I finally recovered from the plague and was able to paint our master bedroom with Brad’s assistance over the weekend. We’re wild and crazy thirty-somethings. Let me tell you.
I feel like I should also add that I’m doing this room in reverse order of how you’re supposed to execute a room makeover. The main reason why I’m going rogue is that we’re borrowing my parents’ ladder because our ladder isn’t tall enough. So please don’t follow my lead on this one.
While the majority of you voted for Comfort Gray, Sea Salt was my winner because I felt more comfortable with it. I just kept thinking Comfort Gray would be too dark.
When it comes to painting rooms in our house, I always go with flat paint because it minimizes the texture on our walls. (You can read more of my tips on painting textured walls here.) And as you can see in the photo below, it also makes the color appear slightly darker. So I think the Comfort Gray would’ve been too dark for me.
My friends at Sherwin-Williams hooked me up with two gallons from their Emerald paint line, which is an acrylic latex paint and primer. Oh boy, did I love working with this paint. One coat is all it took. And the interior flat has excellent washability.
Note: I didn’t get on the ladder like that, it’s partially collapsed so we could get around it.
To review, here’s what the bedroom looked like before.
And here’s what it looks like now.
Another before:
And after:
I think the color looks great with our white trim and bedding, cream headboard, carpet, and our dark wood nightstands and dresser.
I’m obviously going to have to change the decorative accents in the room.
Like I said, new accents are in order. But doesn’t the dresser look good with the Sea Salt walls?
I’m still debating on what accent colors I want to use, so leave any suggestions below.
At this point, I need to get new curtains, curtain rod (I’m raising that baby up higher), lamps, accent pillows, wall art, and some decorative accents.
I like how airy and serene the new wall color looks with our cream headboard and white bedding.
While we had the bedroom torn apart, Brad also went through and changed out all of the electrical outlets and switches from the dated almond color to crisp white. Here’s a tutorial on how to do that in case you’re interested.
FYI, our duvet cover set can be found HERE.
So, what do you think of the color?
Follow the journey of making over my master bedroom below!
I think the color looks great. I would recommend doing lighter purple accent pieces.
Thanks, Kira!
Color is so pretty. I’ve always loved sea salt, but never painted a room using it, yet. Love the white bedding too. Where did you get it? Happy Monday, friend.
Thanks, Carol! It’s a duvet cover and matching shams from Target. 🙂
Love it, Chelsea! Our kitchen is a similar color, and I adore it. We use red as an accent in the kitchen, but I also think navy, coral, and the dark brown you have in your furniture, are all nice, also. Can’t wait to see what you choose! 🙂
Thank you!
So pretty. I like the dark accents. I have my folks rock maple dresser, and am debating having it refinished to a darker color, or a neutral gray, and change the Colonial hardware, to a more updated look. I want to keep the piece, as it was my parents, and good furniture is so hard to find.
I say do whatever works for you. But I know what you mean though, it can be scary pulling the trigger to refinish a family heirloom.
Love love love sea salt…..noticed carpet is a tan….I think another color to accent with is a basket or wicker color….then you would have a more ” beach” inspired room. Then a throw or quilt on the foot of the bed in a sea salt color wth a neck roll pillow at top of bed, even a neck roil in a wicker basket color.
Thanks, Karen! Ooh, good suggestions! I’m going to have to play around with that.
I’ve had Seasalt in our bedroom for quite some time now. I can’t seem to get away from it. It’s such an amazing color. It seems to change from a green to a gray to a blue throughout the day and depending on the lighting. The best part is that so many things match well with it. I went through a coral loving stage and those accents looked great. Although I think that’s kind of fizzled out for me. Ive also done a lot of gold which looks amazing too. My comfort level is a lot more neutral now though so my accents are light grays and natural wood. It’s whatever makes you want to make more babies that’s what I say:p You will have more to choose from than you think! And I’m surprised to hear most people voted for gray. You will be so happy you chose Seasalt. It’s so calming and a color you won’t easily get sick of. Enjoy your new space!
Hahaha! Make more babies. Yes, I LOVE the color. I think choosing my favorite accent colors is going to be the hardest part.
Since you went lighter with the wall color, I’d go bold/dark for the accent color(s)! Maybe navy or charcoal gray? I love your update posts – keep ’em coming!
Love the gray! We pained the majority of our house in a gray VERY similar to this one and we’re really happy with it, its just dark enough to set the white trim off but otherwise its so light and airy!
It looks so great in that color! That was my pick too 😉
A nice coral with navy pops color scheme would be beautiful with this shade! Can’t wait to see what you go with!
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Our master is a similar colour and we layers in lots of glass, greys, white, and silver
Love the sea salt, I’m going to be doing my room soon and this will be one of my options. I agree with some of the other post that coral would look great, a nice yellow would also work with the coral and sea salt.
Great color! I love these updates, and can’t wait to see what else you do in there! Are you planning on doing anything to the ceiling fan? I feel like the lighter wood is an eye sore now that the walls have such a great color and with the darker accents of the furniture. Maybe go with white blades or darker blades similar to your dresser and end table? Just a thought. Either way, I’m excited to see what you come up with. You have such a great eye for pulling together a room!
I love this color! We’re trying to decide on a color for our bedroom soon. We’ve been in this house for 4 years and our room and my daughters’ room is both Tampax blue and I’m sick of it! lol I would think like a peach would be nice and not too much.
Great choice – it was my favourite too. I love reading your blog, our daughter is a similar age to Owen and we are right in the middle of a big home renovation project, its motivating to see how you guys get stuff done even with a toddler around.
Love it Chelsea! That new paint color looks fantastic! I am going to mark this color name down because I really like the Sea Salt now!
Love the color. The blue vases give you that pop of color. Great job.
Love the color! This is almost exactly the color I painted our bedroom. We added green accents and I’m obsessed.
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I love how it turned out! I think Navy, Coral and Gold accents would look great!
I love the color you chose! It is subtle but so beautiful. For accents I personally would love blush pink, I have some great faux roses from Home Goods.
WOW! That’s beautiful and such a serene color. Grey is one of my favorites for the home!
Love the color! I think Gary’s darker and Mercury glass lamps and accents would look beautiful! A little glam with the cream and white and dark Gary as a masculin touch in pillows and perhaps a side chair and blanket at the end of the bed! Pops if red in flowers and art would be icing on the cake!
I love this! I have the same duvet set from Target in my guest room. I love how cottage-y this feels. Great job!
I love the color your choose! I am wondering where you got your duvet cover? I love it! I’ve been looking for a white duvet cover and love the texture on yours. Good luck with the rest of the project!
Thanks, Tina! The duvet cover set can be found here: http://bit.ly/1QVj2l7
Wow! Your room is the same layout as ours with the windows and doors!!
Only difference is our’s is maybe a foot wider per wall and a tray ceiling instead of the slanted one you have. I am ALSO thinking of going bright and crisp and light with our room. I toyed with the idea of painting it gray and, nope, I will go with something like your color!!! Yay!
We too have a dresser in the same spot and dark night stands about the same size. Lol. Not joking.