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Painting with Disney and Glidden Part III

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This is the finale that you have been waiting for and to be honest it is less than stellar due to the fact that we are likely to be moving very soon.

As mentioned in Part I and Part II we set about to make a few changes to Addison’s room utilizing Disney’s new line of paint with Glidden. Not knowing when our time to move will come the majority of her room has been packed up, however I still managed to get the paint on the walls and finish up the glow in the dark stencil design.

We had a nice get together with a few of her friends from the neighborhood to show off the changes but they were more enamored with the toys and snacks seeing that it is virtually impossible to see the design on the wall unless it is dark in the room. We have one of those circular windows above the regular window that doesn’t have a shade so even with the curtain closed it still wasn’t dark enough to reveal the design. I tried my best to point it out to to them but the girls were more enamored with the fairies on the bedspread and well the little gentleman was more into the toys. So I didn’t push it, I let them snack and play. Fortunate for them one of their moms won a gift card to Walmart, hopefully they got something out of the deal.

After my last mishap with the stencil, I was careful to take my time this go round and carefully dab the paint onto the stencil and unfortunately I was not able to capture a great picture of it to show off my handiwork but I will say I was very proud of the outcome. This is the absolute best picture I could capture and I had to use my tripod to capture this.

I promise the outcome is much better than this in real life. Upon my initial completion of the design Addison was afraid of the design and then she slowly came around when I told her it was a princess crown. Needless to say she still refuses to sleep in there alone *sigh*

Overall I was thoroughly impressed with the line of paint, especially the coverage. I have already had to wipe stains off of the wall and they came off with no problem. With no scent and low VOC’s this brand is a no brainer if you are looking to upgrade your child’s room. You aren’t left to the design process by your lonesome, there are awesome resources available to help you come up with and execute a master plan when it comes to redesigning your child’s room.

My project is on the low end of the totem pole when compared to what some of the other moms did. Make sure to check out the Disney Paint Mom Pinterest Board and Facebook page to see the other projects.

Are you in the market to do some decorating in your child’s room? Whenever you get ready be sure to visit DisneyPaint.com for inspiration.

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Painting with Disney and Glidden Part II

My post here detailed our excursion to Walmart to select a paint color and a specialty finish for Addison’s room. After much deliberation we decided on “Butterfly Fly By” for the wall color and “Ready, Set, Glow” for the specialty finish.

To get some ideas for the application of “Ready, Set, Glow” I journeyed onto the Disney Paint website to get some inspiration and decided to go with stenciling as they had done on the video demonstration. Sad for me I couldn’t find the exact Tinkerbell stencils used so I found something just as whimsical.

I tried to let Miss Addison help but I found her help to be synonymous with making a mess so when she laid down for a nap I set out on a mission to start stenciling. I’m not sure what I was expecting but I was surprised to find that the specialty finish went on just like regular paint. It applied like regular paint, however the smell was minimal and when I say minimal I really mean practically there was no smell at all.

I had to do some major tricking out of my camera settings to get this shot of the paint actually glowing

So, let me say my first few stencils weren’t that good. I don’t follow directions well and instead of dabbing the paint onto the stencil I wiped it and it didn’t come out as clean as I would’ve liked the first few times.

After awhile I got my groove and they started to come out better. Lucky for you, you won’t see the finished product until the little shindig we will be throwing the weekend of May 3 where we will reveal the design of the entire room. Although we won’t be in this home much longer, Addison is afraid of the dark and what was once our voluntary co-sleeping arrangement has turned into a burning desire for her to start sleeping in her own bed. I am hoping the glow in the dark design will encourage her to stay in her own room *crosses fingers*

One more absolutely lovely thing I loved about the specialty finish is the fact that you can’t see it during the day. It basically takes on the color of the wall so it is very non intrusive to any other design elements you may have in the room. I had to struggle to get the right angle for you to see.

I can’t wait to see the look on her face when I put her in the bed this evening because she has no idea!

I encourage you to take a look on the Disney Paint website where there is a virtual room painter that will allow you to try out various combinations of paint and specialty finishes to help you make an informed decision. This tool is invaluable seeing that painting and repainting and repainting and ……is no fun. Trust me!

Compensation and products for review were provided by Glidden via MomTrends. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions of Glidden.

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