Laundry Room Project

It is with a mixture of joy and sadness that I report the completion of the laundry room!!!  Joy because it’s done and I’m thrilled with it!  Sadness because, well, it’s done!  I started dreaming about this more than 3 years ago, and have chipped away at it for nearly 2 years, so in a way, finishing it is like saying good-bye to a great friend.  Yes, I’ll be able to admire the room every time I do laundry or go between the house and the garage (the laundry room is the pass-through room), but it’s not the same as being able to spend lots of one-on-one time with the room.

Because it’s been such a long process, here are the “before” pictures of the room.  Unfortunately I didn’t take pictures before the blue painters’ tape was up, but you’ll still get the idea.  This was taken in the house looking towards the door to the garage…

…and this was taken looking from the garage towards the house.

After a couple of weeks of painting, this was the view (in the same order):

After the fence and the bird house were added, this is what the laundry room looked like:

That was February of 2010….and in case you’re interested to read more about the whole process, here’s the link to the blog post.

Fast forward to this past July and my first attempt to correct the major flaw with the project — the never-ending blue sky.  I had not foreseen this vast expanse of blue, but I instantly knew I needed to correct it.  After 18 months, I finally opened the paint and set about doing just that. The branches looked awesome – I was thrilled!

Then came the leaves, and I knew a second correction was needed.

Sadly, there were way too many leaves and instead of feeling like I had a spectacular view, I felt the branches were heavy and weighing down the whole project.

*Sigh*

Last week I opened the blue can of paint and “erased” several branches, and lots of leaves, taking the time to step back after each branch was removed to make sure it was looking more like the image in my head.  When I was satisfied that all was right with my mural, I packed up the paint brushes, sealed the can of paint then let my subconscious work on how to complete the wall.

Yesterday the paint supplies came out again and after 3 hours of work, my laundry room is complete.  FINALLY!  And I couldn’t be happier! Are you ready for the unveiling???

Well, let’s start with a close-up of the leaves…

And now for the wall on the garage side…

…and the house wall side…

…and finally, the main wall!!!!

Thanks to the textured walls, which I have otherwise cursed as I’ve painted every room in my 1706 sq ft house, making the clouds wispy was a piece of cake.  Just put a smidge of paint on a sponge brush and zip back and forth along the wall, swooping, zigging, zagging and going in straight lines. I’d really like to add a bird or two, but I absolutely do not trust my skills on that.

BUT…if my artist friends come for a visit again, I’ll hand over paint and brushes and let them add winged friends.  OR, if I find wall stickers that are the right size, I’ll add those.

If that never happens, I’m totally fine with the walls exactly as they are.

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