Painted Bunk Beds and Armoire in My Boy's Room
I just posted my boy's back to school Bedroom Makeover, Did you catch it?
If not, you can see it HERE.
So as I had cited, the most important exchange I made to their bed room became that I debunked their bunk beds and painted them, in addition to the armoire in the room, a navy blue shade.
So here is the earlier than:
I'm sure these beds look familiar to you just because these seem to be a standard set that are just great for growing families. We bought these bunk beds years ago at Shopko. They have worked out just fine for our two boys, although, eventually we would like to buy something a little more solid that is designed for older boys.
Until we get new beds, these ones work just fine. But I was really wanting to give them a new look because I was getting tiered of the orange wood color and so I decided to paint them.
The armoire as soon as belonged to my mom-in-regulation and it too changed into the same orange timber color and so I decided to color it in conjunction with the beds.
Here are the stairs I took to color the furnishings:
CLEAN
First I washed all of the furniture down, removing any dirt and then I scratched off all of the stickers. Can anyone tell me why kids always want to put stickers Everywhere? Ha!
REMOVE HARDWARE
I removed all of the handles and pulls from the armoire, but to save time I left the doors on the armoire because I don't mind paint on the hinges. This also makes it easy to paint both sides of doors at once.
SAND
I took my little hand sander and lightly sanded all the furniture down.
PRIME
My favorite primer ever is Kilz. It allows paint to adhere to surfaces that have a glossy finish.
PAINT
And wouldn't you know, I didn't take any pictures of the painting process. I must have just gotten to excited to finish. I applied the paint with a small roller and a small paint brush. It took two coats of paint to fully cover the wood.
This paint colour is known as, Naval by using Sherwin Williams
And Here is the After:
Don't you think the beds turned out great? I sure do!
And right here is the armoire After:
It looks like a whole new piece of furniture.
I allowed the paint to completely dry earlier than placing the hardware lower back on.
I opted to not paint the inside of the armoire, besides for the doorways due to the fact I didn't locate it necessary to paint it.
And as you could see, this armoire is a superb garage answer for a portion of my boy's toys and games.
Using the same navy paint, I repainted this coat hook so it would match the rest of the furniture in the room. If you look at the first two before pictures you'll see that this coat hook was more of a teal color before.
This was a project that I had been dreading to do for a long time, and now I am so glad that I got it done. I am so happy with the end results and my boys think it looks great!
So if you have this identical furniture and would love to alternate it, I say Go For It! Follow my steps, give yourself a couple of days to spend portray, and you too may be so happy you probably did it.
Thank you for preventing by way of,
Emily