Master Bedroom: Painted!

Last night, I cleaned up the final touches of my wife's and my first painting project: the master bedroom. It's a nice rich tan color under artificial light at night, but pales quite a bit under sunlight for a bright look during the day. It took 4 official colors and 1 attempt at mixing colors to get it just right, but I think it was worth it. The dark cherry trim around the ceiling now is a great contrast.

We began with a dark navy blue, thanks to our previous owner's U of M obsession. It took two coats of primer to hide it all, but it came out looking pretty good. Not a master work by any means, but definitely a noticeable improvement!

Lessons learned:

• Painter's tape works wonders.
• Double check your masking; triple check difficult spots.
• Color selection makes a huge difference in a room.
• Be extra careful around trim pieces, moldings, etc. even when you have masked well.
• The detail work takes twice as long as rolling the main parts of the walls.
• The 80/20 rule applies here: 20% of your effort gets you 80% of the effect, but it takes 80% of the effort to get the last 20% done right.

Pictures soon, hopefully!