It's not easy being green...

I set you up last time with a bit of a trick. We did go with green, but we didn't go with either of the colors we sampled. Lime Rickey (the top) was a little too yellow for our liking. Witty Green (the bottom) was the right tone but we worried that it would look too much like mint or pastel and not like jungle. So we did a very scary thing. We went to the store undecided and bought a color without trying it first. We almost picked one that turned out to be even more yellow than Lime Rickey (we didn't think it was particularly yellow looking on the paint chip, but the required base for the paint was actually a yellow base, so that scared us off). Then we decided that since we liked Witty Green but didn't like how pastel it was, we would just get the next one down on the chart.

And so, I bring you....Laudable Lime.

You can see that we did slap some up next to the other wall swatches, but by then really we had committed to two full un-returnable gallons, so it was mostly a formality. So with that, we started getting to work - as usual, I did the edging and D did the rolling.

The non-right angle edges were tough, just like they were in our bedroom. Last time, I used Frog Tape to block off the lines. But that was hard in itself to line up the tape with the line between the wall and the ceiling. This time I opted to free hand the line. It made for some awkward angles for me, but actually came out just as neat (or as messy, depending on your point of view) as with the tape.

A note on the paint - since we started painting this place 3.5 years ago, we've been primarily using Sherwin William's Duration. It used to be their top of the line paint, and we've been mostly happy with it. I don't think it is quite as durable at getting rid of stains and marks as they make it sound, but it's been good. Since the last time we did a major paint job over a year ago, SW came out with a new top of the line paint, pushing Duration down one peg. And while they probably are almost identical and we probably couldn't notice any real difference, Emerald did have one main selling point - absolutely no VOCs. Duration has very low amounts, which again, is pretty good. But since I was painting while pregnant (and yes, we did this before it got too hot, so we kept the windows open), we opted to spend a little extra and get everything we could with no VOCs at all, including Emerald. Also unlike in most of the house where we used eggshell finish on the walls and satin on the woodwork, we opted for semi-gloss everywhere, because it's even more durable and more washable. Which is something we thought would be pretty important for a little kid's room.

And so, I present to you the very, very green room (after it was all done, we realize it might be a teensy weensy bit too bright):

Think we're done? Oh no, we're just getting started on this room. Wait until you see what we have planned next!