The muralist and the skyline – a worthy challenge
Working on the kid’s room and noticed that it needed something a little different. Since the previous use of the room was a “dining nook” (a relative term when you live in a 700 sq ft house) – there was an opportunity to make it more of a kid-friendly space and have some fun.
We figured that we could do a mural above the picture rail that spans the room. It’s about 18 linear feet and about 18 inches tall. We finally settled on a skyline of some sort. Since we had already painted the area blue – we figured a mural that incorporate “bay area” elements would blend in nicely.
So here’s what we did:
Special thanks to muralist Scott Willis for helping bring this vision to life. His interpretation of our random sketches and various descriptions were spot on. Extra points for incorporating actual constellations well – that was a nice bonus. He ended up tying in some great bay area landmarks along with some with personally significant ones (Santa Clara mission – woot!). Scott’s rates were very reasonable and the work was done in a day – i would gladly do another mural like this in the future!
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