Renovation Series ~ From Baby Room to Big Kid Room with Disney Paint

I know we usually share Renovation Series posts on Friday, but I couldn’t wait to share my most recent room update with you. 

I have been working with Disney Paint by Glidden on my sons bedroom makeover. He had a beautifully decorated bedroom, with hand painted murals and at almost six years old, he hated it! He wanted blue and blue (makes me think of the line in the movie Steel Magnolias, when Shelby said her wedding colors were blush and bashful, well his colors are blue and blue). Thankfully there are dozens and dozens of blues to choose from in the Disney Paint line. 

The Before…

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The After

The walls are “Toon Afternoon” ~ Disney Paint by Glidden. As I have previously stated in my “Making Progress” post, I really liked the Disney Paint. It doesn’t have a harsh smell and rolled out very well. 

To add a little pizazz to his room I painted a chalkboard on his wall and also used chalkboard paint on his dresser. As crafty as I am, I have never used chalkboard paint before so I checked out the “how to” video on applying chalk board paint on DisneyPaint.com. The instructions were super simple. I am very happy with how my wall turned out. So much so that I am painting my entire guest bathroom with chalkboard paint. Can’t wait to get started on the project. Well… actually I just can’t wait to be able to write “please flush” and “wash your hands” reminders.

The chalkboard wall – I outlined the area using painters tape. I recommend removing the tape before the paint is totally dry. The Disney Paint Specialty Finish that I used was Great Slate – Sleepover Scare, but you can tint your chalkboard paint anything form black to pink, white to teal.

The finished chalkboard wall

The Dresser – My sons baby room had a jungle theme so his dresser was painted with hundreds of cheetah spots. To refinish using the Disney Paint Specialty Finish Chalkboard Paint, I lightly sanded and used primer before applying the chalkboard paint. I had a lot of cheetah spots to cover up.

The finished dresser

I LOVE how the dresser turned out! My daughter is eight and wanted to help with the redecorating so she drew the pictures on the dresser drawers and labeled them. My son is having a ball drawing on his furniture. The chalk wipes off easily with a damp cloth and doesn’t remove any of the finish.

My plan is to write a “love note” or encouraging phrase in chalk each morning on the dresser for my son to see each morning when he is getting dressed.

SO…here are pictures of the finished room. We went from baby to big kid room in one weekend. I bought a desk from Ikea to house my sons action figure collection. Best purchase ever! Now Spiderman and Batman are no longer hanging out and living in my kitchen. I also bought a book shelf to hold his growing library and TV. We kept the bedding he was using before the makeover, but I bought a bean bag (Walmart only $20) and a throw rug to complete my room renovation on a budget.

I invited a few of my sons friends over for a “room reveal party”…and guess what? Five year old boys are not really into interior design. {Gasp!!} The kids did have a lot of fun drawing on the dresser and writing my son notes on his chalkboard wall. 

While the kids rode bikes, played with chalk and bubbles for our “Road Rally” play date,the moms and I chatted about the whole process of redecorating my sons room with Disney Paint and the different Specialty Finishes available. I am happy to say one of my friends is currently redecorating her sons room, using Disney Paint and the “Ready, Set, Glow”, Glow and the Dark Specialty Finish. Oh, yes… Glow in the Dark paint! How cool is that? She told me she will let me know when she is done so her room can be featured as a part of the Chesco Moms Renovation Series Posts. I am excited to see her “big reveal”.

I would like to take this opportunity to say a great big, huge THANK YOU to my mom for all of her help with this project. She is the best!

If you have any questions about using Disney Paints or the Chalkboard Paint Specialty Finish, please let me know. Leave a comment below or send me an email. I will be happy to share my tips with you.

Disclaimer: Compensation and products for review were provided by Glidden via MomTrends.  The opinions expressed are mine and are not indicative of the opinions of Glidden. 

Bedroom Makeover Disney (Paint) Style..I am Making Progress!

I have spent this past week prepping and painting my sons room for his super fun Disney Paint room renovation. The baby jungle animals (click here for the before photos) are gone and the walls are now a lovely shade of “Toon Afternoon” by Disney Paint. 

My mom is helping me with this project. She is a very good painter, but an even better taper. (we may or may not have gone through an entire roll of painters tape…ha!).

This is the first time either of us have used Glidden’s Disney Paint and we were both very pleased with how easy it rolled on. The dark animal murals we were covering up took two coats to completely cover, but the areas that didn’t have murals, covered in one coat. One coat..how awesome!

To decide what color was going on the walls, I let my son play on the custom room painter on DisneyPaint.com. I saved his “creation” and was able to print it out and take to Walmart with us when we bought the paint. While online, I also had a chance to look at Disney Paint Specialty Finishes. We decided to go with “Great Slate” and are adding a chalkboard wall to his room. How fun?! I have never used chalkboard paint before so I checked out the “how to” video on applying chalk board paint on DisneyPaint.com and it looked pretty easy…and guess what IT WAS! I might be addicted to chalkboard paint now. It is SO cool! It was SO easy to do, I am already planning another chalkboard paint project in another room of my house.

Below is a photo of the chalkboard wall after one coat. Also in the photo is my sons dresser. It was painted cheetah-ish to match the jungle room, but it too is getting a chalkboard paint make over. I painted the drawer fronts in chalkboard so I can write “socks, shorts, sweaters, t-shirts, etc” on the front of the drawers with little pictures so my son will learn where his clothes go and hopefully start to help put his clothes away. (A mom can dream…right?).

Per the “how to video” on the Disney Paint website, chalkboard paint takes two coats and you need to wait a week before you can draw on it.

We are adding finishing touches to the room and this kid can’t wait to share the “big reveal” with you. Stay tuned!

Disclaimer: Compensation and products for review were provided by Glidden via MomTrends.  The opinions expressed are mine and are not indicative of the opinions of Glidden.