Recommend light blue SW color for nursery

[smilee1079]

I am going to get Harmony paint for our nursery. Is it good? Do I need primer? Would you do egg shell or semi Gloss for a nursery? Any light blue color recs? Thanks!

[LoveTrains]

make sure you get it this weekend - paint is 40% off staring on the 9th.

[mrsemilys]

DD's nursery is SW Blue Horizon and we used Harmony and liked it. I don't remember the sheen though....

[wawa]

not that you need to pick a color first though - you can just go buy the paint and then go back later and get it tinted. (seriously you guys...life saver there. I love you all so much for telling me that)

I'm using Harmony in my house right now. We're starting from a hodge podge of patched walls and new drywall, so obviously we primed. If you're painting over just a different paint color I'd feel comfortable skipping primer as long as the existing paint isn't bright, dark or glossy.

And I'd do egshell. I hate shiny walls. I don't think semi-gloss on the walls is ever necessary. A good quality paint should be plenty wipeable in eggshell/satin.

[amblor]

mrsemily.. I love that blue in the nursery!

I would do eggshell or satin also because I don't really like shiny walls, however, I have heard it's easier to wipe down the walls due to crayon, grime, etc in a kid's room with semi gloss (from unsolicited advice of coworkers of course). I have had no issues wiping my SW satin walls though.

[cza]

DS's room is Vast Sky. It is much more blue than the previous blue paint posted.

[pickle123]

I painted my sons room Soar. It's a really soft pretty light blue.

[TBM]

Do you have the bedding that you will be using in the room already? Some blues may have undertones that don't work with everything, while others seem to work like the blue of the sky and go with everything.

[Susie]

I really like SW Sleepy Blue, which we used in our family room:

But I'd pick bedding, etc first and coordinate with that.

We use matte Duration paint for washability w/o much sheen. Even satin would be too much for me.

[FoxInFiji]

We used SW Tradewind in the main bathroom. It's a soft gray blue color.



Here's some of the other blue colors we looked at and a link to Phoebe Howard's top blue picks:
threeacres.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/mudding-priming-painting/

[thiswillbe]

We've used Harmony paint in our kids' rooms, and really like it. "Eg-shel" has been totally fine in terms of being able to clean it.

I don't remember which blue we ultimately used-- I know we tried Hinting Blue, but I think we ended up with Icelandic.

[mrs.jacinthe]

I love that Blue Horizon color. LOVE it.

[aegis2005]

I don't have a color recommendation, but am painting our nursery with the Harmony eggshell, and am really happy with the coverage and lack of smell.

[jolita]

I'm thinking of going with SW SeaSalt for DD's room

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[smilee1079]

Thanks everyone. I do have some bedding in mind so I may try to get it TJs weekend before going to SW for the sale. If not, I will use the great tip to buy now and tint later!

[demandypants]

I also used Soar in my DD's nursery and accented with pink.

[bg09]

Our bedroom is SW Misty, and I love it! It's a very light blue with a grayish tint to it.

ETA: I would use a satin finish. I also don't like the look of shiny walls, but the satin finish is still easily cleanable