How to Transform a Dining Room with Bright Paint Color

A dining room decor transformation with Sherwin Williams color Lemon Twist (SW 6909).

My dining room area needed a punch of color and freshness and I wanted to make it happen by painting the wall behind my dining room table in a happy and energetic color.

I have always felt like yellow makes me smile. It reminds me of summer, the neighborhood I grew up in back in Mexico and all the lemon trees that you could see around.So I ran to my local Sherwin William store to look for the perfect yellow for my dining room area.

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I loved how easy it was to find it in the new ColorSnap® displays. They have created a new, comprehensive and integrated system that could save up to 60% of time while picking and exploring colors. One of the main improvements of the system is that now it’s possible to explore groups of color by family, like red, yellow or blue, and by saturation level, from bright to neutral with a new exclusive category for whites.

Knowing that I wanted a yellow tone, I just ran to this panel and I started scanning for my favorites. Another thing I really liked was being able to take the paint samples home which are now bigger than they used to be, 2 x 3 inches, and replaced the longer strips that sometimes made you feel confused since you needed to look at different options at the same time. I went back home and taped three different paint samples I brought home to the wall and I looked at them from far away.

That's how I decided for the beautiful Lemon Twist (SW 6909)!

MATERIALS:

• 1 gallon of Harmony® Interior Acrylic Latex Paint. Sheen: Semi-Gloss. Color: SW 6909 Lemon Twist.

• 1 Purdy® White Dove™ Roller Cover

• KWIK-Release™ 9″ Roller Frame

• 1 Mil 9′ x 12′ Plastic Drop Cloth

• 1 ½” Sherwin Williams Contractor Series® Extra Firm Angle Sash Brush

• Multi surface Scotch tape

• 1 Purdy® Clearcut® Swan (3")

How to Paint a Dining Room with a Bright Yellow Color:

1. Put the painter's masking tape around windows, ceiling and anything else you don’t want to paint to protect them.

2. Start by outlining the whole wall. For corners and other small details. I like to use small brushes to paint details. I like flat brushes, like the Purdy Clearcut Swan (3") to outline the ceiling. I like to use an angle brush for corners and small details.

3. Apply the paint to the whole wall. Wait a couple of hours and paint a second layer. You might need to add two or more layers of paint to get a uniform color on the whole wall.

4. Wait until the walls are dry and remove the painter's masking tape.

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I hope this project inspire you to transform your dining room area with an unexpected bright and happy color!