Art on Every Floor of This Home!

Do you know where in the world this is?  Is it recognizable?  I spent 6 hours painting this scene...

I love to see the finished mural with furniture in place!

Before:  Downstairs Powder Room.  Dark Marine Blue on far wall, beige wall opposite toilet & sink.  This is the view when you walk in (with my chalk mark calculations in place).

Notice the circle doorstop?  Sometimes it makes best sense to paint right over things and make them invisible.

After:  Tulum, Mexico, Mayan ruins near the ocean.  This family's heritage is south of the border, and they wanted something to tie in with the pool in their backyard.

View from the door as you walk in.  Not so claustrophobic as it was!

Fun couple of days painting!

Beach on Broadway

Picture this: 4:30 pm, our house. Paint up and down my arms, on my neck. I had forgotten to take a lunch to work. Very hungry. John whisks me to our favorite Chinese buffet for an early sushi plus dinner, tells our children to please eat leftovers. I still had on my scary paint clothes from finishing up this project, but was too hungry to care. Of course we run into someone we know...I should have at least brushed my hair!

As you walk into this teenage girl's room, this is what you see:

Turning towards the closet doors to the right:


And behind you (notice the ocean waves in reflected in the shell mirror!)


Downstairs, same house, in the big family room (re-modeled extension off of original kitchen--I love this room!). Goal was to be subtle, make the saying look as if it were carved right into the wall. "Priory" is name of font. Used base coat color and added Payne's Grey for shadows and basecoat plus Titanium White.