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Turn a teen's black bedroom into a beautiful guest room
Project Design By Aleah Sherrod
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People asked me, "Are you nuts? You're letting your kid paint the room BLACK?" Yes, I was. I always wanted to allow my children to express themselves through their own choices of decor for their bedrooms. However, now that my last one was off to college, I was left with a BLACK BEDROOM. It was time for a total make-over!
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Black is not as difficult to cover as people imagine. Two coats of a good quality, flat, white paint will do.
This room make-over is featured in two parts: painting and floor installation.
Go to Install Wood Laminate Floor
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Supplies
1 gallon* of good quality, flat, white paint (I use Walmart's ColorPlace® interior latex)
1 gallon* finish paint - color of your choice
* NOTE: paint quantity depends on room size - we used 1.5 gallons for 2 coats for a 15 ft. x 11 ft. room. I used satin finish for the room's finish color. You might also need trim paint and ceiling paint. I recommend semi-gloss for trim. Be sure that the paint store employee puts your paint in the shaker before giving it to you. The paint must be well mixed before using.
Paint stir stick (even if well mixed when purchased, you will need to stir the paint each day before using)
Various brushes in sizes of your choice
Roller brush for walls
TSP or other good wall cleaner
shop vacuum
good quality dust mask
screw driver
Putty knife **
Dry wall joint compound **
Dry wall patches ** (I use self adhesive patches)
Fine sand paper **
painter's tape
paint cloths (old towels will do - these are used to protect areas from paint splatter and drips)
baby wipes (work great for quick clean-up)
paint tray and disposable tray liners
kitchen garbage bag (works great for storing your paint tray during breaks)
zip lock bags (keeps your brushes moist during breaks)
** if needed for wall patching
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Directions
REMEMBER TO FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS listed on product labels. Work in a well ventilated area. Use a dust mask and eye protection for all cleaning and sanding. Use gloves when using cleaners such as TSP.
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1. Remove outlet and light switch covers. Remove air vent covers. Remove all wall decorations such as photos and other attached items. Remove baseboards if you will be installing new flooring.
2. Following directions on cleaning product label, wash walls, baseboards (if still installed), window sills and any other surface to be painted.
3. Look for areas that need sanding or patching. Since we were going to lay a floor after painting, we removed the baseboards. In the process, a "mouse door" was created near the floor. No problem - a wall patch was used to repair the wall. I used a self adhesive type patch. I laid it against the wall. It stuck while I applied drywall joint compound. After the compound dried I lightly sanded. The area can be painted when thoroughly dry. I actually did this after the first coat of white had been applied. Use a primer or flat white paint to cover the patch area after it has been sanded and cleaned.
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4. Tape off items, such as door knobs and door framing, that will not be painted.
5. TSP is a cleaner - not a deglosser. If you are covering glossy paint, you will need to lightly sand and re-clean the walls before painting. The black paint had a satin finish (very slight gloss) and I found that painting over it with the flat paint worked fine. This saved me the sanding step. Remember: glossy paint will NOT stick to glossy paint. Even flat paint will not stick over paint that is very glossy. If your walls have very much of a glossy finish, sand (then clean) them before painting on the flat white paint.
6. Apply first coat of flat white paint. I like to use a brush to paint corners and other small areas that a roller cannot get to. I do this before using the roller. Others like to use the roller first. You will need a brush or other type of corner painting tool. Use a fine brush near the ceiling (or tape off the edges of the ceiling).
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7. When thoroughly dry, apply second coat of paint. You can see by the photo on the right that the first coat did not do the job. The covering was neither complete nor uniform. The second coat completely covered the wall with a uniform white. In a few areas, we applied a third coat of flat white paint.
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8. Apply the first coat of the color paint. I chose "London Coach" interior satin (Valspar brand at Lowe's). I started by painting areas along door frames, outlets, fixtures etc., using a small brush (1.5" - 2" works well). After that I rolled the walls. I also painted the closet. I debated color choice for the closet; I didn't want the closet to be too dark. I finally settled on using the same color as the room walls, and adding lights to the closet.
A note about painter's tape: tape should be removed while paint is still wet. However, this creates extra work. You need several coats of paint, and each one must dry before applying the next coat. This would mean re-applying tape between each coat. Instead, I remove the tape after all coats are finished. The problem with my method, however, is that the paint can peel at the point where the tape is pulled off. I often have to go back and touch up edges. I prefer that to re-taping. The correct method is to remove tape while the paint is still wet; you will have to choose your own method.
For the ceiling, we chose a lighter version of our wall color. We taped off the top of the walls, so ceiling paint would not get on the walls. We removed the wall tape before the ceiling paint was dry so we could get clean lines.
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The black bedroom had white (actually just off white) woodwork. We kept that, so just a bit of touch up was needed. Keeping the same trim color saved LOTS of work.
The old carpet had to go. We decided on a laminate wood floor.
Go to Install Wood Laminate Floor to read about that project. Very easy! Save money when you do it yourself.
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