Our Bedroom

A wall of different stuff that we have collected. I am still slowly adding as I get stuff.

 

A peace pipe that Pierre received in Canada. It is handmade by an American Indian.  It's hanging from a shelf that I got at a garage sale down the street from Mom and Dad's house.

This use to be downstairs with dishes and stuff in it, now it holds books. I dry brushed it with white to change it a bit.

 The curtains I made with the fabric I bought in the States this summer. The top piece is something I found in my stash, then I added the printed fabric and sewed that onto a long pair of off white sheers that I bought ready made.  I painted the white rods blue then used bronze spray paint to  add a bit of shine.

These curtains are a mix of curtains that used to be in the boys' room (brown) and white sheers that have been in a number of windows for the last 20 years! The blue fabric is from my shopping spree at Fabric Depot in Portland.  It really gives a cozy feel to the room.

Compass Rose

Here is what we started with, some font samples and pictures of compass roses from google.

 

 

He taped a string and pencil on the lamp and did some "savants calculs"  (that means some really smart stuff) then started by drawing a big circle.

I took pictures of the pencil drawings but it didnt come out too well. I aslo forgot to take pictures of the taping off and painting action. Sorry! But you get the idea.

 

We shaded the back of the letters on the paper and then were able to trace them onto the wall. We then painted them black with tiny paintbrushes.  That was kind of hard but if you look from far away you can't tell that we colored outside the lines.  As you know I am a "color outside the lines"  kind of girl.

We erased the circle and it left a light mark but it looks okay. It measures about 3 meters by 3 meters.  My picture taking skills need some work, that square is just a reflection of the window.