Alice in Wonderland

I finally was able to complete a most exciting project for a long time client of mine, in her daughters' secondary playroom. They were debating on either an Alice in Wonderland theme, or a Wizard of Oz theme. Oz is pretty dear to me, my parents decorated my room in the 70's with an Oz theme, so I had some great ideas for how to design a room with that theme, but Alice in Wonderland is so amazing too! And with Tim Burton's version of the movie coming out earlier this year, and seeing all of the amazing set designs and crazy artwork, there is a lot to work with there as well. They ended up choosing Alice, and here is what I did. I took photos in stages so you can see the process.

Now the only thing I need to know is when they are going to adopt me? Their upstairs playroom/loft is one of my favorites as well.

Whoooo is in the tree?

This room was designed from the bedding that was just purchased, and we just wanted a simple tree with an owl. I painted it with what I think of as an "embroidery" look, as far as the flowers and details go...little dots and "stitching" to adorn the elements of the painting, tying it into the style of the bedding.

Pink and Brown

Pink and Brown is the hot color combination in little girls rooms right now as you probably know already. Trends in clothing tend to mirror what is happening in interior spaces as well, and everything is beyond cute right now! The nurseries above were given that special something with very fancy paintings for very lucky little ladies.

This room was painted this deep pink color and then I added the lighter pink stripes and chocolate brown pinstripes, and created a chair rail with a floral border taken from the flowers used in the custom bedding.

This baby boutique was painted with pinks and blues set off by chocolate brown in the stripes and the large logo above the cash wrap. Abbie Rose is located in Aliso Viejo on Aliso Creek, their website and other contact information is here: Abbie Rose They have the cutest stuff in the store!

This nursery was painted with a simple circle design and the baby's monogram, the idea was taken from the bedding, a common place to start finding ideas and inspiration for your mural. A side note, this lucky client won a gift certificate at her daughter's school Silent Auction so the mural was free! If you have an even coming up I always will donate a gift certificate, let me know and I will put one together for your event!

Again, the bedding was the inspiration for this mural, I took the flowers from the bedding and created a chair rail between the brown and the pink, and then created a plaque of sorts with the baby's monogram.

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Playful Park

This room was designed closely with the mommy-to-be, and we included details from her bedding, photos of her and her husband as children, favorite books and wrapped it all up in a park themed room that will work well for future children as well. We painted the baby's name on a canvas and hung it (well, I used industrial strength Velcro, that canvas is not coming down unless they very forcibly remove it...that's how we got away with hanging it over the crib) so that when baby #2 comes I can simply paint another canvas with that name on it, and big sister can move into a new room, with a new mural, and the baby will have her old room. If you take out the pink in the accessories and bedding, the room is very gender-neutral and would look great for a boy if you just replaced the pinks with blues.

Rooms fit for a Princess

These little girls live in style! Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and the rest of those girls have nothin' on my petite clients.

This Fairy Princess mural was all 4 walls, lots and lots of details. I took ideas from vintage fairy prints and used "flower fairies" in the mural, with their matching flowers. My other inspiration for this mural came from a set of books I had as a little girl, by Stephen Cosgrove and illustrated by Robin James, the "Serendipity Books". GREAT trees and bunnies!

This playroom was designed as a loft from a previously open upstairs space. The sisters have each their own window and crown to look down upon us common folk from. Their mom told me that many play dates have ended with friends of the girls screaming and crying because they didn't want to leave the castle!