Murals by Marcy

Painted Pay Phone

By Marcy on August 19, 2014 in Projects

Even before I Painted it red, I was already in love with this Pay Phone. I have secretly wanted one ever since I was a kid and saw an episode of the Brady Bunch in which Mike Brady had a working pay phone installed in the house in order to curb those darn Brady kids from talking to their friends for hours on end. They were SO popular, I just wanted to be a Brady kid! To have a pay phone in my house??? That would have been the ultimate! Which would explain why, as old as I am now, when I saw this grimy old pay phone at an auction, I just had to have it.

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Too Cool For School Lockers

By Marcy on July 6, 2014 in Furniture, Video Tutorials

These Too Cool For School Lockers may be super cute now, but when I first got my hands on them, they were a hot mess. See how I whipped them back into shape and gave them a fun, multi-colored paint job in this Murals by Marcy video tutorial.

In case you’re wondering, I used Valspar Signature Paint with primer in it. Colors are Everglade Deck (the darker blue used on the body of the lockers), Boughs of Pine (the green color), and Gypsy Rouge (the purple color). I added white to the Everglade Deck to get the lighter shade of blue for the doors.

World Map on Canvas

By Marcy on June 7, 2014 in Canvases & Plaques

How do you fill a giant blank wall? That’s a dilemma for lots of folks living in larger homes. But it lead to a really cool project for me, when I was asked to paint a giant World Map on Canvas. In order to make it substantial enough to fill at least 8′ X 4′, we decided to spread it out over four canvases…each measuring 24″ x 48″. This quadtych art came out great, so thought I’d post a few pics showing you how it all came together. Continue Reading →

Paint Concrete Floors (Train-Themed Murals – Part 5)

By Marcy on June 3, 2014 in Children’s Rooms, In the Home, Interior Murals

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)

By Marcy on May 20, 2014 in Children’s Rooms, Interior Murals

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)

By Marcy on May 14, 2014 in Children’s Rooms, Interior Murals, Uncategorized

“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 →

Train Station (Train Murals – Part 2)

By Marcy on May 7, 2014 in Children’s Rooms, In the Home, Props, Uncategorized

To me, it just screamed “Train Station.” As I toured the church building for the first time, still under construction, I knew immediately what I could do. They had already asked me to paint a train in the Kid’s Ministry area and call it “The Grace Express,” but the thing that first struck me was the wall of brick…and the fact it was leading up to a wall with a hole for a window. Knowing this is where parents would be checking in their kids on Sunday mornings, it was the ideal location for a train station. Named after the church, we’re calling it “New Foundation Station.” Continue Reading →

I’ve Been Workin’ on the Railroad (Train Murals – Part 1)

By Marcy on May 3, 2014 in Children’s Rooms, In the Home, Video Tutorials

When I was a kid, I remember singing, “I’ve Been Workin’ on the Railroad…all the live long day.” I hadn’t thought about that song in years! Until recently, when I really was working on a railroad for days on end, as I painted Train Murals for my church’s Kid’s Ministry. After years of worshiping in a school gym, we’ve moved into our own building, and I was asked if I could paint a mural or two to make the children feel as if they’re going on a journey aboard “The Grace Express.” Well, fire up the locomotive and say no more! I spent six and a half weeks getting completely carried away with trains, a train station, railroad tracks on the floors, props, etc. There’s so much, I decided to take you on a video tour before breaking it down into individual blog entries. All aboard!

After seeing this video, be sure to see how these train murals came together, beginning with the Train Station.

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