Thursday, November 4, 2010

Chelsea's Room

I think I might have posted some photos a while back, just after we moved into our new home, of Chelsea's room. Very conveniently painted in a stunning shade of lavender with a darker purple feature wall.

I'd been searching around for something complementary, feminine, and not too babyish to decorate the feature wall with. I wanted it to be something she could grow with without being too embarrassed to have friends around when she's older.

I discovered some wall sticker designs and decided that was the way to go. After quite a few weeks of short listing designs, I ended up going with these guys from etsy - Surface Inspired.
I chose a design that started from the top of the wall and cascaded down, as I know how 'busy' Chelsea's little fingers can get when she's curious and didn't want the sticker picked off as soon as I stuck it on.


This was the stickers as they arrived. The instructions said to lay them flat for a few hours before applying. I had no surface that was safe from being trampled on by Chelsea's busy feet either - so decided they could flatten out while blue tacked to the wall.


This morning I got to work sticking them up. First the branches. I will admit I underestimated how tricky it would be - but still managed to do it! And I did it all by myself, while keeping an eye on a destructive 15month old!

Then Chels needed a sleep, so after that we cut all the flowers and birds into their individual components and started applying them. Once I got the hang of it it wasn't too bad. Just incredibly time consuming. I think the whole application probably took about 4 hours.


But how awesome does that look!!!!




...and this was the free 'tester' sticker - I think it looks pretty sweet in the entrance to the bear studio too. :)

5 comments:

  1. Omigosh! How WONDERFUL is that?! The wall turned out truly beautiful and absolutely stunning. I don't tend to be one for patterns on my walls (although I like it in others' houses), but I think I might just have to check out her website!
    Heaps of Hugs,
    Cheryl

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  2. The wall looks Lovely and perfect for little Chelsea!

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  3. That came out beautifully, and love the mouse hole!

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  4. Beautiful Emma, especially the mouse & hole.

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  5. Looks so nice, wall looks like a dreams could be sweet ones in such airy room

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