Crib bedding is in, stripes painted! (PIPs + inspiration pic)

Jen&Louie · October 2009

Our crib bedding arrived last night! Even though the crib isn't in yet, I was thrilled to cross one more thing off the list. We ended up liking it even more in person. It's the Sumersault Geo Boy:

Here is our inspiration pic for the nursery (they use the same bedding, which was a happy coincidence). We already had similar color walls in the nursery and knew we wanted to use animal accents, along with pops of blue and orange:

And, finally our striped wall finished. Love how this turned out and it only took three hours. The crib and dresser/changer will go against this wall:

12bailey18 · October 2009

I love it! These are the same color schemes we are using. The striped wall turned out great!!

kwhitson · October 2009

love it!! the stripes look amazing! We are planning to do stripes as well - with a sagey/earthy green and cream. Can't wait til we get started

fumbling08 · October 2009

Wow! Great job! I love the color choices. Definitely a design that a baby can grow up with!

What paint did you use? Do you essentially get one in high gloss and another in matte/semi gloss? I assume you use tape, right?

MrsChowBella · October 2009

Wow, I love it! The colors/stripes look great! It's definitely something you can keep up for a looooong time as your LO one grows.

Jen&Louie · October 2009

fumbling08:
What paint did you use? Do you essentially get one in high gloss and another in matte/semi gloss? I assume you use tape, right?

We had painted the base wall color (lighter color, satin finish - Dutch Boy) a couple of months back. We taped off the stripes (blue painter's tape) and ran an old credit card over the edges to make sure there were no gaps. DH painted two coats of the darker color (Behr glossy) and we took off the tape while the second coat was still fairly wet - as recommended by several posters here. It worked perfectly and the whole process took about three hours for one 12-foot wall.