You may remember a couple of weeks ago I asked for your advice on paint colors for my son Warren’s new bedroom. We wanted to give him the bedroom he deserves and since he is in love with comic book heroes it was easy to decide his theme. His favorite color is red but that was always a color I was afraid of trying for all four walls, especially coming from an already dark color that I was starting to hate. So I decided to do a red accent wall only. These were our color choices from the Glidden Brilliance Collection available at Walmart.
After seeing the colors on the wall using Glidden paint testers (only $2.94 at Walmart) I was more than ever convinced that I like my original choice of Candy Apple Red and Pearl Gray. It seems that Warren and the majority you (my readers) felt the same way so we decided to go with those colors.
My husband Joe went to Walmart with our boys to purchase the paint and supplies. He mentioned when he got home that the Walmart associate was kind enough to explain the process in detail to the boys since they were fascinated. She even gave them each a Glidden button which they showed off to me when they got home!
It took two coats of Glidden primer to cover up the purple paint already on the walls and then two coats of gray and three coats of red on our accent wall. Joe did a great job of painting while I taped the room and shopped for all the accessories.
When the final coat of paint went up on the red I couldn’t get over just how much I loved the combination of colors. While it maybe be harder to tell through photos, it is the perfect shade of gray. It certainly doesn’t look white, especially next to the white trim and yet is leaves the room feeling very bright. And the Candy Apple red was perfect shade of red that I wanted!
So are you just dying to see what it looks like now? In case you don’t remember what the room looked like before, here is a reminder of the bedroom Warren shared with us.
And here is own bedroom now!
What a transformation, right? I wanted some amazing Marvel character pieces on the wall such as a large version of Captain America’s shield. After some thought I came to the conclusion that anything I put up there my son would of course want to play with.
So instead of spending a bunch of money on replicas, I instead added black Command hooks from 3M to his wall and hung up some of his own toys to display. I chose these types of hooks as to not damage the paint. And the thought of adding any holes into our newly painted plaster walls made my husband cringe. This was perfect!
For more decoration that would not damage our paint, we opted for some fun Marvel Comics decals available at Walmart for less than $10 and included many smaller decals in his favorite characters! It matched his bedding perfectly.
Because these are easily removable and reusable, it was easy to move them if we didn’t like there position on the wall.
I picked up two Marvel posters and poster frames also from Walmart after the one I purchased online arrived damaged. (Darn postal service!) I wish I would have done this to begin with as they had a nice assortment of characters including Thor and this awesome Spiderman print! I also added three hooks to this corner to display some of Warren’s much loved costumes.
Warren loves his new bedroom and the excitement as he explored made it certainly worth it. I’m wondering why we hadn’t done this earlier!
His very favorite part of the room is his new huge removable Spiderman decal which I got for $19.97 at Walmart. It really does add something special to the room!
We honestly couldn’t be more pleased with the quality, affordability and color choices available from Glidden and while we wouldn’t have thought to go to Walmart before to purchase paint, we definitely will now! And I’m so happy to know that Warren has a room he can be proud of and one that will grow with him for sure!
Be sure to visit Glidden to get more inspiration, color ideas and where you can purchase the Glidden Brilliance Collection in your area!
Disclosure: This project has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Glidden Testers/Paint #collectivebias. All thoughts and opinions remain 100% my own.
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Becca @ Mama B says
July 31, 2011 at 5:58 pmIt came out sooo good!!
javeta acker says
July 31, 2011 at 6:51 pmYOU DID A AWESOME JOB! SUCH A CUTE ROOM! MY SON WOULD LOVE THIS ROOM AND YOU GAVE ME SOME GREAT IDEAS!
Melissa says
July 31, 2011 at 8:30 pmIt’s absolutely PERFECT! Your little guy must feel so very special!! How’s the transition to sleeping in his own room going?
