Painted Daisies

Italian Villa Dome

2009-07-14T19:57:00.000-07:00

Italian Villa Dome

This Italian-style home came to life with this rotunda dome painted to resemble a daytime sky. Our customer wanted it to look like the ceiling in the Caesar's Palace Hotel in Las Vegas. The ceiling was 22 feet off the ground and 16 feet in diameter. LED lights were installed around the perimeter to highlight this magnificent addition to their home.

Contemporary Silhouette

2009-03-24T20:48:00.000-07:00

Cherry Blossom Tree Accent

This silhouette added a contemporary flair to the customer's living room. Simple shapes and plain white painted brightened up a dull wall.

These cherry blossoms were the inspiration for the wall mural

BEFORE: The room's dark colors and heavy frames weighed down the space.

AFTER: By adding the white, airy silhouette, the entire room was brightened.

Paradise Couple's Massage Room

2009-02-04T19:20:00.000-08:00

A Massage in Paradise

This room was painted for a Chiropractic in need of a romanitic setting for their couples' massage room. One option was to paint a full wall mural with green lush foilage. However, we opted to paint the whole room in a muted monochromatic color scheme.

Here is another room for relaxing massages:

Simple bamboo plants add so much to this small room

This is the entryway into the massage area. We were asked to add some painted accents to their existing wall quote.

Chidren's Castle Play Area

2009-02-03T23:30:00.000-08:00

Castle Play Area

Our customer wanted a fun under-the-stair area for little

imaginations to run wild. We incorporated the window

cut-outsinto the design of the castle complete with

towers, turrets, and flags with family names.

Cherry Blossom Branches

2009-02-01T19:18:00.000-08:00

Subtle Touches

These subtle cherry blossom branches in muted colors add a touch of class to this bedroom and bathroom.

Calming Master Bedroom

2009-01-15T23:54:00.000-08:00

Hotel Chic Bedroom

Yes, wallpaper is back in! Just one accent wall of the calming green pattern keeps this room from feeling overwhelmed.

Little Mermaid Mural

2009-01-13T18:25:00.000-08:00

Fun "Under the Sea" and under the stairs! Our client had us paint this underwater mural beneath her stairs in the basement. What a great imaginative place for the kids to play!

Sorry, we could not get a great picture of Ariel because of the small area, so all her pictures are a little on the angle.

Check out all the fun bubbles and the light shining down on Ariel.

Our client wanted us to sneak Dori and Nemo into the mural--so here they are on the other side of the stairwell.

And, as always, our client wanted to personalize the mural with the names of her children and grandchildren hidden among the rocks and plants.

2009-01-01T19:04:00.000-08:00

Simple Silhouettes

How cute is this little girl's room complete with tree, birds and berries?

Silhouettes are the latest trend in home design right now and look fantastic in

kids' rooms-from teens to toddlers. If you can dream it, we can paint it.

These simple birds couldn't be cuter--sometimes less is more!

St. George "Rocks"!

2008-11-23T14:07:00.000-08:00

Our customer wanted a fun loft space for kids to play in and around. The contractor built the upper and lower levels and built in the front rock shapes with sheetrock (see "before" pictures at the end of the post). We then brought it life by adding more red rock color, shading, plants and details. What a great place for kids to explore and play!

Side view with ladder--rocks wrap around wall

This is the opposite side where a slide can be added.

Upper loft level

This is the lower level behind the ladder. The shelf and storage area are painted to blend in perfectly with the rest of the rocks.

Lower left corner with lizard to the right

Lower front and inside area w/ cactus and sagebrush plants

This cactus was inspired by one just ouside the customer's front door!

An adorable lizard looks for protection from the hot sun!

Sagebrush on upper level

More sagebrush . . .

We added a personal touch by painting their

grandkids' names hidden among the rocks.

The finished project--a great space for the kids while the adults relax nearby!

We matched the painted clouds that were previously painted in the family room area

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Secret Garden Play Room

2008-09-19T22:49:00.000-07:00

Every girl dreams of a secret garden to play in.

