A Hand Painted Wall Mural in a Basement Play/homework Area...

by Kimberly Noelle

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We bought our first home last summer. The basement was the first to start getting renovated because of the ugly wood paneling and blue carpet. We tore off the paneling and painted the walls a light shade of blue. The carpet we are ripping up this spring. Our basement is quite large, we broke it up into 2 areas. One side is our media area and the other is the homework station/ play area and book nook for our girls, because our room has pops of red and white I decided to paint a large colorful mural on that side of the room for our girls to enjoy, plus that side of the basement is dark. I love to paint. I painted a beach and mermaids on my wall as a teenager, so I felt inspired and wanted to make something special for my girls and something beautiful yet fun and quirky just like our little family. I understand that this is probably not everyone's cup of tea but we really love it. I will say that it was very difficult to paint because the walls in our basement were so textured. I decided to go with an abstract look and I'm quite pleased but of course as an artist I will never be satisfied. LOL. I hope this inspires you to think outside to box and have fun where fun can be had! ; ) To see more check out my blog @http://quirkycool.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-hand-painted-wall-mural-in-basement.html