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Student Room and Retreat Find out how to tone down a colorful room into a calming retreat. From "Ready As She Grows" episode DASG-105

A student retreat is created with soothing paint colors, a canopy daybed and a spacious desk.

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Walls

The purple walls from the "Private Space" episode are replaced with more neutral colors.

Paint:

Fireweed SW6328
Viva Gold SW6367
Leather Bound SW6118
Totally Tan SW6115
Arresting Auburn SW6034

Materials:

paint brush
painter's blue tape

1. Tape around the area to be painted using painter's blue tape.

2. Paint the ceiling and upper wall (above the tray shelf), in "Viva Gold" (figure A).

3. Paint the tray shelf and trim "Leather Bound" (figure B).

4. Paint the lower wall (below the tray shelf) with "Fireweed" (figure C).

Figure A

Figure B

Figure C

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