Stairway wall mural + my creative challenge for 2020
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If you haven’t been following along on my instastories, then you maybe have no idea of what 2020 could potentially look like for me! At the start of January, I did a wrap up of my 2019 costume challenge (more HERE) and was asked if I was going to continue with it. I hemmed and hawed and thought on it for a few days. But after realizing that I had already completed the 2019 creative goals of WHY I started the costume challenge, I knew that I didn’t want to continue. BUUUUUT I DID love the idea of a creative challenge for the year: a year to “focus” on something that has natural deadlines and pushes me with time and creativity and design. I loved that each month, specially with the costume challenge, that I needed to complete one by the last day of the calendar month, I loved that it forced me to use new materials and work with ones I hadn’t in awhile and I loved that it inspired me in other creative ways. SOOOOO, this 2020 year I am embarking on a new challenge: the year of painting.
YAY!
Now I’m not talking small canvases: I’m large wall murals, installations, a few storefront displays! I am SOOOOO SO excited about this. AND TODAY, I am sharing my FIRST wall painting. From our own home: our stairwell!!!
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When we first moved in, this wall was grey (like you’ll see I paint it back to before painting the triangles). The first painting I did on it was colorful chevrons, but then that got old so I painted it a sold purplish/magenta (which I never really loved). SOOOOOO, I *KNEW* this would be an amazing first spot to tackle! 🙂
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This spot is tricky to say the least (just tune into my IG stories to watch my amazing ladder balancing acts)! But I am excited at how much it got brightened up with this design over that original purple.
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I posed the question of what should be painted on IG, here were the choices:
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Obvs option A got beat out (which I didn’t love at first, but it quickly grew to be my fave after chatting with a few people)!
You’ll also notice that the first sketch I posed on IG isn’t actually what the wall turned out to look like. When I started to tape, I realized that my original sketch would leave the triangle ending in the middle of the stairs at a weird angle. So I followed the line of the 2nd set of stairs and began there.
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If you want to see some fun videos of how the process went, head to my IG story highlights to watch the fun!
Oh, and here are the colors that I used for this project (from right to left going down towards the stairs and then the top two purple):
Behr Purls and Lace
Behr Retro Pink
Behr Smoke Blush Rose
Behr Dessert Clay
Behr Karat
Behr Tumeric
Behr Dangerous C Raph
Behr Buttery Willow
Behr Spiced Potpouri (top purple)
Behr Heirloom Rose
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But for now…….I give you the finished product of the stairway mural painting! TAAAHHHHHDDAAAA! I am thrilled and proud and so excited about it. IT add color and brightness and lots of “pizazz” when you enter our house and I believe that ALL houses have to have some element of pizazz! 🙂 I hope you love it as much as I do! 🙂
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