Just Paint It Blog

  • Facebook
  • Google+
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Home
  • About
    • My Stuff
      • My House
      • My Hubs
      • My Paintings
        • Illustrations
        • Murals
  • Projects
    • How To/PIY
      • PIY – Paint It Yourself
      • Quick Stuff
      • Tutorials
      • Videos
    • Techniques
      • Antiquing & Distressing
      • Blending Colors
      • Color Wash
      • Decoupage
      • Drawing
      • Dry Brushing
      • Faux Finishes
      • Glazing
      • Highlighting
      • Shading
      • Stenciling
      • Transfers
    • Home Decor
      • Accessories
      • Furniture
      • Holiday Decorating
      • Seasonal Decorating
    • Crafts
      • Dollar Store Crafts
      • Holiday Crafts
        • Christmas Crafts
        • Halloween Crafts
      • Kids Crafts
      • Seasonal Crafts
    • Paint Types
      • Chalk Paint
      • Chalkboard Paint
      • Glitter Paint
      • Metallic Paint
      • Pearl Paint
      • Specialty Paints
      • Spray Paint
      • Watercolor Paint
    • Paint Surfaces
      • Paint Canvas
      • Paint Fabric
      • Paint Glass
      • Paint Metal
      • Paint Paper
      • Paint Plastic
      • Paint Walls
      • Paint Wood
    • Submit Yours
  • Shop
    • A.R.T. – Art Related Things
    • Original Art
    • Pet Portraits
    • ClipArt & Printables
  • Portfolio
    • Pet Portraits
  • Contact

Shared Brother/Sister Room Murals

August 20, 2010 By Colleen Jorgenson 10 Comments

Shared boy/girl room mural

I had the wonderful privilege of painting murals in a little boy’s and soon-to-be-born-baby girl’s room yesterday. It’s hard enough to decorate a room for a boy and a girl, but coming up with mural ideas? That would’ve been quite a challenge for me, but luckily Mommy already had ideas of what she wanted.

shared boy/girl room mural
When we first met she had this wonderful drawing of a rocketship. What little boy wouldn’t love his own rocketship mural over his bed? I neglected to take a picture of the baby girl’s side – shooting stars and twinkles.

We set the date for yesterday, as long as Baby Girl didn’t decide to make an early arrival!

shared boy/girl room mural

I started with a chalk sketch on the wall. Chalk works great because Mommy could then see the size, position and placement of Little Boy’s rocketship and it wipes off easily.

shared boy/girl room mural
Since we decided to paint the rocketship in Silver, I started with a basecoat of White.

shared boy/girl room mural
Metallics are tricky – it’s hard to get the highs & lows you get with a matte paint. I added some Blue and Purple shading, along with White highlighting.

shared boy/girl room mural
shared boy/girl room mural
Doesn’t the Red make the whole thing pop? We were a little leery to go with Red, but both Mommy and I loved it.

shared boy/girl room mural
I like how the Silver paint really shows the texture of the wall.

Now over to the Baby Girl’s corner –

shared boy/girl room mural
Three stars on one side and waving starstreams that stretch across to the adjacent wall.

shared boy/girl room mural
The stars were painted with Gold, Pale Gold and a little of the Purple for shading. The Gold has more of a yellow cast in these pictures than in person for some reason. Using the Pale Gold, which is a soft metallic yellow, gave some nice highlights to the stars and starstreams.

 shared boy/girl room mural
A growth chart for the kids that combines both murals. Mommy had a great idea to mark height – write on little stars and then glue them on the chart. Wouldn’t that be cute? Much better than plain ol’ lines, I think.

  shared boy/girl room mural
shared boy/girl room mural
Wasn’t this a cute way to decorate a boys’ & girls’ room? Not to mention one is a toddler and one will be an infant soon. Very soon! Have a safe, healthy delivery, Elizabeth!

This gives me an idea. I never have pictures of babies after I paint a nursery mural. You know how OBGYN’s have picture walls of all the babies they deliver? Maybe I’ll start a little file of babies in front of their murals. Fun, huh?