This garden comes complete with butterflies,

ladybugs, ants, and bumblebees!

The homeowners wanted to personalize the space with

the names of all their children. See if you can find them all.

All of the flowers are replicas of the real things: sunflowers, foxgloves, daisies,

tulips, daffodils, morning glory, climbing roses, delphinium, violets, pansies,

comlumbine, and irises!

The birdbaths includes two friendly birds splashing in the water.

The homeowners initials carved in the tree were a surprise

for the wife from the husband.

This is the "BEFORE" picture

The beginning stages of the fence and arbor

The beginning stages of the tree and fence

Nickelodeon Splats

2008-08-20T20:56:00.000-07:00

This preteen customer really loved the Nickelodeon symbol w/ paint splats. So we personalized them by putting her name and nicknames inside the paint splats. They were a fun addition to her room.

Surfing USA Bedroom

2008-04-05T21:42:00.000-07:00

This is a fun surfing room full of color and personality. The fence behind the surfboards looks so real, many people walk up to it to feel it for themselves.

Pirate's Cove Playroom

2008-04-05T20:22:00.000-07:00

A perfect paradise for little pirates! This under-the-stairs playroom was design especially for little boys seeking great adventures. There is a small cave for hidden treasure, a scowling pirate to guard his loot, and a great beach with a view of the pirate ship anchored off shore. Our favorites are the palm trees and the two sharks in the water behind the ship. Looks like clear sailing today!

Indiana Jones Theater Room

2008-04-05T18:54:00.000-07:00

What a challenge--to make a room look like the treasure caves in the "Indiana Jones" movies. We took our inspiration from the ride at Disneyland, and the finished project turned out great--it feels as if you have been transported to a different time and country.

All the columns, ceiling soffits and back wall were painted with a multi-step (see below to view the process) finish, and all the recessed areas were finished in black to give the feeling of a cave that had many entrances and exits. The ceiling is lit w/ rope lighting to reveal a nighttime sky with clouds. The back wall has a canvas treasure map (copied from the actual map in the movie), and vines, moss, and bamboo poles were added for the final touch. It is a must see and can be viewed in person-contact us to visit.

Front wall w/ columns, stairs and front movie screen

Back wall w/ columns, seating and canvas map

Close up of canvas map--aged and wrinkled for effect

Close up of hieroglyphics and "cracks" in stone

Close up of front steps and more hieroglyphics

THERE ARE MANY STEPS TO THE PERFECT STONE FINISH:

1) Paint base color

2) Faux finish w/ darker color

3) Add white and grey highlights

4) Add dark in corners and lines for "stone"

5) Add green "moss" and "dirt"

6) Glaze with darker color

7) Add "cracks"

8) Add finishing glaze

Final product:--added painted stone shelf, iron sconces and hieroglyphics

Fisherman Guestroom

2008-04-05T18:17:00.000-07:00

A fun rustic bedroom makes staying in this guest room a "reel" treat. Cattails, native grasses, and true-to-form flies make the outdoors man in this family proud. Words on the wall state: " A man who goes fishing get something more than the fish he catches."

Disney "Cars" Bedroom

2008-04-05T17:55:00.000-07:00

Twin boys requested that we paint a scene from the Disney movie "Cars".

"KA-CHOW!"

Mater was our favorite character to paint--so much character, and so much detail. The background plateaus and cloudy sky provide the perfect backdrop for these lovable friends.

Buz Lightyear

2008-04-05T16:06:00.000-07:00

Good ol' Buz--fighting the evil force of Zurg. This was painted in a playroom and looks like he's going to pop of the wall any minute and go flying "to infinity and beyond"!

Harry Potter Crest

2008-04-05T15:57:00.000-07:00

This crest was painted in a young boy's room who loved Harry Potter.

"Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy."
--Professor Dumbledorf

Cowboy Bedroom

2008-04-05T15:42:00.000-07:00

This bedroom was painted for two cowboy toddlers. Complete with barbed wire fence and prairie grass. Even the white MDF molding was painted to look like rustic pine.

