Fall Dining Room Re-do (After)

Opa! Grab the Ouzo because it’s time for the big reveal of my updated dining room. If you missed last week’s post (you can read it here) I teamed up with Valspar to use their new premium paint Valspar® Reserve™ to paint a bold accent wall in our little apartment dining room. It was high time I brought some color into the space and Fall felt like the perfect season to do so.

I chose a bold Mediterranean or “Greek” blue called Valspar Azure Jazz. Thanks to the help of my friend Alisa, it took one short afternoon to prep, tape, paint, and style my dining room. Let me tell you, it’s always more fun to paint when you have a good friend to help you out!

I’ve painted dark colors onto white walls in the past and never managed to succeed without at least two, sometimes three, coats of paint. Thankfully, Valspar® Reserve™ is a paint primer in one and went on quite easily with lovely coverage in just one coat. Plus it’s perfect for a dining room as the paint is completely washable. Thank goodness for easy cleaning!

This gave us plenty of time to finish the entire project and sit down for a glass of wine to celebrate and enjoy the new space all in one afternoon. But enough with my rambling on! See for yourself how we transformed my blank white dining room into a now colorful space.

To get the look you will need:
Valspar® Reserve™ in Azure Jazz
Paint roller
Paint tray
Edge brush
Painter’s tape- I recommend FrogTape as it gives the cleanest edge!
Drop cloth
Rags for clean up

Steps:
1. Clear the room of all furniture.
2. Carefully tape off the edges of the wall you are preparing to paint pressing the tape down securely.

3. Working in a “W” shaped pattern, paint the wall leaving a small un-painted border.
4. Using an edge brush, paint the boarders. If needed follow again with the roller to smooth out the transition.

5. Allow paint to dry completely and remove tape.
6. Style your room, re-hang artwork and enjoy!

Styling elements for fall:

Woven area rug- Cost Plus World Market
Small lamp- Target
Natural accents- horns and white pumpkins
Abstract painting- “Hearth” by Ashley Hizer
Decanters- vintage

photos by Joanne Pio / video by Mark Samuels

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Valspar. All opinions expressed here are my own. Thank you for supporting the sponsors who allow me to continue creating new and colorful content for Freutcake! With Valspar® Reserve™, now the colors you love stay the colors you love. Available exclusively at Lowe’s, find a retailer here.