Some
years back we painted our guest bathroom a bold red color, Behr
"Chianti" to be specific. In a fit of excess, we painted
everything the same color: all walls, door, door jam and
baseboard. Of course, painting is a time-consuming and
detail-oriented activity and it took a few days of looking at
"the red room" to conclude that it was red to a fault.
But, we did a good job with no drips, crisp lines, etc.
Since painting is a hassle, the "red room" became the
default. But, in the back of our minds, we both decided
that when the time was right, we would re-do with a slightly
different outlook on the colors. The Chianti color is
nice, but with limits. Our plan was to change two of the
walls to an alternate color and replace the baseboard (which was
never adjusted when the room was re-tiled years ago) with new
material that matched the balance of the house.
The photos below are what we saw.
For
whatever reason, I forgot to take a "before" photo of the
room. This photo is a work-in-progress shot after several
coats of Cottage White paint had been applied to the very-red
door and jams. A preliminary choice for alternate wall
colors was applied to the walls, but 3 coats were required to
cover the existing Chianti red. The preliminary color was
"Safari Vest" which had been used in my office; it looked
better, but was still off by shade.
We installed new
baseboard all the while ruminating on an alternate shade for
the accent walls. Baseboard is time-consuming and
requires hands-and-knees work to get it right. Every
imperfection in the wall becomes glaringly apparent during the
installation. The curves in the wall required careful
application of painter's putty to hide the imperfections.
Kathleen
used the Behr app to located a color from the same palette as
Chianti. The new shade, on the right, was called "Bay
Water" and had a bit more green than Safari Vest. As part
of this process, Kathleen decided to re-texture a portion of the
wall to hide some drywall damage (the light-colored splatted at
the lower left of the photo above).
Getting
crisp borders is a time-consuming process. Three full coats on
the door jam were required to cover the old red color.
The
bathroom had been torn-up for many days as we completed the
painting and it was nice to get it back to normal.
The
modified color scheme looked good.
Four
rooms down, two to go. We were happy to get this portion
of the job completed.
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