With the help of Eddie's nephew Dave, we thought it would be a cool idea to leave some of the room's walls open without sheet rock. I had also just read The Last Lecture and was convinced, like the author as a child, I wanted to paint my walls in a creative way. So I decided on murals.
The first is the wall opposite of where I lie my head to sleep every night. I used compound to texture the waterfall before painting it.
The second is above my bed and under the loft. Using the projection screen, I have started on the Starry Night replica, with of course, Christmas lights that give the appearance of starry stars ;-) Hopefully I can finish in the next month or so.
I then have a mural of a window with a planter. The brick is actually a still-life replica of part of the view from my window next to my bed. There is a brick building with similar window styles and I just added the planter for effect. Now I just need better plants...
On the opposite wall is the "Conceptual Map Space" a concept I am trying out for brain-mapping new ideas. Above it will be some yet to be determined murals. I have some ideas for the door similar to what you see on tv with those crazy, obsessed serial killers and what nots. I need to find some yarn. Then next to the door on the wall, unseen in this picture, I want to paint a rudimentary world map.
Below are the basic outlines of the train station. I have since painted the beams red, and as you can see above stained the other beams, primed the inner-walls, and have outlined the train coming into the station.
I would also like to do a couple of murals up in the book nook loft when I have more time this summer. The goal was to have a creative environment that stimulates creativity and hopefully reflects some of my interests. So now when you come and visit, don't say I didn't warn you ;-)
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