At first I mixed it in a small one liter jar, but quickly (or not so quickly) needed to upsize.

This was Ales' idea - to paint the different shades I got as I "thinned" it down with white. (This backfired later as we had to wash it off and then paint white over it before painting the light purple, oh well, it looked cool : ) At the beginning I thought, "Oh, maybe it will be two or three parts white to one part purple."

Boy, was I wrong! Look at all those stripes! And I skipped some too! I started getting fed up at about 18 parts white.

So I started adding two parts at a time, and then I got even more fed up and started adding 4 parts at a time!

Guess how many parts white to one part purple??

THIRTY-FOUR.

Look, I'll show you:

Yup, that was my end color. 34.

Step 6. Paint the whole room light purple (two coats)

I don't really have a picture of just this step, but you'll see it in the end pictures, it not special or anything.

Step 7. Paint Accent Wall

This was definitely the most time consuming part of the whole thing, but also the most fun/funnest (I never know which one to use).

Here's what I did.

1. I chose my wall pattern. I was originally debating doing just traditional stripes - rotating large stripes of light and dark, but I decided I wanted something more interesting.

Searching the internet I came up with this photo and loved the pattern:
 

This was my plan. And here's how I executed it:

I made sure I had my printout, my coffee, and a pen. (coffee always makes things clearer, esp in the morning)

2. As step two I painted a "base coat" of the lightest color I would be using. (Note: I allowed this to dry for 12 - 24 hours until completely dry)

3. I marked off my stripes with small pieces of masking tape as markers.

I called each color "a, b, & c" and then numbered each stripe.

a - lightest color

b - medium color

c - darkest color

Here's a picture of my plan after all my writing on it:

I realize that this method may not have been the best and is quite complicated, but it seemed to make sense and worked very well for me. If anyone has any suggestions on how to do it more efficiently in the future (or for others reading this) please let me know!

Here's a closer view of my breakdown of colors and stripes.

See? I started from the right and numbered EVERY stripe, including the base color ones.

For easier labeling I marked off the room into meters (4 meters, so into four feet increments). I marked it on my paper and on the wall. This way I would have more points of reference.

On my masking tape I wrote the number and the color. For instance "1c" is the first stripe, and "2a" is the second stripe. This way I could identify the number stripe and the color instantly - it worked great.

 I understand this may be getting complicated, so I hope you're still hanging in there : )

After I wrote out the number on my masking tape, I consulted my paper and my meter marks, and then placed the masking tape on the wall. Using the masking tape allowed for easy changes and adjustments if I noticed a line was too big or small.

4. I repainted the lightest color "a" over the areas that I marked for that color. I didn't use masking tape, and didn't worry about going over the line, as it didn't matter in this case, I just wanted a second coat of that color.

5. Next I taped off color "b," the medium color (after mixing it) and painted it. (again, I masked off according to my chart and the little masking tape markers. It made the overall taping part much easier)

 Unfortunately I did need two coats for all of the stripes (even though I had very thick paint), so I couldn't immediately peel off my masking tape like I was suppose to, and that made my life very difficult.

Peeling off the masking tape immediately (or even as you're painting) is strongly suggested as it prevents the paint from bleeding under the tape.

With the medium color it wasn't as much of a problem, but when I got to the darkest color it was VERY noticable. I figured out a way to remedy it, which I'll show you.

6. Now I taped off the darkest color, "c" - Note: I made sure that each layer had dried COMPLETELY before taping the next. This is very important as the paint will peel off on the tape if you don't.

7. After that I had to go back and fix the bleeding ....

Isn't that horrible??

So in order to fix the problem, I reverse taped (whatever that means). I taped ON the stripe I wanted to fix, leaving the smears and bleeding SHOWING outside of the tape.

So I taped off the dark part in order to fix it. I painted with light color OVER the masking tape, covering the small areas that had bleed over where they were suppose to. As I painted I pulled the tape off so that it wouldn't have a chance to bleed again. And it worked! It was a pain in the bahootie, but it worked!

Here's how much better that same stripe looks:

 (sorry about the color difference, I always had horrible lighting for the pictures in that room, please forgive?))

Anyway, you get the idea : )

Okay, so I was finally DONE with the painting!!!! Whoohoo! (well, I actually had to do like a bazillion other touch ups because I'm perfectionistically inclined, but we won't diverse there : ))

Step 8. Glue baseboards on.

Step 9. Paint foam crown molding and glue.

We bought this cool (and super cheap) molding that is foam, but looks like crown molding. You just paint it a couple times, glue it up, and then you can paint it again so that you don't see the cracksl. Here, people don't use molding as much overall, but I was glad we did as it really helped give the room that "finished" look.

The corners weren't so easy to cut, but that's a whole nother story, especially when all you have is a razor knife ...

Step 10. Clean.

Did I mention that I hate cleaning? I do it of course because it comes with making the mess, but in a perfect wold I would be able to make the mess and not clean it. Sigh* yea....

Anyway, it was a lot of work cleaning all the paint and dust off of everything, but I digress.

THE FINISHED PRODUCT!

This is what you've been waiting for and probably why you've endured all my rambling, so, without further ado (insert cheering, clapping), here it is:

I also have plans to add pictures and even paint a design/decal on the wall, but that won't be for a bit longer ...

So, the question is after all this, was it worth it?

I think so .... but that's just me.

So now it's your turn. Go out and find yourself a wall and get at it! It'll be fun! Trust me! (your husband won't mind - reeeeallllly!)

Love and hugs and lots of fun,
Emily