https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 02:48:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed/page/2#post-1800534 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 09:04:12 +0000 Adira 1800534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: We're keeping the nursery as is and moving Xander into this room, so our paint options are pretty open. Xander has very neutral grey/white bedding and stuff. I'm thinking of painting the room a blue/grey color. </p> <p>I'm kind of thinking this Behr's Neptune Blue, but not sure if it will be too dark... </p> [attach=340/14/n9w1r0.431x279.neptune_blue.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1800523 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 08:59:15 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1800523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: what color(s) are you thinking about for this LO? Theme? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1800517 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 08:56:47 +0000 Adira 1800517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: Yep, we did it for Xander's nursery too and it was a ton of work!! I'm not doing it again, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1800482 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 08:46:41 +0000 Freckles 1800482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: we did stripes for LO's nursery - I will be honest it was a lot of work!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1800466 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 08:40:52 +0000 Adira 1800466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: I'll have to see where everything goes and how it will be laid out, but I'll definitely keep this in mind!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1800456 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 08:36:28 +0000 Mamaof2 1800456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: you could even hang a curtain rod up there to enclose it a little - seriously you should do it!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1800426 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 08:16:08 +0000 Adira 1800426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: @Freckles: Totally starting to agree with you girls! One of the reasons I was thinking of doing an accent wall is because Hubs wasn't really on board with painting the room, but he agreed to do an accent wall (or two). BUT I think I've convinced him to help me paint the whole room, so maybe one color would make more sense!</p> <p>@looch: Yes, I LOVE the stripe in our nursery! I actually thought about just doing the exact same thing in this room because it's so gorgeous, but this room is a lot bigger than the nursery and I would worry about my ability to get the lines straight!</p> <p>@Mamaof2: Um, now I totally want an alcove with bean bags and books! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1800358 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 06:58:17 +0000 Mamaof2 1800358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What if you just did F and G - make it a little alcove with a bean bag and books!</p> <p>You could put a long rain gutter type bookshelf under the window!</p> <p>I think that would look great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1800323 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 06:00:22 +0000 looch 1800323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Great minds!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1800311 Wed, 06 Aug 2014 04:41:17 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1800311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>H if his crib or bed goes there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1800276 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 23:39:51 +0000 Freckles 1800276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with @Mrs. High Heels - i don't really think the room layout is suited for an accent wall, and would go for something else like stripes or just one color. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1800256 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 22:22:11 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1800256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like H too, but then I saw that you eventually want to put a full-sized bed against A. I see what you mean that the full sized bed wouldn't fit with wall H because it interferes with the two closets. This room is tough - I'd forego the accent wall altogether and keep the room one color! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1800228 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 21:46:14 +0000 Oliviapope 1800228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I vote for H! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1800211 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 21:28:01 +0000 PurplePumps 1800211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first thought was h too. I think accent wall works best for the one with the bed against it to anchor the room or as the focal point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1799189 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 12:05:49 +0000 ValentineMommy 1799189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say H or H&amp;D. I love me some accent walls. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1798000 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:52:41 +0000 Adira 1798000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: haha, I did that in the nursery! :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1797847 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 15:48:38 +0000 mrschickpea 1797847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with H! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1797780 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 14:57:33 +0000 MamaG 1797780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like, @Mrs. Lemon-Lime:, this was going to be my suggestion. In our current nursery, we have don't have as many nooks as you do, but essentially did the following:</p> <p>H&amp;D were one color, A&amp;E were a second color, and G&amp;F were a third color that was a darker shade of the second color. It was a bit of a pain from a cleanup perspective of having three different colors. </p> <p>And while I like it, I don't know that I will do it again. It was just a pain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1797696 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 14:13:41 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1797696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say pick two colors...H &amp; D get one color; the rest of the walls get the other color. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1797643 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 13:43:49 +0000 Arden 1797643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>H. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1797638 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 13:40:58 +0000 looch 1797638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Instead of an accent wall,what if you did a horizontal stripe of color on all the walls? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1797037 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 09:49:11 +0000 Adira 1797037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Leialou: I'm starting to agree with you - that it's not really the best room for an accent wall at all! But I'm not sure Hubs is on board with painting the whole room... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1797031 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 09:47:43 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1797031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's a tough layout for an accent wall. I'd do H or none at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1797019 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 09:43:30 +0000 Smurfette 1797019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I think if you paint H and one day have a dresser there verses a crib/bed it would still be fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1797016 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 09:42:15 +0000 LBee 1797016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I was always told that you should place the bed so that when you walk in you see it. I think it's based on what is most visually appealing as well as just best use of space (doesn't block doorways, etc). This obviously doesn't work for all rooms, but with that in mind, H seems like the most logical spot for both the bed and the crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1797014 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 09:41:33 +0000 Adira 1797014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loveisstrange: A full size bed won't fit against H though because it would block the ability to open the closets on E and A. The only reason I'm putting the crib there instead of against A to begin with is just because it will be darker in that corner than directly in front of the window... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1797005 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 09:39:23 +0000 loveisstrange 1797005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I read that the ideal placement of a bed to maximize visual space in a room is to have the foot facing the door... so placing the crib and then the bed on H would really be best, IMO. With that in mind, paint H as the accent wall. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1796943 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 09:24:09 +0000 Adira 1796943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: The closet on E is a half closet (slanted roof), but it's the width of a normal door. And on the other side is a double closet. I think once we turn the crib into a full bed, it won't really fit there. It will block both closets from opening completely and there won't be enough room for side tables. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1796933 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 09:22:18 +0000 Adira 1796933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: I think I'm resistant to doing just H because eventually the crib will move to A once it's a full bed and then I feel like H being the accent wall (with probably just a dresser) will look bizarre! Although maybe by then Xander will want to repaint the room anyway... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/painting-help-needed#post-1796932 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 09:21:54 +0000 hellobeeboston 1796932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>And only do 1! </p>