Hand-painted closet is finished!

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We'd largely ignored our home office (and the odd-shaped dormer closet) since we moved in, but working from home made a renovation necessary. I started work on the closet in June intending to wallpaper it, but after doing all the plaster repair I decided to hand paint it instead. I had a lot of fun hiding my favorite plants, animals, and other weird stuff in there.

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Before & during repairs:
(our house was built in the 1920's and has lath board & horsehair plaster)

[simpsongal]

That's fantastic! You're very talented - it looks like a super high end wallpaper!

[momin2013]

I love that - it’s beautiful, and whimsical, and very well done!

[circa1978]

This is SO lovely. Great job!

[nicolewi]

Wow, this is AMAZING. I love it!

[AdaraMarie]

Beautiful

[flatlan]

Absolutely beautiful!!!

[deadwing]

HOLY SHIT that's impressive! You are very talented. I would love to put a nice chair in there and a tiny little table and use it as a reading nook.

[susiebw]

WOW! That looks amazing, great job!
What will you use the space for now?

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deadwing, susiebw, I will use it...as a closet! lol

After it was done, I debated keeping it as a reading nook or even moving the desk in there, but really we need the space for storage (old house, storage is at a premium). It is primarily a space for our window AC units, so during the summer when those are in the windows it's mostly empty.

[sacattack]

Oh my gosh - this is amazing - will you come to my house?

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Nov 16, 2022 14:29:47 GMT -5 sacattack said:

Oh my gosh - this is amazing - will you come to my house?

I would love to! 
Honestly I could see this being a post-retirement hustle

[rubytue]

Wow! Just wow! The is awesome!

[tacokick]

I love it so much!

[penguingrrl]

That is amazing!!!!

[icedcoffee]

WOW! You are seriously talented. I'm always jealous of people who are good at things. LOL

[darby]

Wow! It’s stunning!! I love it so much!

[aprilsails]

Beautiful work! I’m so inspired. I was just thinking this morning that I needed to get some awesome wallpaper for our laundry room and powder room. I love it.

[glw]

Thank you so much, everyone. <3

[dr.girlfriend]

Amazing! About how many hours did it take you to do?

[clairebear]

That is absolutely stunning!!! I love the key with the butterfly wings. 

[nicolewi]

I keep thinking about this. Your colors are perfect. It's so beautiful.

[pumpkin]

It’s beautiful!! You are very very talented.

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Nov 17, 2022 18:59:11 GMT -5 dr.girlfriend said:

Amazing! About how many hours did it take you to do?

Oh wow I don't know...removing the old wallpaper, taking down damaged plaster, and then re-plastering and sanding took two whole weekends. Painting the base color, ceiling, and trim was only a few hours total. And then the flowers I worked on here and there over four months. They needed at least two coats (the lighter colors needed three or four), the leaves needed three coats. Then I did the little Easter eggs here and there over two weekends. Then the outlining (I used navy Sharpies) took two weeks of evenings and weekends.

In my mind it was still easier than trying to match a pattern on a fancy wallpaper in a room where nothing is square. I'll keep telling myself that!

[winecat]

Stunning! I can't believe that you hand painted all of that! I absolutely love it!

[shamrockshake]

That is awesome! I love it

[maudefindlay]

Wow! I love everything about it, it's gorgeous!! Thank you so much for sharing.

[ckay]

You painted this?!? Amazing!!!!