Adding decorative features, like these painted scrolls, to both walls and furniture create a charming and consistent overall theme.

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Decorating Children's Rooms.

 

 
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"Poetry is superior to painting in the presentation of words, and painting is superior to poetry in the presentation of facts"

Leonardo da Vinci  1452-1519

 

 
 
   

 
 
 
 

Decorating Children's Rooms
 Series 1: Painted Stripe treatment
Series 2: Hand painted decorative scrolls
Series 3: Painting furniture details

A 3 part series

Rating 2.5 -moderate

 

Developed as a series of 3 tutorials, Decorating Children's Rooms will teach you how to transform an entire room by decorating walls,
adding accents and painting furniture.
 
Playful enough for a 5 year old,
and mature enough for a young teen.


Before, plain and without character.
 

 Softly rag rolled and striped yellow walls, decorative scrolls playfully resting over doors and painted furniture to match, tie this room together, all blending successfully to transform this child's bedroom.

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This 3 part series includes the following features:

Series 1

Painted stripe treatment. Create softly
rag rolled and striped yellow walls.
  • Room preparation. Setting the stage and getting the room ready to paint.
  • Painting the base colors.
  • Rag Rolling a striped effect. A 4 color process.
Series 2

Adding hand-painted decorative scrolls, allows you to further embellish the room with decorative motifs.

 
  • Designing scrolls for your room.
  • Laying out and transferring your scrolls.
  • Painting your scrolls.
  • Adding highlights.

 Series 3

Painting furniture details. Complete the room by adding the final touches to furniture and room details.
  • Painting Furniture.
  • Preparation and Base colors.
  • Glazing.
  • Designing scrolls.
  • Laying out and transferring your scrolls.
  • Painting your scrolls.
  • Adding highlights.

 

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