best type of paint use in painting a toddler's bedroom

[Strawbs]

Hi,

I am wanting to get my son's bedroom repainted but am mindful of fumes etc with him being only little and me being heavily pregnant. Is it realistic to have a painter paint the room in the morning with the windows / doors being open til say 8pm that night (bedtime) and it be ok for my son to sleep in that room that night? It is just a lick of paint not a big job so I would imagine he could do it in a morning. He wont sleep anywhere except his cot which I would have to dismantle to remove from the bedroom so am trying to avoid that.

Also do I go for something like a water based paint? i.e. no toxic fumes etc.

Any advice would be great.

thanks

Jules x

[bli]

Would recommend Colour Makes People Happy (I think it's called) in the row of shops opposite ED station, which sells a range of paints that are non-toxic.

I used it to paint our stairs when my youngest was a few months old (what was I thinking?!) and it was definitely not smelly or caused any fumes etc. Although not in a bedroom, I had been worried about the fumes wafting through the whole house so it was perfect. Lovely colour range too, and helpful guy who runs it.

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

I used Eco organic paint, pricey but its great . No fumes at all!

http://www.ecosorganicpaints.co.uk

[Mrs TP]

And try and get one that you can wipe clean with a wet cloth.

[etta166]

Most paints are now low VOC anyway, so you should be fine with whatever you want. Dulux do a great range of very washable paints. You can even get felt tip cleaned off the walls without taking the paint off too.

[bodsier]

Simon at colour me happy will help you out, great paints, fantastic colours, local independent business.... Can't go wrong really

[Strawbs]

thanks everyone this is a great help! I will pop down to colour me happy and see what he can set me up with. x

[esme]

bli Wrote:

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> Would recommend Colour Makes People Happy (I think

> it's called) in the row of shops opposite ED

> station, which sells a range of paints that are

> non-toxic.

>

> I used it to paint our stairs when my youngest

> was a few months old (what was I thinking?!) and

> it was definitely not smelly or caused any fumes

> etc. Although not in a bedroom, I had been worried

> about the fumes wafting through the whole house so

> it was perfect. Lovely colour range too, and

> helpful guy who runs it.

Seconded :) used paint from there in our baby's first room and it was great quality and didn't smell

[inthewoods]

I used Little Green: no fumes, made in Manchester, beautiful range of colours.