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Look! Sleeping Under a Tree: A DIY Paint Project

atla050908treepaint02.jpgHere's a beautiful NY to Cali collaboration that resulted in amazing effect. ATLA reader Chelsea's best friend flew out from New York and helped transform her walls into a breezy woodland scene using "Starry Night" paint by Ralph Lauren. Above is the work in progress, with the finished results under the jump...

 
 

atla050908treepaint01.jpgHere's the wall painting all finished.But they didn't stop there...

atla050908treepaint03.jpgFor the other room, we painted the wall "Utah Sky" blue by Benjamin Moore. We bought tons of old beat-up frames at Goodwill and repainted them the "starry night" color (it's like a deep dark chocolate brown) and then created a photo collage on the wall. The mirror was also from Goodwill. We repainted that too.

We think someone may need to enter our Fall Colors Contest. Thanks for sharing, Chelsea!

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What is this "Fall Colors Contest"...?

posted by lilithslair on May 9th 2008 at 7:39am
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fabulous!

posted by emilyn on May 9th 2008 at 7:51am
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lilithslair: here is a link to the 2007 Fall Colors Contest for you to enjoy (and hopefully inspire you to participate this year).

posted by gregory on May 9th 2008 at 7:54am
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Awesome!!!!!

posted by danze on May 9th 2008 at 8:38am
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love it!

posted by m! on May 9th 2008 at 8:47am
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WOW!!!

posted by jlg on May 9th 2008 at 10:01am
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It's awesome! I don't think I'll ever get tired of silhouette murals!

posted by OneWallKitchen on May 9th 2008 at 10:49am
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