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| Stripes and Crib painted deep blue. |
First step was deciding colors. Then finding fabric...I looked everywhere... local shops, other Montana shops, Amazon, Etsy and finally came up with a couple of different collections with 2 color ways. (Color ways are the same fabric pattern or motif but it comes in more than one color or group of colors...such as the background color, etc.) We chose the rug in the above photo as we knew it could be used elsewhere when the room changes as baby grows up and his interests change.
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| Bed skirt and sheets |
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| Quilt # 1-Zebra stripe is cotton, owl fabric is a minky fabric for softness. |
While working on this babies room, I learned a lot about painting big wide stripes. If you are thinking of doing this, I would 'Google' search just that and there will be plenty of blogs to get you going. The method I chose was to use a laser level to mark and tape the lines, then paint over the edges with the base color, in my case, that was the grey. Let that dry, then paint the stripe color, deep blue or lime green. (Pull tape as soon as possible after painting the stripes.) Easy, peasy! And, nice crisp painted lines!
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| Quilt #2 & Pillow for Rocking Chair(Owl pattern was online & free.) |
Please note that we did not paint all walls with the stripe... as that would have been too busy! We only painted 2 walls and figured artwork, etc. would be enough for the grey walls.
Paint colors used were matches to: Main wall- Martha Stewart Living Chinchilla #MSL264, Green Stripes- Behr Rolling Hills #S-H-400, and Crib, Dresser and the 1 Blue Stripe: Benjamin Moore Admiral Blue #2065-10.
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| This photo is missing a rocking chair. |
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| During the painting process...needs another coat of green & blue. |
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| IKEA dresser painted to match crib.
The only thing missing is animal heads for above the crib. Faux animal heads of course...maybe an elephant, zebra and moose?
Would you attempt these stripes? |
