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A colorful rainbow under the stairs secret clubhouse mural! :)

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We’ve had a space under our stairs that has previously been filled with boxes and papers and random stuff (that truthfully never REALLLLLLY needed to be stored and kept…..ya know, the boxes that get moved from house to house to house without anyone ever opening them)! So when our basement flooded this past summer, it gave us an excuse to pitch + toss out these soggy boxes full of things that we didn’t need any longer. Zeke INSTANTLY asked if we could turn this space into an indoor clubhouse and I, of course, happily obliged. Since, they been playing in it, sleep-overing in it, collecting football cards in it and more…BUT I *knew* that this space needed some colorful LOVE…..so a rainbow mural on the ceiling is just what was in order! 🙂

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My vision was to paint something inviting, colorful and that didn’t add visual “clutter” to whatever clutter may end up in this space day after day (ha!) 🙂 (all Esther requested was something with pink and was “rainbow-ish”…..so I guess I took this literal!) I wanted to bring your eye through the space by using the color on the ceiling and then carrying it around to where the ceiling meets the floor.

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I also did some quick measuring and mapped out just how wide the stripes needed to be (8″ was an easy division to make things “even”). I measured 8″ around the perimeter of the space and then brought the lines inward towards the center “beam” to make the stripes pivot using a straight edge.

The colors I used were all BEHR paint colors from the Home Depot (I LOVE buying the small sample sizes in various colors for murals….it’s amazing how far the paint in those testers can “go” on a wall)!

  • Heirloom Rose (S130-5)
  • Retro Pink (S170-4)
  • Coral Cloud (M200-4)
  • 24 Karat (M280-7))
  • Turmeric (M290-7)
  • Charismatic (PPU6-14)
  • Surboard Yellow (P280-4)
  • Environmental (PPU11-09)
  • Summer Dragonfly (M440-4)
  • Longmeadow (s430-5)
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I began painting by taping every other section with FROG tape (the best tape)….so essentially I taped off 5 colors at a time to paint. I did 2 coats on each stripe, peeled tape (always peel tape while wet), allowed to dry and then taped off the alternating stripes. I didn’t have much touch up work to do besides a few spots here and there (I was relatively surprised I dnd’t have more touch-up work since the ceiling is a knocked down popcorn with texture).

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The kids have WAYYYY more idea on what to add to the space (like a football card sorting station for Zeke and an American Girl doll area for Esther)! I 100% want this to be their space for playing, dreaming, reading, imagining, hanging out and just being KIDS! (and heck, you may even find me down there lying on the floor, looking up at these colorful stripes from time-to-time…..maybe I should replicate this in my closet too)! 🙂

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  1. Jane Dobbs says

    March 3, 2021 at 7:01 pm

    Emily, you are remarkable! I love your rainbow playhouse—the dream of every child. ( and maybe adults! )

