More Pink and Black for Brittany

You might think having the pink and black tile in her bathroom would be enough but not for my young'un, nope, she's decorating her bedroom in the same colors. Below are the before and after pics for a mid-century headboard she found at the furniture consignment shop. She and I painted it these hot colors and I think it looks pretty cool, especially for a young 20 something. It's still in my garage, so it's not set-up yet, but once she takes it home I'll post a pic with the bed set-up. Second thoughts, it might be a while, she still hasn't purchased a box springs. Anyway, when (and if) it ever gets set-up, I'll give you a pic.

Keep scrolling after for the pics taken during the process.

Here's the BEFORE, well, we forgot to take the pic before we started sanding, so almost BEFORE...

 

And a close-up of the circles BEFORE...

Here's the AFTER...

 

We painted this with spray paint - Rustoleum Satin Finish Black. Doing the black was pretty easy, it took three coats, the problems started with the pink.

First we had to cover the black which meant we had to cover the black that was between the circles. My dear hubby was the smart one that started poking the corners of paper between the circles, Brittany and I finished.

 

Then we covered the rest.

 

It took a couple hours and a LOT of tape to cover it properly. Some pink still got through but I'll tell you how I fixed it later.

Next Brittany spray painted the circles. It was hard to find a paint that was "hot" pink, so she bought a florescent paint that is used for marking the ground. Needless to say, it didn't work. It was fairly translucent, so to cover the black it took a lot of coats. After about four coats it started to crackle and the color wasn't really pink, it was more orange. Not cool.

At that point I took over and sanded off all the florescent paint and purchased the hottest pink spray paint I could find. It was Valspar hot pink gloss. It wasn't as hot as she wanted but it looks a LOT better than the other color. It took three coats to cover.

When we pulled off the tape and paper it looked pretty good, however, some of the pink had bled under the tape and the black needed to be touched up. I purchased a small .99 cent paint brush and sprayed some black paint into a plastic cup. I have a steady hand and was able to clean up the leaks really well but lucky it wasn't a big job, by the time I finished, the paint had eaten through the bottom of the cup. The bottom hadn't fallen off yet, thank goodness, and I was finished, so all was good.

Here's the AFTER pic again...

 

Until later ~

Reba