What kind of paint did you use for nursery?

samm1983 · July 2011

What kind of paint did you/are you going to use for the nursery?

Should we use the zero voc or is it ok to just go with a low voc? Any brand recommendations?

kagl04 · July 2011

We are just using Valspar. It's still 3 months before DS will even sleep in his room and it will have plenty of time to air out! Plus his room doesn't have carpet so the smell won't get into the fibers...

seralee5804 · July 2011

We are using Sherwin Williams Super paint, it is low voc.. But we have re-did 80% of our house and found spending the extra $5 for that paint was so worth it.

One coat in are dinning room covered the red (we painted it white).

Liz4444 · July 2011

We used Sherwin Williams, I don't know the voc, DH hired a handyman who is repainting the whole house.

LauriJean_2009 · July 2011

We used Benjamin Moore Natura (Zero VOC). Mostly because I was doing the painting and don't like the fumes. I also found it very easy to clean off your skin with just soap and water.

It's a bit pricey at $50/gallon. (We only needed 2)

Mrs. Mo · July 2011

We used the Behr type that has the primer built in b/c the color before was a dark aqua. The fumes would only really matter if you are painting it and with no ventiliation. I just went shopping for the few hours that DH & his dad were painting and it was fine by the time we got home.

ababymaybe · July 2011

Behr. I actually painted the nursery a light blue-green before I got pregnant-- it was my office. When it turned out to be a boy, I decided to keep the colour as is.

It was painted early this year, and aired out well after painting, so I'm not overly worried about it.

In the big picture, I'm not entirely clear why people seem to focus so much on low-VOC paint-- there are other things that matter more for me-- but to each their own!

skruhmin · July 2011

DH painted pretty early on - Kwal paint. I'm not sure about the VOC level (whatever that is).

gkmacdon · July 2011

We used Olympic Premium No-VOC paint (from Lowes). It was $18 and we only needed 1 gallon. We went with No-VOC not only because I was pregnant when we painted (and wouldn't want to be painting with anything full of chemicals and VOCs) but also for LO's safety (since regular paint can off-gas for one to even three years after it?s applied). I've also heard excellent things about Mythic paint which is also No-VOC.

For the PPS who weren't sure what VOCs are... VOC stands for Volatile Organic Compounds and they are found in certain products including paint, pesticides, cleaners, etc. - according to the EPA they are known to cause short-term and long-term adverse health effects.

https://www.epa.gov/iaq/voc.html

sleepingbeauty · July 2011

low voc is fine but it should be at least that. we used behr, i think. used the one with paint and primer in one. awesome! huge time saver! used only one coat but it looks like three.

Tomsbabyboo · July 2011

We used Benjamin Moore Natura (zero VOC) eggshell paint. We were very happy with the product and the paint finish.

jdumbaugh · July 2011

We used Behr paint/primer and it was aweful! The room was oringally a light blue/purple and we covered it with white. The first coat did nothing to cover the original color and we had to go buy a second can. Even once that was on, you can still see the blue color if you look closely.

We also have plaster walls, so maybe this had something to do with it. I've heard good things about Valspar and Sherwin-Williams.

SarahOrca · July 2011

Mrs. Mo:
We used the Behr type that has the primer built in b/c the color before was a dark aqua. The fumes would only really matter if you are painting it and with no ventiliation. I just went shopping for the few hours that DH & his dad were painting and it was fine by the time we got home.

We used the same! And we had fans running & the window open while we painted. We just finished it up yesterday (some touch-ups on the accent stripes), and the smell was already gone this morning.

danielle7898 · July 2011

We used Sherwin Williams HGTV zero VOC paint in Rapture Blue for the walls and Olympic zero VOC paint in white for the trim/ceiling/door. Neither had the typical "paint-y/chemical-y" smell and they look great!

Soon2BMrsSikes · July 2011

We went with Olympic Zero Voc

Sunshine05 · July 2011

Ditto Danielle, we bought the new HGTV Zero VOC paint (but in Rhythmic Blue, lol!) by Sherwin Williams. DH is painting this weekend, can't wait to see it up on the walls!

Soon2BMrsN · July 2011

We haven't painted yet, but we will use Sherwin Williams low-VOC. We've used it throughout our entire house.

rescueddogmom · July 2011

Another person using Sherwin Williams zero VOC paint here. We had to use it in our condo because we have two small parrots and regular paint fumes will kill them. I loved painting with it because of the near-unnoticeable odor and will use it again for the baby's room.