Beachfront Bedroom

2008-04-05T15:33:00.000-07:00

This customer applied a wallpaper mural two feet off the ground and wanted us to paint some extra beachfront below the wallpaper. Even beach rocks, shells, and grass were added to seem more realistic. You cannot tell where the wallpaper ends and the painting begins. We can custom match our painting to your existing decor.

Coca Cola Collector

2008-04-05T15:25:00.000-07:00

This painted sign was designed to look like an old vintage billboard for a dedicated Coke enthusiast. Accented with a Coca Cola pool table, and overhead light!

Peter Pan Playroom

2008-04-05T14:41:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Never Neverland, complete with our favorite villan, Capain Hook. This room was designed to display several scenes from the Disney movie "Peter Pan". The scenes wrap around the room and there is a title above the center window (see below).

The folds in the sail and the details on the rope bring this scene to life.

Peter Pan saves Princess Tiger Lilly.

This crocodile is practically salivating over the gool ol' Captain.

We really wanted to have the characters stand out from the background--so we just painted a faint outline of the London skyline.

Tinkerbell leads the way with a trail of real sparkles.

Baby's Planes, Trains and . . . .

2008-04-05T14:23:00.000-07:00

This is baby boy's room with the classic "planes, trains, and automobiles" theme. The plane and truck were designed to match the quilt picked out previously by the homeowner. This theme can be enjoyed for several years, and is not as expensive as doing an entire wall mural.

Star Wars Bedroom

2008-04-05T10:45:00.000-07:00

A boy's dream came true with this Star Wars bedroom. The room was designed to feel as if you are inside a spaceship looking out onto a fight scene from the movie. Threre are three "windows" surrounding the bed and one large round window across from the bed. The large planet and stars even glow in the dark!

This is a round "window" across from the bed---it feels like you are looking right out the front of the spaceship.

Close up "window" on left side of bed. This ship looks like it's going to come flying right into the room.

This is the fight scene in the "window" over the bed -- complete with Emporer's Deathstar, star destroyers, H-wings and X-wings.

Close up of the right "window" fight scene

The room would not be complete without this famous quote---printed in bold on the soffit

Disney Theater Room

2008-04-05T01:18:00.000-07:00

This was our favorite room to paint. It really came to life with its fun colors and characters. We painted the back wall filmstrip and Disney characters, as well as the front wall filmstrip and Mickey Mouse. We also painted a few other friends hiding in the room.

The front wall has a bowed soffit above the movie screen. We painted it to look like a filmstrip and shaded every square so it looked three-dimensional. The client's daughter then filled the filmstrip squares with her own drawings of Disney movie scenes.

Nemo from "Finding Nemo"--we got his good side w/ his lucky fin

Woody from "Toy Story"--our favorite part are the seams in his joints

Dash from "The Incredibles"--his glove and mask look like real rubber!

Buz Liightyear from "Toy Story"--"To infinity and beyond!"

Boo from "Monster's Inc."--we love the socks

Lightening McQueen---check out the details

Tinkerbell spreading a little magic in the room

The mice from "Cinderella"--Gus, Jack and friend-- painted to look like they are sitting on top of the doorway enjoying the movie

Saved the best for last--our favorite, Mickey Mouse!

Nautical Theater Room

2008-04-05T00:27:00.000-07:00

For this theater room, our clients wanted the atmoshpere of an old ship. We painted the walls, columns and cabinetry to look like wood (no, it is not paneling, but sheetrock painted to look like wood), and added a canvas map and a stormy sky on the ceiling. This is a great room for all the family to hang out in, and looks even better when all the lights are dimmed, the sail-like window shades lower, and the movie begins. . ...

We painted the map on canvas and anchored it to the side columns with rope--it has an aged finish and really adds to the atmoshpere and authenticity of the room.

Front wall beneath movie screen--painted to look like old crates

Close up wood graining and rustic "nails"

Side cabinets in bar area--all hand painted

Stormy clouds on the ceiling complete the room