Ten June: Nursery Update: A Freshly Painted Baby Boy's Room {Sherwin Williams Emerald Paint Review}

Nursery Update: A Freshly Painted Baby Boy's Room {Sherwin Williams Emerald Paint Review}

Y'all. This is a day I've been waiting on for awhile now. As you guys know, David and I had to wait to get started on the nursery because our house was on the market. Well, it's still on the market, but with only six and a half weeks until baby Ten June makes his appearance, we decided it's high time to get this nursery ready! Which thrills me : ) I've been wanting to get started on this sucker since I found out that I was pregnant!

And when Sherwin Williams contacted me to test out their new Emerald paint line- a paint line that is entirely zero VOC and perfect for a baby's room- I knew it was time to dive in!

Last week, I told you about the prep work we put into the room before we started painting, including sanding and filling holes in the walls, installing quarter round trim and painting the trim in the room. This week, I've got lots of gorgeous "after" photos to share with you.

Introducing baby Ten June's freshly painted baby boy room! Welcome!

David and I (yes, I could help too because the paint has zero VOC's!) painted the trim a fresh white- Emerald Interior semi-gloss in "Extra White" (SW 7006) and the walls a sweet baby boy blue- Emerald Interior eggshell in "Sleepy Blue" (SW 6225). I am in love with the colors.

(Side note: I still need to paint that little black vent!)

Look at that little stash of goodies our pea pod has already over in the corner! He's a lucky man : )

As you can see, we haven't started setting up the room yet- we still have a dresser to put together (that's what those large cardboard boxes are), curtains to hang (more on those next week!), bed linens to set up and art to put on the walls. Hopefully a lot of that will be tackled this weekend!

I love that the doors are all a crisp white now, to match the trim.

Oh and hello, how can I forget the ceiling? David labored over painting this bead board ceiling and wow... he did an amazing job. It. Is. Gorgeous.

Doesn't that beautiful white bead board just make you want to go slap your momma?

In case you forgot, here are the before photos of the room.

And one big fresh breath of after!

I can't even believe how much I love it in there. Is it weird that I just go sit in my yet-to-arrive son's nursery just to hang out? Hey, Maggie and Tucker do it too!

The Emerald paint was really amazing to work with. Obviously, the biggest draw for us is that the entire formula (from the paint base to the colorants added into the paint) is zero VOC. This means there are no harsh chemicals mixed into the paint, which makes it extra safe for a nursery. And it meant that I could actually be around the paint as we were painting! Double score.

The paint is supposed to be very durable, washable (on all finishes) and mold and mildew resistant. I can't attest to these yet, but of course I'll keep you posted : )

The Emerald paint is also self-priming, which is great. David and I typically only use self-priming paints around our house because it saves a step or two, but we've been concerned lately about the durability of some of the self-priming paints we've used in the past. Let's just say that after using four gallons of it, the Emerald paints take the cake and have now become our favorite self-priming paint! Everything went on so smoothly and evenly; the colors (even from different cans) all dried with the same perfect finish.

We were hoping to knock out the room with just one coat, because of the self-primer, but did have to do two coats on most surfaces. The wall paint went on incredibly smoothly- in fact, we probably could have only done one coat, even on top of that ugly beige color we were painting over. But the trim and ceilings were a bit different- the Emerald paint is a little thin (which I like, David doesn't) and didn't cover the cream trim in one coat. But to be completely fair, we painted the room on two hot, muggy, Georgia days... so I'm sure the crazy humidity played a part in the paint and how well it was sticking.

Overall, we loved the Emerald paint and will certainly be using it around our house again!

So, whatcha think?! Are you as in love as I am with our baby boy's room so far?!

Want to check out some of my other nursery posts? Here are some on the rest of the work we've done so far in this room, like choosing a nursery room, buying a crib and glider, creating a rustic wooden growth chart, repainting a hand-me-down kiddo rocking chair with a color-block theme and creating a Mod Podge scrapbook paper city skyline piece of art.