Before and After

Remember how I said I wanted to change our bedroom accent wall color?  Well, done and done. 

In case you forgot, here's what our bedroom used to look like.  I had a thing for red,white and black (obviously). 

That red wall took my friend M and I FOREVER to paint.  The interior brick kept sucking up the paint, and we ending up using several cans.  I swore never again.

Well, I lied.

What do you think?

C, showing off her work

This was unbelievably easy to fix.  It's all in the paint though, I SWEAR to you.  Please remember this if you ever need to paint over a dark, or otherwise difficult color: Use Valspar Hi-Def Paint.  It is a lifesaver.

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This paint is AMAZING.  It covered up the dark red paint in ONE coat.  Seriously, one coat!  No primer!  Can you tell I'm excited?  I bought a gallon of paint, and I still have a little under half of the can left.  Covering a red brick wall with only half a can of paint is a miracle in my world.

The paint was a little pricey at $35 a gallon.  I got a $5 mail-in rebate, so that helps.  Oh, and can I add that this whole project came about because Target had a dark brown comforter/skirt/pillow sham set on sale for $17.95 (originally $80!).  I bought two throw pillows from Burlington Coat Factory for $14.95, a little blue Nautica blanket from Marshall's for 12.95, and that lovely little picture for $24.99 at Target.  So, in total, we spent around $100 to redo our room, and have nice, new bedding.  Not too shabby, eh?  Job well done!

Oh, and Bad Kitty approves.