I love the entire room. Ideally I'd buy the whole set...but of course I live in a world with a budget! I showed the picture to friends and my husband to get their feed back and a vote of confidence that I could actually do something like this. Well deperate times (aka: sick kid, unable to get out of the house) call for extreme measures.
I took this blank wall (excuse the window reflection) and hand drew a tree form using the picture above as a rough guide.
I used brown acrylic paints from a craft store to paint the tree form on the wall. This was the point where I knew... NO TURNING BACK.... like it or hate it it was staying! :) I am no artist... so this was a huge risk for me.
Of course no craft project in my house of three kids under 4 turns out just as I plan.... while out prepping a template for leaves my 2 1/2 year old twins decided to help me out with the paint job. Imagine my horror (and delight) to find they had painted the wall ... but DIDN'T come close to the tree!
I used a template to start painting leaves on the branches.
Then I added flowers in varying shades of pink and red and added lighter colors to accent and add dimension.
It looks wonderful! Good thing you're little "helpers" didn't do anything that wasn't easy to fix!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE IT!!! Great job girlie!!! :):)
ReplyDeleteI have been looking for something unique for my stepdaughters room. I am going to show this to her the next time she is here. You did a nice job despite the help from the twins lol! I'd like to link to this idea from http://diypaintingyourhome.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteI think it looks beautiful! Love your blog!
ReplyDelete@ShePaints Thanks for the feature! It was pretty easy to do if you decide to do it for your stepdaughter. :)
ReplyDeleteQuality materials and proper technique are critical to achieving a durable, cleanable, and easy-to-maintain finish.
ReplyDeleteEqually beautiful! You should really be proud to make something like that! It's really beautiful and I wouldn't have second thoughts on having that on my daughter's room.Your kids made me smile by the way :)
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