I used a different brand of paint this time, Duration Home by Sherwin Williams. It didn't cover that well and took a lot more strokes, but the earth-friendliness of the paint made it all worthwhile. There's significantly less paint odor too. And then there's the crib. I was really skeptical about painting the crib white because I knew I would not be able to get it as smooth as any white furniture that you'd
buy at a store. After sanding the crib, priming it, and putting on the first coat, sure enough the paint had a very coarse finish. Turns out that there's this superfine sandpaper (400 grit) that you can use to smooth out paint. The crib isn't perfect, but it turned out better than I expected.
The bedding is from Pottery Barn, if you couldn't tell. Since we chose the wall colors of both the nursery and Summer's room based on the bedding, both rooms ended up with very similar shades of pink. I'm going to need to claim a room pretty soon to paint blue...perhaps the loft?
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