My sunroom has been transformed with color!
Remember my estate sale find that needed a little makeover?
Wow – what a difference paint makes and thanks to the Sherwin-Williams Color Visualizer, it was so simple to find the perfect shade of blue.
Intense Teal to be exact.
I couldn’t believe how easy it was to choose color online. With a million and one blue possibilities, it saved me tons of hair pulling.
In fact, if I could marry this perfect shade of blue, we’d be flying to Vegas tonight and hiring an Elvis impersonator to oversee the ceremony.
The details pop with a little gold paint pen.
This room probably has every color in the rainbow but the white trim and dark floors help keep things from looking like 50 clowns emerging from a Volkswagen.
Don’t you find that bringing one new thing into the house makes everything else seem to pale in comparison?
Of course I needed to spice up the rest of the room with some colorful new touches.
My favorite is this vintage school map framing the tv and pillows that tie together all the colors in the room.
I can’t say enough about picking the brains of the paint store employees. My new BFF Gregory, who works at Sherwin-Williams, gave me lots of tips and tricks to make this makeover a breeze.
Furniture Painting Tips
1) Remove all hardware.
2) Lightly sand the piece (don’t apply heavy pressure) with very fine sandpaper (I used 120 grit and a Ryobi electric sander).
3) Remove dust with a towel and then a tack cloth.
4) Apply one coat of primer (Sherwin-Willliams recommended gray) and let dry for at least one hour.
5) Use the right paint. I used Sherwin-Williams All Surface Enamel Latex Paint which is durable enough for kitchen cabinets.
6) Apply paint and let dry fully between coats. My friend Karen said it best with her advice to apply it like nail polish in very thin coats.
7) Sand between coats using a very fine sandpaper if you notice any imperfections (remove dust with tack cloth before painting).
* I applied one coat of primer and three coats of paint.
The media console has a little sister in this colorful artwork with similar golds and blues.
School maps never looked this good when I was wearing my polyester uniform and saddle shoes.
Hung behind the tv, it makes the perfect frame.
Florals, solids and stripes all work together when each piece has at least one other color from somewhere else in the room.
Here’s to embracing color and having fun in decorating.
After all, paint is one of the easiest ways to go wild.
Now my estate sale find is a real showstopper who can’t keep the boys from asking her to dance.
I heard she may even fly to Vegas and become a showgirl. Maybe she can be a bridesmaid at my wedding to Intense Teal.
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I would definitely give our master bedroom a make over. We have several mismatched pieces of furniture that are in need of painting. The Sherwin Williams gift card would help out with that project. Thanks for the opportunity!
I love the choice of colors, really loving the footstool! I would love to makeover my spare bedroom with the $100 gift card.
Just love this room and all it’s color. how fun. I really like how you hung the map behind the tv..clever. You piece turned out so pretty. I think I would like to give my laundry room so my new color.
How awesome is this? Makes me happy!! My next makeover will probably be my basement/game room so i can DEFINITELY use the $100 gift card!!
Thanks for sharing and hosting, Kelly!
xo HEidi
I desperately need to update the upstairs guest bath. My youngest is 26 and it still has ” cute little animals wearing colorful shoes ” wallpaper that has seen better days.
I would love to redo our master bedroom. Thanks for the chance to win!
love this fun color and the gold! what a great piece!
I would love to make over my living room. It is very boring and I’m tired of my neutral, earth-toned color scheme.
I tweeted this post
https://twitter.com/alas3lads/status/336451741686038528
Our classroom (we’re homeschoolers) needs a makeover… it tends to be dark… I love the colors that brighten up your room!
I love it all but I adore the ottoman (bean bag or whatever it’s called!) We are renovating our bathroom at the moment but the room I would make over would be our bedroom. We’ve done almost all or parts of the rest of them!
Thanks for the giveaway. My husband uses Sherwin Williams in his painting business.
I tweeted! https://twitter.com/MartyWalden/status/336455770432483328
I am making over my sewing room now! This gift card would be perfect and couldn’t come at a better time. I love Sherwin Williams paints!!
I really need to makeover one of our bathrooms in the historic home we just bought!
Why have I never thought of use the visualizer for painting furniture? … My family room is definitely in need of a makeover! … Love Sherwin Williams paint!
The better question would be which room doesn’t need new paint!
But I think I would start in entry/front hall/staircase if I had to pick just one. Thank you for the chance to enter! 
I would paint a couple of pieces. Our vintage end table and an old desk and chair. Will have to play with the Visualizer!
That visualizer tool is so cool! I am definitely going to have to try it. I LOVE your sunroom and it’s pretty colors. The console turned out amazing. I really need to paint every room in our house, but I would start with the bathroom.
i am currently gutting out a “junk” room to turn into my crafting room, but it hasn’t been as quick and easy as i originally thought. i would like it to have a beachy theme (soft blues with some pinks) and i have found an awesome 4′x3′ beach painting on canvas to hang in there with a few other beachy accessories found along the way with this in mind. the problem is getting rid of all the stuff…..i have disney collectibles (brand new, still in boxes) given to me over the years by people with nowhere to display them and not as much desire anymore now that i am older. they are worth a lot of money but i don’t quite know how to get rid of all the stuff/junk to finish clearing it out to move furniture in.
i would LOVE to paint the room before filling it back up but i have never done it and it is intimidating. plus i worry about the fumes and stuff with two cats in the house. right now it is beige (like the rest of the house which is only a few years old) but would love it some pastels.
