Repainting the Bathroom

I'm sure everyone still has the image of that yellow bathroom seared into their brains, but in case you've forgotten, let me remind you.

As soon as we put it on the walls, we knew we needed to try something else.  So we took another look at the colors in the curtain:  beige (the walls were originally this color), yellow (not so pretty), red (could this end up being really dark?), dark minty green (again, too dark?) and light minty green (ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!).

So back to Lowe's we went.  After talking to the lady at the paint counter, she said we would need a separate paint and primer.  We requested Valspar paint and primer.  The paint color we picked out was called Minty Fresh.

After adding the primer, our eyes could focus a little easier in the room.  We could instantly tell how much better everything looked without the yellow paint.

Before painting the entire room minty green, we paint a small section of the wall.  We were super skeptical.  I think I especially was really nervous about painting the entire room again and not liking it.  We painted a little bit bigger section and let it dry.  It looked really good.  So we took the plunge and painted the entire room.

Like you can see from the pictures, sometime the paint looks more green, sometimes in looks more blue.  The color-changing doesn't both us.  We love it!  At first we were worried it might not match the curtain after all, but once we hung it, we were in love!