Old Palo Alto · Interior · 2 days

Old Palo Alto bedroom

Primary bedroom repaint: walls from a tired slate blue to Harbor Navy eggshell, crown and base left in their existing bright white and masked with 1.5-inch tape, ceiling untouched. Dark colors show roller marks, so this one got three thin coats rather than two heavy ones.

The finished bedroom: Harbor Navy walls, bright white crown molding, a linen bed and a black steel window. — Harbor Navy TC 418 eggshell

Days on site: 2 days on sitecolor consult the week before
Size: 1 room · 420 sq ft of wall
Colors: Harbor Navy TC 418 eggshell
Crew: Same lead, start to finishEstimate, test wall, walk-through

Before and after

Before and after, same light.

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The finished bedroom: Harbor Navy walls, bright white crown molding, a linen bed and a black steel window.

The same bedroom before: pale slate-blue walls, same bed, lamp and window.

Harbor Navy TC 418 eggshellInterior · 2 days

Materials and prep

What went on the wall.

Walls Three thin coats Sherwin-Williams Emerald, eggshell
Primer Gray-tinted primer so the navy covers in fewer coats
Trim Masked and left in the existing white
Prep Picture-hook holes filled, one patch over the headboard
Protection Bed moved to center, wrapped; floors papered
Left behind One labeled quart

On site

From the job log.

Day –6 · Consult: Navy against the white crown, checked in morning and evening light. — Day –6 · ConsultNavy against the white crown, checked in morning and evening light.

Day 1 · Cut in: The crown line is the whole job on a dark wall. Brushed twice. — Day 1 · Cut inThe crown line is the whole job on a dark wall. Brushed twice.

Day 2 · Third coat: Thin coat, 3/8 — Day 2 · Third coatThin coat, 3/8" nap, finished before the afternoon sun hit the wall.

“We were nervous about going dark. The test wall sold it in an hour.”
Jun & Alice P. · Old Palo Alto

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