Painter of Vines

Finally finished my bedroom painting! Aaaand closet organizing. Aaaaaaand drawer cleaning, Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand clothes getting rid of. Unloaded a good five trash bags full of stuff into my car. I feel thirty pounds lighter. Too. Much. Stuff. Found a lot of cool junk though. You nevre realize how weird your life has been until you go through all the stuff you've saved from it. Also found lots of heart melting notes and cards and gifts from people. Even though its usually an all day production, I actually kind of enjoy sorting through all my stuff when its been a while. And Holly made out like a bandit.
When I started my room about five months ago I had a plan for the main wall that involved a pretty ridiculous floral design mural. I started it and then school and everything else kept me from finishing and I just had these horrendous half-painted flowers on the wall that made me want to barf every time I woke up and saw them. So painting over them was on the tip top of my "things to do when I get done with school list"
Since I have so much paint on hand though from all kinds of other projects, my goal was to not spend any new dollars on this one. I just used whatever paint I had in our (my) shed. Which made it a little more challenging I guess, but it was also more fun getting a new room design for free. And because I do a lot of painting for other people, its rarely *just* about what I want for a space. Of course I always get to throw in my input and ultimately I usually do end up putting something close to my original vision up on the wall, but theres always the other person to consider. Their tastes, personality, budget and willingness to take risks. Which is what makes it fun for me, but when I go and do my own room theres always an increased level of excitement because I get to do whateeeever I want. So I try and do things that are new to me. Or that I wouldnt suggest in other peoples' homes cause I'm not sure how well it will turn out (i.e. crazy floral murals). But in this case, I just went for the classic tree on the wall. Its overdone for sure, but who cares? I still dig it. And I did try to give it my own little twist. So without further ado, heres the mostly finished product!

I got the inspiration for the vines from some wall rub-ons that I saw and then I just added the fat bird to give it a little extra color.




And of course one bird would just be lonely so I gave him a cute little yellow wifey bird. Hopefully I dont end up with a bunch of little orange baby birds stuck to my wall :)