Our friend Nick has a passion for music and wanted to incorporate this into the design of his new home. You can take his same concept and create your own wall mural using a design of your choice and following the techniques he used to project the image on your wall.
Here are the step by step instructions and tools and materials needed to paint your own wall mural.
Tools/Materials
+ tape measure
+ computer
+ photoshop or some sort of image software
+ projector
+ pencil
+ ruler
+ paint
+ painters tape
+ drop cloth
+ paint brushes, sized from small artists up to 2" brush. Depending on your picture, maybe bigger.
+ paint cup
If you have a lot of artwork or framed photos to display, creating an in-home gallery wall is a striking way to exhibit your prized mementos. It's a relatively easy project, too, and can be budget-friendly depending on the frames and prints you need.
First up? Deciding which look is right for you. In our loft, we went for an eclectic, mismatched look that includes frames of all types and sizes, as you can see in the picture above -- and yes, that may or may not be a John Cena action figure on the wall, too. Don't judge!! That sort of look may work for you and your space, or you may prefer a more streamlined aesthetic--maybe frames of different sizes but all the same color, or made out of the same material.
We recommend picking your frames first, as that will determine the size of the photo prints or art you need. Of course, if you have pieces that you really want to display, you'll want to buy a frame to fit those dimensions.
If you live or work in a large, open space like a loft, one of the biggest obstacles is creating walls and different areas (trust me--I speak from firsthand experience!) And if you're renting the space, the issue becomes even more challenging because you probably don't want to invest a lot of money in building traditional walls.
Sure, you can use bookshelves to help create the illusion of walls, but if you're in a large space and need several areas created, this is likely an impractical solution. Enter Morgan of The Brick House and an utterly ingenious idea: rope walls.
Morgan created the rope walls to help Shelly Leer, creator of ModHomeEc (and a great friend of C&H!) cordon off spaces in her new upholstery workshop. The open warehouse is great for projects and classes, but Shelly needed separate spaces for her office, a tool room, etc. So Morgan suggested the rope walls as a stylish yet inexpensive way to section off parts of the warehouse.
Watching home improvement or real estate shows with my boyfriend really irks me. He laughs when couples get excited over crown molding in a house. I finally had to ask him why it annoyed him so much - and he said that anyone can install crown molding in their home. In a weekend. For cheap! He's a woodworker and contractor so I asked for his opinion and tips and here's his advice for adding crown molding to your home.
1. Discuss the project
Get yourself to Home Depot or a hardware store and discuss the project with an employee. Have your room measurements with you so he or she can help pull molding and trim for you to put up.
2. Stain it first
Stain or paint molding. Let dry overnight. Repaint if necessary.
