Let’s all join hands as well as sing “Raindrops & increased Paint.” Yes, that’s a poor noise of music pun. Please forgive me, Julie Andrews. But just look at exactly how joyful Clara’s space is thanks to the addition of some bright raindrops that we painted on the wall as well as a watermelon pink wardrobe door.
Remember when it utilized to look like this?
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Well, it’s absolutely looking quite delighted these days.
Although the door color is really a lot more true to life in this Instragram sneak peek that we shared yesterday (iPhone for the win). as well as the pink drops are much easier to see in genuine life (they seem to hide in these pics for some reason).
How did we get there? Well, a whole lot of photoshop-brainstorming right here resulted in over 900 genuinely remarkable comments as well as concepts from you guys. as well as then we shared all of our original photoshopped versions of the canopy wall with Clara in addition to some new ones that we whipped up based on recommendations from you to see which ones she liked best. We never would have believed of all the things you people came up with, as well as one that rolled in over as well as over once again was the concept of putting the raindrops outside of the canopy instead of under it like we had originally performed in this rendering (which was influenced by this this captivating project).
We liked the concept of the canopy appearing to shelter Clara from the vibrant bit raindrops, so this new handle the raindrops was one of the additional ones that we photoshopped for her to see (along with some other fun ones including constellations, some strong paint on that full wall behind the bed, a few different colors of paint on the wardrobe door to the ideal of her bed, etc).
And let me tell you, Clara’s a definitive girl. After about 2.5 seconds she looked at them all as well as stated “I like the raindrops on the wall outside however I want them to be pink as well as red as well as blue, as well as I want the door to be pink – however not light pink. DARK PINK!” Which led me to making this photoshopped picture for “final approval” from Clara.
I’m consumed with the door color that we ended up with, so Clara was right!
In short, she’s a embellishing brilliant (along with you brilliant visitors as well as all of your brilliant suggestions). The cutest thing of all is that when she saw me painting the raindrops she stated “Wowwww! mommy I truly like it real! even much better than the computer!” as well as when it was all done (including the pink door, which she incessantly reminded me about up until it was done) she walked in as well as stated “It’s….. genuinely magnificent!” It’s is a quote from one of her preferred books (Room On The Broom) as well as it had John as well as I rolling on the floor. Seriously, it was the sweetest moment as well as I desire we had believed to record it.
The raindrops are really just painted ideal onto the wall utilizing a basic cardboard stencil that I made. To make the theme for it, I utilized an old page from an activity book that Clara had ripped out as well as tossed aside (waste not, want not) as well as folded it in half vertically as well as just cut a half-teardrop-ish shape from it as well as unfolded it. I liked the scale as well as it was great as well as symmetrical considering that I utilized the folded technique, so I traced that onto the back of a cracker box as well as cut it out to produce a cardboard template.
Then I brought my laptop into her space so I might recommendation my photoshopped placement of the drops (although I didn’t simulate it exactly) as well as just traced the cardboard shape directly onto the wall with a pencil, randomly staggering them around that wall. There was zero measuring included considering that I didn’t want them to be completely put (rain seems to autumn a lot more randomly than that anyway) so I just stood back as well as taken a look at the wall as well as kind of eyed whatever as I went.
I presumed we’d have to run to the store for some $2.99 test pots of paint in pink, blue, as well as red as Clara requested – however I looked in the garage at what we had, as well as was thrilled to discover an old dirty quart of blue paint leftover from a few years back (the color is called Tranquil) as well as kept in mind that we had some pink leftover from Clara’s ceiling (Pink Cadillac) as well as there was likewise about half of a quart of a strong poppy-red color called Milano Red from a few years back (don’t even keep in mind what we utilized that for!). however if you don’t have a paint hoarding issue like me, three test pots would do the task for under $9 – so either method this is a basic as well as low-budget update, particularly considering that you can make your own stencil for it!
After digging those out, I shook them up, as well as popped the lids off all three of them, as well asjust laid them out on the white dresser top in her space to see exactly how the colors worked in there (it assisted to see them on a white surface considering that the wall is white so it provided me a great concept of exactly how they’d work together – although paint dries darker so I understood the light pink would show up a lot more on the wall). One delighted mishap about discovering all of these colors in the garage was that they all had diverse intensities (see exactly how the red is the boldest one as well as the blue is kind of the mid-tone as well as the pink is light as well as soft?) which I recognize now in hindsight may have assisted the whole job come out somewhat less hectic than if all three colors were incredibly strong as well as kind of compete-y with each other.
I was sold, so I called John as well as Clara as much as see them as well as they both provided me the thumbs up as well as left before I might put them to work (smart people), so I dove into filling all of my pencil-traced raindrops on the wall utilizing a extremely little craft brush. I dealt with one color at a time, doing all of the blue ones very first (I consulted my photoshopped picture however went rogue a few times if I believed a different color buy would look much better in some spots) as well as then moved onto the light pink ones as well as completed with the strong red ones.
Each color ended up needing two coats, so by the time I completed the red ones I went back in as well as did the second coat on the blue ones as well as then did the second coat on the pink as well as then the red. overall time spent tracing them onto the wall as well as painting = less than two hours. Oh as well as my favorites are the ones that drip into something (like the door frame or the canopy) just since their cut-off shape is so playful. It truly does feel raindrop-esque in there now, as well as I’m so happy that Clara likes it as much as we do (she did admit that the red raindrops are her favorite, however she “likes them all mixed up like that since it’s like a rainbow”).
Then it was time to paint the door, so after holding up a lot of swatches to try to discover one that was somewhat pinker as well as darker than the photoshopped picture that Clara had otherwise signed off on, we headed to the store to get hold of a quart of the winning color: Cinco De Mayo. The humorous thing about that color name is that I believed “since I have so much leftover paint that I can’t even keep in mind in the garage, I must go with it to see if I have a few of that color by some paint miracle” as well as I discovered one can that stated Mardi Gras on it as well as absolutely did the delighted dance as well as then my brain stated “Cinco De Mayo as well as Mardi Gras are not the exact same paint color” (oddly sufficient they were type of close except Mardi Gras was a bit a lot more neon).
So we ran to the store as well as gotten a quart of Cinco De Mayo as well as it just took two coats (and a third pass of just touch ups) to get it made with a little foam roller as well as a little angled clean to get into the frames of the door (you can checked out a lot more on door-painting here). We did both sides of the door just to ensure that whether it’s open or closed there’s that pop of color over there.
Oh as well as to everybody who suggested painting that door, you were absolutely right! at first I anxious about the wall feeling unbalanced if we painted it, however the polka dot wall of curtains (there are four of them) to the left of the canopy seems to visually balance the bright door so it’s not an problem at all. I likewise anxious it would look odd to have one vibrant door in her space (that’s her wardrobe door) while the door to her space (from the hallway) stays white, however it’s not a huge offer in genuine life. I just had to get over my matchy-matchy thing (all of the doors in all of our homes have always been white)… however when I saw this on Pinterest I was around it. I’ve always wished to make that wardrobe feel like a bit playhouse within the space for Clara, as well as the strong door is the very first step to that.
Of program we still have a huge blank area over her bed (we believe perhaps hanging a white paper pendant may be fun, kind of like the lamp in the photoshopped version) as well as her space is still full of white walls anywhere else (can’t wait to hang some art, do some jobs with Clara, as well as ultimately get her crib outta there so we can have some fun with the wall where that lives). however it’s a whole great deal happier with those raindrops as well as that vibrant door in full effect.
What did you people do this weekend? any type of stencil making? Or door painting? exactly how about cry-laughing when your three year old states “magnificent” – that may have been my preferred part.
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