Emilie says
July 31, 2011 at 8:50 pmHe’s doing just fine sleeping on his own. Thank you for asking! The biggest transition has been going from the toddler bed to the full sized bed. It takes him a bit longer to fall asleep but I think that won’t last long. The reason we didn’t opt for a twin was because we already had the full and would have had to get rid of it. Since we get a lot of guests we thought it would be nice to have the option of the full. Plus the room is certainly big enough for it. 🙂
Alissa Circle says
July 31, 2011 at 8:30 pmWhat a cool looking room!!! It looks like 2 super heros live there. Love how the red and gray look together. Awesome job! Stopping by from #cbias
Amy @ Coffee with the Mrs. says
July 31, 2011 at 8:32 pmWhat a cool room! You did a wonderful job. I just love the colors and the special touches you added to the room. He’s one, lucky kid!
Sara @ Mom Endeavors says
July 31, 2011 at 8:37 pmWhat an awesome room!!! Love the colors and all the little details! Perfect boy room!
Tonia @ The Gunny Sack says
July 31, 2011 at 8:46 pmI love how it turned out and Warren looks so happy!!
Kathy says
July 31, 2011 at 9:05 pmEmile – I think it turned out great! Those are some lucky boys.
luckylifepath22 says
July 31, 2011 at 9:23 pmThe room turned out great. The accent wall is the perfect amount of red, not too much, not too little!
Shop with Me Mama (Kim) says
July 31, 2011 at 9:58 pmI am actually in the process of doing a transformation to my sons room too! I LOVE how your sons room turned out! My son LOVES Red, so I think I will be doing a red wall too!
Donna B. says
July 31, 2011 at 11:50 pmIt came out great! I only hope my paint project comes out half as well 🙂
Tiffany says
August 1, 2011 at 1:47 amI LOVE it. The colors are perfect. My boys would freak out in that room, and I think Warren looks pretty happy in his new room. Love how you hung some of the toys on the wall, that’s a fun idea. Seriously though, I almost can’t believe that is the same room!
Mrs. Smitty says
August 1, 2011 at 8:07 amGreat room for your little guy! I love the deep color! We’re planning on renovating our toddler’s room but aren’t sure what colors we’d allow that she wants. Thanks for the info on glidden’s paint testers!
Carrie says
August 1, 2011 at 8:21 amLooks amazing! Isn’t it great to do a room for your little one? They appreciate it so much. Love that red, great choice!
clueless mama says
August 1, 2011 at 9:40 amI bet your little guy is in Heaven in his new room. What a fun place to hang out! My husband and I both love Marvel movies. We may want to come and hang out sometime too:) Great job!
Ellen Christian says
August 1, 2011 at 10:20 amI love it. What a lucky little boy!
Some Lucky Dog says
August 1, 2011 at 11:55 amWhat a great room for a little boy, you did awesome!
BusyWorkingMama says
August 1, 2011 at 12:02 pmI love it! The room looks great! Good job!
Kate @ The Shopping Mama says
August 1, 2011 at 12:23 pmIt looks great, Emilie! I love the new paint colors. What a great little boy room!
courtney says
August 2, 2011 at 10:47 amwow looks awesome! all little boys love superheros! his friends are probably so jealous!
Tonya H says
August 3, 2011 at 12:53 amYour rooms came out so awesome! Every little boy would love the superhero one
Leah Walker says
August 3, 2011 at 6:22 pmIt looks great!! I absolutely love color. You did a great job. That’s going to be a super cool room for him to look back on when he gets grown.
Donna B. says
August 7, 2011 at 11:49 pmthanks again for the heads-up on the testers – I’m trying to pick out a paint color for the kitchen that’ll downplay the orange undertone of my oak cabinets, so being able to grab a half-dozen testers and see the colors on the wall will definitely help me out 🙂
i really wanted a yellow but I think it’ll just make the cabinets look worse. *sobs*
MIke says
August 9, 2011 at 4:28 pmI am a big fan of red – my pickup is red, the ATV I ride is red. I would paint the walls inside my house red, but I live in a log home.
There is a couple of red stains for the outside of the logs….
Have to check them out…
Janet W. says
March 22, 2013 at 7:25 amWhat a great little boys room! Looks fabulous!