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This spring weather calls for a springy color pale This spring weather calls for a springy color palette for a new mini-mural! 😍 All of these colors will be turned into happy florals for the amazingly wonderful @farmtofist fresh flower farm stand sign (I mean, a flower stand!?!!???? How does it get any better)! 🌷🌸🌼❤️🎉
And that watermelon color!? It’s just perfectly punchy isn’t it!?
Esther’s color-filled, floral mural is done but Esther’s color-filled, floral mural is done but I can’t promise that photos are back on the walls or laundry isn’t spewing out of the hampers behind me 🤷‍♀️ I guess it’s what we call balance. 
But yay for florals. I’m slightly in love with this wall and can’t wait to write up a blog post with details and more pics. 🌿❤️🌸
Adding color and life into every corner of this we Adding color and life into every corner of this weekend. Because today is ALLLLL about how love wins, evil is overcome and death is conquered. 🎉❤️
Also, I’m clearly still on this floral kick and I have no plans to stop. Three cheers for my @officialcricut that helped turn these doodles into egg stencils. 🎉🌿🥚
A few weeks ago I snuck into my amazing sister in A few weeks ago I snuck into my amazing sister in laws house and painted a beachy, wavy, tropical-esque, happy mural in their bedroom! If you know ANYTHING about @lanaesteffen then you know how much she loves the color turquoise, the @mnstatefair the Bachelor annnnd anything and everything beachy! (And I wasn’t going to paint every food on a stick from the state fair on her walls) 😂😂😂😂 
I just put up a big ‘ol blog post with how I painted this wave mural on their bedroom wall with 2 paint markers and 1 white paint sample all for under $7 🌊 🌴
Of course when I live with a 5 year old bunny enth Of course when I live with a 5 year old bunny enthusiast, my latest zipper pouch pattern hassssssss to be a carrot. Duh! Did you catch the live event on @therealcraftsy + @nationalsewing today!? (Don’t worry, if you missed it, the video will be up for a bit complete with the whole PDF pattern to download!) 🥕🥕
Zipper pouches are a *must* in this household to make sure all of these pre-schooler “collections” are gathered and kept together. 
And if you can’t tell, Esther is 100% pretending to nibble on the carrot in this photo! I’m telling you, BUNNY ENTHUSIAST 🥕😂🥰
Apparently Norman pug has taken the role of qualit Apparently Norman pug has taken the role of quality control supervisor while I start putting the finishing florals + details on Esther’s wall mural today. 😂 😂 apparently he’s not aware that I have tubs of paint instead of tubs of treats. 🤷‍♀️
Also, who knew I would love painting on a dark background so much!? I may have turned a new leaf with this “Russian Olive” color. It’s just the right amount of color with it’s dark and bold quality, I looovvveee! 🌿
I finallllly got a blog post together sharing the I finallllly got a blog post together sharing the full scoop of the color palette, some tips + tricks and allllll of the behind-the-scenes for this oversized floral mural in the playroom for @katiedfredrickson kiddos! :) And surprise, I used not just one but TWO colors of yellow in this mural! ⁣
Welp, I guess I'm predictable! :)
Doing my best to spread color and light these days Doing my best to spread color and light these days. And also following through with allll the painting requests of a certain 5 year old that I live with, including how I can incorporate a jumping bunny with glasses in the mural for her room (specifically a pink jumping bunny, obvi). 👓 🐰 🌸 🌼🌿
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This spring weather calls for a springy color pale This spring weather calls for a springy color palette for a new mini-mural! 😍 All of these colors will be turned into happy florals for the amazingly wonderful @farmtofist fresh flower farm stand sign (I mean, a flower stand!?!!???? How does it get any better)! 🌷🌸🌼❤️🎉
And that watermelon color!? It’s just perfectly punchy isn’t it!?
Esther’s color-filled, floral mural is done but Esther’s color-filled, floral mural is done but I can’t promise that photos are back on the walls or laundry isn’t spewing out of the hampers behind me 🤷‍♀️ I guess it’s what we call balance. 
But yay for florals. I’m slightly in love with this wall and can’t wait to write up a blog post with details and more pics. 🌿❤️🌸
Adding color and life into every corner of this we Adding color and life into every corner of this weekend. Because today is ALLLLL about how love wins, evil is overcome and death is conquered. 🎉❤️
Also, I’m clearly still on this floral kick and I have no plans to stop. Three cheers for my @officialcricut that helped turn these doodles into egg stencils. 🎉🌿🥚
A few weeks ago I snuck into my amazing sister in A few weeks ago I snuck into my amazing sister in laws house and painted a beachy, wavy, tropical-esque, happy mural in their bedroom! If you know ANYTHING about @lanaesteffen then you know how much she loves the color turquoise, the @mnstatefair the Bachelor annnnd anything and everything beachy! (And I wasn’t going to paint every food on a stick from the state fair on her walls) 😂😂😂😂 
I just put up a big ‘ol blog post with how I painted this wave mural on their bedroom wall with 2 paint markers and 1 white paint sample all for under $7 🌊 🌴
Of course when I live with a 5 year old bunny enth Of course when I live with a 5 year old bunny enthusiast, my latest zipper pouch pattern hassssssss to be a carrot. Duh! Did you catch the live event on @therealcraftsy + @nationalsewing today!? (Don’t worry, if you missed it, the video will be up for a bit complete with the whole PDF pattern to download!) 🥕🥕
Zipper pouches are a *must* in this household to make sure all of these pre-schooler “collections” are gathered and kept together. 
And if you can’t tell, Esther is 100% pretending to nibble on the carrot in this photo! I’m telling you, BUNNY ENTHUSIAST 🥕😂🥰
Apparently Norman pug has taken the role of qualit Apparently Norman pug has taken the role of quality control supervisor while I start putting the finishing florals + details on Esther’s wall mural today. 😂 😂 apparently he’s not aware that I have tubs of paint instead of tubs of treats. 🤷‍♀️
Also, who knew I would love painting on a dark background so much!? I may have turned a new leaf with this “Russian Olive” color. It’s just the right amount of color with it’s dark and bold quality, I looovvveee! 🌿
I finallllly got a blog post together sharing the I finallllly got a blog post together sharing the full scoop of the color palette, some tips + tricks and allllll of the behind-the-scenes for this oversized floral mural in the playroom for @katiedfredrickson kiddos! :) And surprise, I used not just one but TWO colors of yellow in this mural! ⁣
Welp, I guess I'm predictable! :)
Doing my best to spread color and light these days Doing my best to spread color and light these days. And also following through with allll the painting requests of a certain 5 year old that I live with, including how I can incorporate a jumping bunny with glasses in the mural for her room (specifically a pink jumping bunny, obvi). 👓 🐰 🌸 🌼🌿
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