Oh wow! Your color choice is gorgeous Kelly! The room looks so fresh and inviting.
I’d love to paint my son’s room and give it a super makeover.
We talked a lot this weekend about color changes in our dining room … walls and the table (gulp), so that $100 SW gift card could certainly help with that! Love your fun intense teal and the political map behind the tv is wonderful way to frame the black box with graphic color. Robin
I just finished making over every room in my home, but the spiral staircase, so I guess that would be it by default!
We just completed a total remodel of our home, but I do have a dresser that could use some color since it’s justa plain jane white one now. You are a brave soul. I would be scared to paint with such a bright color. Your room is beautiful.
I love Sherwin Williams, and the guys at my local SW are my work break pals. I would love to obliterate the overly cheerful Yellow walled Great room and replace with a cool grey/white. A gift card would be put to such good use at my local SW. By the way, your console looks perfect, esp. the gold details. What a fab room, and I didn’t see a clown anywhere, not even in the corners.
Great fun happy color. It turned out great. I also love that chair, it is so soft and pretty with all the brights.
Cynthia
Goodness, where to start…I have been itching to repaint a few rooms in my house. It’s been 8 years + 2 kids = lots of fingerprints, because they used flat paint before we moved in and we all no how impossible it is clean flat paint! Thing is paint isn’t cheap and winning this gift card would be fabulous, not to mention help me to convinve my husband to repaint
Thanks so much!
Rory Reding
What a fun room, I’d love to do my master bedroom, I already have the bedding just need to paint the room and trim!
Well heck! You know I LOVE that shade lady. That, and those toss pillows. What fun pops of color. The whole room is just energized!!
Love the color choice! What a POP of color.
I’m wondering how you put the map up behind the tv. Did you cut out the spot for the tv mounting hardware? I have a junk treasure place near me with about a dozen of those type of schoolroom maps and I’ve been eyeing them for weeks. I may have to copy you!
Mindi
Yes I did cut a hole in the map Mindi – but it’s a 1990′s map so I felt ok doing that! Copy away!!
My girls room needs a makeover badly! I’d love to have some cash to buy the paint with! I will be buying it at Sherwin-Williams regardless but some free paint would make it that much sweeter!
Your room is so cheerful and happy! I would love to redo our guest bedroom
Looks wonderful! I need to paint a couple rooms in our home soon!
Love it Kelly!!!! It’s perfect for that space, I also love the touch of gold you placed. The map behind the TV is also genius!!!! You rock dear!
My bathroom needs new paint. I love this system to see what colors could be chosen. Thank you.
I love this room with the bright colors. Everything is beautiful and happy looking.
I would love to make over our living room…it is so dark and drab
My bedroom and living room are ready for a makeover!
I would love to refurbish our bedroom set.
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I would makeover our computer room, we definitely need some color on the walls in there.
The map brings back so many memories of school in the 50′s! My summer plans are to re-do my son’s old room as a guest room so the new paint would be perfect. It has dark green paint right now that he painted in high school.
tweet
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Love the color! It looks absolutely amazing Kelly! And I love how fun and colorful your sunroom is!
My whole house could use some painting but my kitchen would be the first on my honey do list.
I wouldloveto redo my living room. Every room in this house is the SAME color YELLOW!!!! Id love to win the $100.00 gift card to get me started!! Thanks for the chance..:)
Map behind tv—brilliant! I am always redoing our family room. It never seems to be quite right. Thanks for sharing the color visualizer. I have a feeling I will make it my best friend. I haven’t tried Sherwin Williams paint before but I think I will now.
Beautiful, Kelly! Love the ottoman…would you mind sharing where you purchased it? Thanks!!
I think I bought the ottoman at Homegoods Kait!
You are right…it is a real show stopper!!…Gorgeous Kelly!!!…I have one question….did you use a Purdy brush or a foam brush…the finish is fantastic!!!
A Purdy brush Shirley! The key is sanding between coats to get that smooth finish!
Your room is gorgeous! I love all the bright colors. My master bedroom needs a complete makeover. We still even have the original carpet of the house (25 years old!) in there. It’s pitiful!
Loving the color choice Kelly. What a fun space!
My master bedroom is in need of a makeover!
Love your room Kelly and the color choices. my whole house is in need of a makeover! LOL
I would like to makeover my dining room. Thanks.
I tweeted. Thanks for another chance to win. https://twitter.com/sebh55/status/337250262483881984
my living room
https://twitter.com/Merle0304/status/337267423185088515
I LOVE decorating with colorful paint!!
Very pretty! Love the choice of color!!
Kitchen…period! Between this and the stove/oven up for grabs, it could be a beautiful start!
Thanks again!
i sure could the 100 dollars gift card for buying paint for one of my rooms in my house