One Room Challenge - Week 4 - My Favorite Paint Ever
You may have already caught my post on Instagram, but after much delay with the leak in our house, it is dry and I was finally able to begin work on our bedroom!!! Hooray!!! We also desperately want the rest of our house back to normal- since our bedroom furniture has taken up home elsewhere since week 1!?
This week I decided to tackle painting our room!!
I shared more on my paint selection last week, but after looking as lots of options, I decided to go with Color Atelier mainly due to the ease of ordering. I did some research on some of the more common brands and after seeing that I had to call to place orders elsewhere, I was afraid that things may take too long. I ended up finding Color Atelier on Amazon, but ultimately ordered through their website.
Initially I ordered 2 paint samples and a half a dozen sample cards. I was debating between Vendome Beige & Chevre. After painting with each of the samples and consulting the hubs (my husband)- I decided on Chevre. I was really not wanting the room to feel too dark and yet, I wanted a good bit of Mottling (the movement on the walls). After debating between mixing the 2, Color Atelier commented on my IG post and suggested layering the 2 paints. Vendome Beige under the Chevre. I’m so very thankful I went this route because after 1 layer of Vendome Beige- I LOVED it!!!! That being said, I now have a full unopened gallon of Chevre that is past the return date *sigh*
So, a little more on the process, starting with ordering!
Aside from samples, I initially ordered 1 gallon of Matte Primer & 1 gallon of Chevre (based on the square footage and thinking I’d apply 2 coats)- later followed by 1 quart of Vendome Beige (since it was going underneath). I actually only used less than 1/2 the gallon of Primer & just over 1/2 of the quart of Vendome Beige!! The lime paint goes much further than typical paint because its sort of watery. For the brush- I ordered this 6” block brush on Amazon- which worked perfectly!!
On to the exciting part!! Painting!
I started with Priming the walls using a standard roller and ended up only going with 1 coat. I’ll update y’all later on how this holds up. The main thing I noticed was this paint did not like to stick to my roller and easily splashed/sprayed off the roller as I was rolling. It wasn’t a huge deal to me, but I’m wondering if there are maybe rollers more geared to arcylic paints (since mine specified latex and oil)- if you’re more educated on this- I’d love to hear from you in the comments!!
I will say, priming is one of the most important steps with this process. From what I’ve read, Lime paint is more of a lime powder mixed with water- so it needs something to absorb into. The accompanying primers are Acrylic and pourous- unlike traditional paint, which is more of a sealant. If you think about it Lime Paints were historically used more on masonry- which is pourous. After painting all of the walls, I later noticed the lime paint in the bowl i was using was flaky. I’d imagine this would be the case if applied on normal latex paint- which would not be good.
Then the best part!! Lime Washing!! I used the 6” block brush for the entire process. I ran it along corners and edges and made strokes every which way. I’ve seen people apply this using x’s and some creating “clouds” they join together… I honestly applied it very random and haphazardly, just ensuring lots of strokes in lots of different directions (think toddler coloring sort of randomness). I was sure to color all the white background and to move relatively quickly, as it does create a bit of a different look if an edge is allowed to dry and then painted over again to blend, if that makes sense. This happened behind our bedroom door- where I first “tested” the paint. I’m not mad at how it looks though either, so to each their own.
That’s it!!! I’m so so in love with the texture and movement and color… pretty much everything about how this turned out. I can’t wait to share more on my plans for the rest of these walls & room as a whole in the coming weeks. Be sure to head on over to the One Room Challenge Blog to see updates from other makers!! Despite my own challenges with the leak, this has been such a fun project so far and I honestly love seeing everyone’s updates each week.
