Painted clouds on ceiling

You and Michelangelo -- painting partners extraordinaire, transforming a bland stretch of ceiling into a celestial realm -- share the same eagerness to rise to an artistic challenge.

hand painted

This weekend I’ll be tackling the project of painting the nursery (pictures to follow!). We’re planning to do a blue ceiling (to look like a sky). My dad suggested to me today that we p…

I painted a nursery cloud ceiling on Sunday. I have a pretty good technique for getting a reasonable amount of realism, in a very short amount of time. 1/2 day without rushing at all, and all with a 2" chip brush. Yep, I get a little self-congratulatory every time I do this scheme. Then I happened to glance out the window to see this: ...and then this: My puny little nursery puffs and I were mocked the entire trip home.

Last weekend my hubby and I conquered my latest project. This one I have been planning for months and I finally put it together. I loved the baths when we

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