Do your kids share a room? How did you decorate? Do you have some tips and ideas to share? We’d love to see your pictures!

Ready to go bloghopping? Check out all these great linky parties.


Punkin Seed Productions
Photobucket

Have a great weekend!
Colleen

Filed Under: murals, my paintings, My Stuff

Comments

  1. Terrell says

    August 20, 2010 at 3:11 pm

    Loving this!!! It’s just so whimsical and a great job, girly!! Thank you for linking it up to my party at Frou Frou Decor! Have a great weekend!!
    ~Terrell @ Frou Frou Decor~

    Reply
  2. Eve says

    August 20, 2010 at 3:26 pm

    What a great job you did on this. I really love it, and if I had children I’d do this for sure Eveshouse.blogspot.com

    Reply
  3. Maria Gridley says

    August 20, 2010 at 4:22 pm

    Soo cute! You did such a great job! The Rocket ship looks amazing, I agree about the red. It really looks great! Loving the stars for the little girl, how special that they each have a little mural.

    Im working on making my kids rooms special. No wall murals, though I did paint something for my boys: http://agapelovedesigns.blogspot.com/2010/05/robot-room.html

    Reply
  4. josh healy says

    August 21, 2010 at 7:21 am

    hi, hope it’s ok to contact you here. we would love to include your blog on our giveaway search engine: giveaway scout (http://www.giveawayscout.com). have a look and if interested, use our online form to add your blog (http://www.giveawayscout.com/addblog/ ). thanks, josh

    Reply
  5. Karen@StrictlySimpleStyle says

    August 21, 2010 at 5:40 pm

    What a fun job you have. Decorating rooms for children must be one of your favorites. I’m sure the children will grow up loving their murals.

    BTW, thanks for stopping by my blog via Frugal With a Flourish.

    Reply
  6. Regina says

    August 21, 2010 at 9:50 pm

    Colleen….what a great way to pull a boy’s and girl’s room together. I know it was hard with the ages too but as always you pulled it together awesomely!!!

    Hugs,
    Regi

    Reply
  7. 华瑗泽 says

    August 22, 2010 at 4:44 am

    時間就是塑造生命的材料。......................................................................

    Reply
  8. Jess @ Frugal with a Flourish says

    August 23, 2010 at 12:22 am

    Adorable! That is such a great way to make a dual bedroom special for both kids! Love it!

    Reply
  9. C.R.A.F.T. says

    August 23, 2010 at 10:49 pm

    adorable come on over and link up to MMM!

    Reply
  10. Jerri says

    August 27, 2010 at 1:37 am

    Cute room! Love this idea!

    Thanks for linking up with me for Friday Favorites!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    About Me

    Hi there! I'm Colleen, a self-taught artist, writer and blogger, among other things. You don't get to be old enough to order off the Denny's senior menu without accomplishing a few things in life. Read More…

    Recent Posts…
    • Patriotic Fourth of July Printables June 25, 2019
    • Camping Coloring Pages June 15, 2019
    • How to Paint Purple Iris January 28, 2019
    • How to Paint a Teddy Bear January 24, 2019
    • How to Paint Tulips January 21, 2019
    Comments…
    • D. S. Jackson on African – American Santas
    • Theresa Morrissey on African – American Santas
    • Kena on African – American Santas
    • Colleen on How To Paint a Simple Bow and Ribbon Streamers
    • Vicki on How To Paint a Simple Bow and Ribbon Streamers

    Subscribe via Email

    Get updated delivered directly to your inbox!

    Art Digital Downloads

    Archives

    Pretty Handy Girl Fun DIY Gifts!

    PHG_zazzle-banner

    Videos

    Error type: "Forbidden". Error message: "The request is missing a valid API key." Domain: "global". Reason: "forbidden".

    Did you added your own Google API key? Look at the help.

    Check in YouTube if the id muralmaker1 belongs to a . Check the FAQ of the plugin or send error messages to support.

    Instagram

    Google+

    Facebook

    Pinterest

    Etsy

    Copyright © 2021 Just Paint It!/Colleen Jorgensen · website by Houndstooth Media Group