Ava's Room Forecast: Blue Skies

After talking about it for sooooo long we finally started redoing Ava's room this past weekend.

Do you remember me telling you I wanted to do her room with blue walls with white clouds? Remember all those blue paint color choices I posted?


First order of business= fresh coat of (off) white paint on the walls. We managed to get two coats on Sunday. (we used SW Alabaster in satin)


Second order of business= taping!

Third order of business= Blue Skies!

Mama found the coolest thing out there- a kit that does exactly what I wanted- blue skies with white clouds! It's The Cloud Wash Kit. It's awesome! Thanks Mama!!!!



This is with the first coat of blue colorwash. I finished these walls at 11pm last night. Needless to say I'm on my fifth cup of coffee this morning. I'm considering brewing more coffee as I type this! The kit suggests two coats of the blue colorwash before painting the clouds.

Here's the plan...I'll do the second coat of the blue colorwash tonight. Tomorrow I'll get started on the white clouds- you're supposed to do them in layers to make them look realistic. I'll post photos of the progress.

Oh...if you're wondering...we have textured walls so I know there will be bleeding through the tape...which is why I'm planning on putting a white chair rail (maybe with wooden pegs in some places) on the border between the blue sky and the white walls.

*Shared with A Soft Place to Land's DIY Day.