Color Block Repaint

This will probably be the last time this room makes an appearance on here, as my kid is getting older and I want them to go wild in their own direction for their space. This iteration is shared with their permission to show how easy it is to switch up the color on a color blocked wall – it was previously peachy pink – for a completely different feel with only a quart of paint and 2 quick coats!My kiddo was over the pink and wanting a change so we considered a few different options to bring a different color into the room. This wallpaper was a contender but they weren’t 100% committed, so no wallpaper until then! They still really liked the partial wrap around color so we took the easy path and simply repainted it for now. We did a few sloppy mock ups of ideas (the drawing tool in IG stories is my go-to for quick brainstorms) and they decided on a minty turquoise. We went a shade lighter than the final color we were going for because once a color is on the wall, especially surrounded by white, the saturation is so much more intense than it appears on a tiny swatch. The winner was Behr Free Spirit – the color Palm Springs pool water :)We extended the color-blocked section slightly further behind the headboard, but otherwise we kept the same footprint. I taped as close as I could to the original line and did the crisp line trick where you seal the tape line with the other paint color (white), let that dry, then paint the actual color (turquoise). We tackled this project right after stay-at-home orders in March so we had to improvise with supplies…all I had on hand was a tiny 4″ paint roller ha! And just like that, pool water walls! This summer we also hastily threw together a desk space for indefinite virtual learning. Desk was found for free on craigslist, and though it needed a bit of work, it was the exact one we had planned to buy from Ikea when it was possible to get to/shop at Ikea again. Score. Everything else we had on hand. The mirror and stool were plundered from our room, and I covered the seat in faux fur. The hanging lamp has been floating around the house for years (originally from Ikea too; I added the macrame cord). All in all, not a bad update for $15 worth of paint!