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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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Of course Norman pug needed a colorful house to sn Of course Norman pug needed a colorful house to snore and catch some shade in this summer!!!!
I bought a dog house kit (maybe I will get ambitious and make a matching wayyyyy bigger one for Milton) and then gave it a colorful makeover with the amazing @mycolorshot sprays! 🎉🐽🐶☀️
When tropical meets 4th of July for some colorful When tropical meets 4th of July for some colorful backyard fun! Yay for custom bag boards….a quick and super satisfying paint project! 🌿🎉❤️
To celebrate two incredibly creative and beautiful To celebrate two incredibly creative and beautiful crafting legends (the inventors of @aleenesdiy + Mod Podge), I paired @plaidcrafts Mod Podge and @aleenesdiy glue to give some colorful love to these glass jars that I found in the Target dollar spot. 
And lest you think that I could keep them on the counter as adorable cookie jars or something, nope….they’ve already been snatched up by my kids for mini squishies, football cards and rock collections 😂😂😂 

Also! Tomorrow is officially #nationalmodpodgeday sooooo I have a fabulous giveaway! Simply follow @aleenesdiy + @plaidcrafts + @ohyaystudio + tag a friend in the comments for your chance to be chosen at random for a crafty creative bundle of awesome things. A winner will be chosen on 05.22! :)
And now I want to paint no less than 8264 more col And now I want to paint no less than 8264 more colorful free little libraries. This was painted for the incredible team at @therealcraftsy (also, can we just celebrate companies that promote reading and books and give them a big YAY!?)! 

Now, to come up with the plans for one we need in our yard! Perhaps florals or reverse color stripes or even a heap of rainbow circles! Obvi! 🌈🎉
Adding color and lots of little personalities and Adding color and lots of little personalities and faces to our weekend. Because love wins and death is conquered….so yes, this is for sure how we celebrate🎉 
Also, every time I cracked an egg this weekend, I squealed in the sound or noise that I thought the personality of the egg would sound 😂😂😂 obvi.
Whenever I’m in a creative slump, it works for m Whenever I’m in a creative slump, it works for me to just have to.
Have to grab the sketchbook and pencil. 
Have to just get something on paper without overthinking. 
Have to just use the markers and fill in the space or overlap the shapes. Or even grab a color I wouldn’t normally go for. 
Have to step back and see. Like really SEE the lines and colors and shapes that I gravitate towards. Like those fern leaves and shapes of the butterfly centers. 
And this weekend’s early morning “have to” doodle is full of springtime butterflies and a sign of new life this week!
Yup, in case you’re wondering Esther has request Yup, in case you’re wondering Esther has requested that I paint our refrigerator to match our newly painted @kitchenaidusa. Soooooo 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️😂😂 

This DIY for sure goes down in the “wow, I’m so glad this idea actually worked” category (ya know, because I’m totes the kind of person that just starts a project that is always half experimentation)! 😂 
And for the record @mycolorshot is the best spray paint on the actual planet and @frogtape is magically awesome! 

Also, who’s painting their Kitchenaid now? Also, can you promise me you’ll send pics if you do? :)
Yup, you can totally see the pencil line under the Yup, you can totally see the pencil line under these paint markers and yes, this isn’t my go-to color palette…..but sometimes I just gotta make art on a Sunday when the sun is setting and the dog is snoring (loudly) after I just unwrapped a new mini sketchbook! 
Make the art. 
Do the thing. 
Even if it isn’t perfect.
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Of course Norman pug needed a colorful house to sn Of course Norman pug needed a colorful house to snore and catch some shade in this summer!!!!
I bought a dog house kit (maybe I will get ambitious and make a matching wayyyyy bigger one for Milton) and then gave it a colorful makeover with the amazing @mycolorshot sprays! 🎉🐽🐶☀️
When tropical meets 4th of July for some colorful When tropical meets 4th of July for some colorful backyard fun! Yay for custom bag boards….a quick and super satisfying paint project! 🌿🎉❤️
To celebrate two incredibly creative and beautiful To celebrate two incredibly creative and beautiful crafting legends (the inventors of @aleenesdiy + Mod Podge), I paired @plaidcrafts Mod Podge and @aleenesdiy glue to give some colorful love to these glass jars that I found in the Target dollar spot. 
And lest you think that I could keep them on the counter as adorable cookie jars or something, nope….they’ve already been snatched up by my kids for mini squishies, football cards and rock collections 😂😂😂 

Also! Tomorrow is officially #nationalmodpodgeday sooooo I have a fabulous giveaway! Simply follow @aleenesdiy + @plaidcrafts + @ohyaystudio + tag a friend in the comments for your chance to be chosen at random for a crafty creative bundle of awesome things. A winner will be chosen on 05.22! :)
And now I want to paint no less than 8264 more col And now I want to paint no less than 8264 more colorful free little libraries. This was painted for the incredible team at @therealcraftsy (also, can we just celebrate companies that promote reading and books and give them a big YAY!?)! 

Now, to come up with the plans for one we need in our yard! Perhaps florals or reverse color stripes or even a heap of rainbow circles! Obvi! 🌈🎉
Adding color and lots of little personalities and Adding color and lots of little personalities and faces to our weekend. Because love wins and death is conquered….so yes, this is for sure how we celebrate🎉 
Also, every time I cracked an egg this weekend, I squealed in the sound or noise that I thought the personality of the egg would sound 😂😂😂 obvi.
Whenever I’m in a creative slump, it works for m Whenever I’m in a creative slump, it works for me to just have to.
Have to grab the sketchbook and pencil. 
Have to just get something on paper without overthinking. 
Have to just use the markers and fill in the space or overlap the shapes. Or even grab a color I wouldn’t normally go for. 
Have to step back and see. Like really SEE the lines and colors and shapes that I gravitate towards. Like those fern leaves and shapes of the butterfly centers. 
And this weekend’s early morning “have to” doodle is full of springtime butterflies and a sign of new life this week!
Yup, in case you’re wondering Esther has request Yup, in case you’re wondering Esther has requested that I paint our refrigerator to match our newly painted @kitchenaidusa. Soooooo 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️😂😂 

This DIY for sure goes down in the “wow, I’m so glad this idea actually worked” category (ya know, because I’m totes the kind of person that just starts a project that is always half experimentation)! 😂 
And for the record @mycolorshot is the best spray paint on the actual planet and @frogtape is magically awesome! 

Also, who’s painting their Kitchenaid now? Also, can you promise me you’ll send pics if you do? :)
Yup, you can totally see the pencil line under the Yup, you can totally see the pencil line under these paint markers and yes, this isn’t my go-to color palette…..but sometimes I just gotta make art on a Sunday when the sun is setting and the dog is snoring (loudly) after I just unwrapped a new mini sketchbook! 
Make the art. 
Do the thing. 
Even if it isn’t perfect.
Follow Emily on Insta

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