World Map Wall Painting
I’m in love with Madison’s World Map Wall Painting! Now that I finished installing the wood floors and all the trim is back in place, I think it looks awesome. I’m tempted to put my office back in here! LOL
Madison Googled “World Map”, found one she liked and we used a projector to trace it. Then we painted it by hand. All three of us spend most of last weekend with little artist brushes on this baby! 🙂
As you can see, there is more in store for this wall. I think, as is, it WOULD be a really cool backdrop for an office. But we’re going to make it a really cool girl’s room.
What else did I cross off my To-Do list for this room? Re-texture, paint, lights, fan, floors, baseboards, door casing and feature wall (mostly).
…as opposed to most that are not even started and a couple that are mostly done.Feeling really good about one COMPLETELY done room after a year in this house. LOL
Wow that looks amazing. I love it! I can’t wait to see the finished product.
Thank you Letti.
How do you go about retexturing your walls – we have the old school orange peel texture and I would love to get ride of it!
We have horrible textured walls too and I am in the process of skimming them. I just used my hand to smear drywall mud onto the wall, which probably got me to where you are, and then I am going to use a taping knife to put a couple thin layers on. I will sand after each one. Hope that helps.
I mix up some joint compound to the consistency of thick pancake batter then use a large trowel to coat the wall. It doesn’t take a thick layer. I generally end up doing two layers to get it smooth. You may not be going for smooth though. Maybe you want a California texture (I call it hand troweled) where you want a little texture here and there? Just depends on what you want it to look like. Getting it perfectly smooth is a little tricky. Just make sure you use a work light to wash the wall with light so you can see everything. After you prime, you’ll probably find some areas that need a little more attention. I usually do anyway. 🙂
Thanks!
Wow! Looks Amazing! Can’t wait to see what you do next in there. And the floors are beautiful; and the map is sending it ever over the top! Great idea!
Thanks Wendy. We’re loving it.
It is a very cool map, and I’d hate to cover it, too. But I do understand a young lady wanting her own vision in her own room. 🙂 Is the map from a stencil(s), do you think?
Thanks Cheri. We used a projector to trace a world map and then painted it by hand. The room wasn’t big enough to move the projector back far enough to do the whole wall at once so we had to move it about 5 times and use reference points to get it lined back up properly. It was a bit tricky but it worked. 🙂
I am LOVING those floors!!!!!!!!!!!!! I should say, I love the room and especially the FLOORS. W-O-W!
Was it worth the back pain involved??
Over that ugly carpet? Heck yeah! Two visits to the Chiropractor and lots of ice. It was definitely worth it. LOL