looks great, Leslie! You are so talented! My sister and I are going to repaint a couple rooms at our old family cabin in Northern California, next summer.
I’d love to paint my adult daughters’ girls room!
Behr’s blueprint is the color I have picked out to paint our front door on our white 1929 bungalow. It’s a beautiful, rich color and I love seeing it used by an actual person. It looks great in your boy’s room. 💙