This Sports Themed Playroom is scoring big thanks to a personalized wall mural and a few inexpensive touches. It’s also a perfect example of how being surrounded by the things you love, can turn a mundane room into one of the most used spaces in your home. Be sure to check out the video tutorial by clicking on the picture above. I’m also including a written blog with pictures below. Continue Reading →
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Train-Theme Murals
Pack your bags and get ready for some Train-theme Murals, as well as a trip down memory lane. It was four years ago that I had the unique opportunity of painting a series of murals in the Kids Ministry Center at my church. They wanted murals that would make children feel like they were going on a journey aboard the “Grace Express.” Given carte blanche to paint whatever I wanted, they ended up with trains in every classroom, an entry way turned into a train station, and even train tracks on the concrete floors! The only thing I didn’t do was paint Train-theme Murals in the children’s restrooms. That is…until now. Continue Reading →
Family Tree Mural
If you have a boring hallway, a Family Tree Mural may be just the thing to breath new life into it. That was certainly the case in my house. I recently repainted and moved some things around, and in so doing, was reminded of how my hallway lacked luster. So, before I tacked my photos back onto the plain wall, I went online, and found the inspiration for this swirly, whimsical tree mural. Continue Reading →
Paint Concrete Floors (Train-Themed Murals – Part 5)
We’re staying on track with more Train-Themed Murals, and I mean that quite literally. In this blog, I’ll show you how to Paint Concrete Floors. I wish I could take credit for the idea, but it was already done elsewhere. Once I was shown a picture, I couldn’t wait to paint the concrete floors in my church’s Kids’ Ministry area and see if I could improve on the idea! Continue Reading →
Train Murals – Part 4 (Find Inspiration)
If you’ve been following my blog, we’re staying on track with Train Murals. I spent six and a half weeks painting every hallway and every classroom in the Kid’s Ministry area of my church to give children the feeling they were going on a journey aboard The Grace Express. It was a lot of fun, but also A LOT of ground to cover. So now, in Part 4, I’ll show you where to Find Inspiration for a project this size. Continue Reading →
I Think I Can, I Think I Can (Train Murals – Part 3)
“I Think I Can, I Think I Can” pretty much sums up how I was feeling as I continued to pick up steam…and inspiration, for more train murals. At this point, I had just finished painting a train station in the entry way of the Kid’s Ministry area at my church, when someone handed me a stack of books. He was a serious railway buff and thought I wouldn’t mind seeing some of the stuff he had. Wow! It was exactly what I needed to get me going! Even though my murals were cartoon style, I sketched out a train from one of the book covers and painted my first train in the Preschool classroom. It was an older looking train with lots of character. Keeping with our theme, I called it “The Grace Express.” Continue Reading →
Kitchen Makeover (Part 4)
I had entirely too much fun with this Kitchen Makeover! It’s impossible not to when you love who you’re working with. These homeowners not only have a young, hip sense of style…they are some of the sweetest people I know; devoted teachers (one of them was even voted Teacher of the Year last school year!), and foster parents, whose whole reason for the makeover was to accommodate foster children in their home. Just knowing I could help with that, even in a small way, warms my heart.
Kitchen Makeover (Part 1)
If money wasn’t an object, we could all remodel and have fabulous kitchens… But a fabulous Kitchen Makeover with little to no money…now that…THAT takes some imagination. Maybe that’s why I was thrilled when a friend asked if I could swing by and give her some ideas for her kitchen. This is what I found when I got there:
I’ll give you a few seconds to lift your jaw off the floor before I go on…