A few weeks ago, I showed you some photos of the little fairies' room after I added part of the canvas mural I'd done for An Enchanted Affaire.
After thinking about it, and talking to Sugarwings, we decided that more of the mural needed to go in the room.
Here is the whole thing, set up at the event. I'd designed it so that the right side was a darker side of the forest and the main interest was to the left.
We cut off the sunlit meadow side and put it behind Dewdrop's tiny little bed.
Later, I went back and painted the vent to make it blend in.
This was the section left over to use by Sugarwings' bed. For one thing, the center tree is just blah, it wasn't meant to be a focal point. For another, the flowers were too red, and so was the cottage.
So, I livened up the central tree with more branches and some lighter toned leaves.
And pinked up the cottage. (sorry, the crooked photo makes it look like the house is melting)
One of the smaller trees in the distance got some vining roses.
And the blue bird got bluer. Basically, I wanted the whole thing a bit lighter and brighter since it was going to be part of a little girl's room now.
All the red flowers became pink ones, and a fairy with a flock of bumble bee friends was painted in right where Sugarwings could visit with her when she laid down to sleep.
My poor, old, eyes! This girl was only about an inch or so tall.
After repainting the forest, I looked around the room to see what else we could do.
I changed out the bedspreads with some lighter weight ones for summer. The girls also now have a vintage, pink high chair to use when it's feeding time for the teddy bears. Dewdrop had outgrown the chair and I was wondering what to do with it. Giving it to them to play with has been a hit with them.
I'm not sure about the droopy wrinkles in this part of the canvas, but the kiddos don't mind.
Just like they don't care about the choppy look the room gets from it's various wall treatments. From a design standpoint, this could have been done much better, and I know that the original mural on the closet walls doesn't go with the canvas ones that we hung in there.
But it has some sweet fairies on it, so the theme still fits, even if the style doesn't.
At least the ceiling still matches, I painted it like a sky before Sugarwing's was born. When she was still just a wish, not quite a person yet.
Speaking of wishes…. my little one loved the redo, but was wishing for a pink bed. So, what do you figure I did about that?
Part three of the saga up next!
What a beautiful, magical room! Your little fairy grands are lucky to have such a fun, talented grandma.
One of your fairies looks like Betty White in her younger days! lol
-happy sigh- What a delightful room, for your so-lucky little Grand Girls. Lovely, magical, perfect…
Fret not about some wrinkles. That’s a grown-up’s kind of worrying. This is a magical room, for little girls. Thoughts of wrinkles, don’t even come into-their-heads. 🙂
Tessa
What a magical sweet room for the grandfairies! What lucky little girls they are.
I can’t imagine being anything but thrilled to walk into this room! You need not point out any flaws….to us wishing we were there it is flawless! Thank you for sharing! 🙂
It is magical! What a dream to be able to sleep in such a beautiful, magical place! You are the BEST Grammy, ever!
What a blessed little girl who gets to play, sleep, and wake to this heaven…:)
Karla;
What an AMAZING room for the baby fairies! Looks like it is fresh out of a fairy tale!!!! I will never have enough Karla Nathan Whimsical in my little house! Your talent is a HUGE Gift! Love you R&K
So much fun!
Magazine Perfect to me!!
Karla, the room looks exquisite! Straight out of a fairytale…. the girls love it, I’m sure! They are so lucky (although they may not realize it for years to come lol) to have you as their “grandma” – everything you touch with your brush turns to magic!
Every time I see a post like this I think your grands got the best grandma in the world. A fairy grandmother, I think!
How lucky are these fairy grand babies? Love their enchanted fairy land room. I am sure they will have lots of fairytale dreams in there. Grace xoox
What an Enchanting Space to do Imagining in and make Dreams come True! Well done!!!
Blessings from the Arizona Desert… Dawn… The Bohemian
That room is just magical, Karla, and I know it makes the grandfairies feel very special to have a place like that all their own! I think the closet doors are beautiful in that room and fit in just fine. Bohemianesque moi feels that things don’t at all have to be all matchy matchy anyway! : D
Anxiously awaiting part 3 of this bedroomian saga!
That is the prettiest room for your grandfairies. They are so lucky and it and they are adorable. I have 2 grandkids myself and there’s nothing like hanging out with them with a project.
i just love the room and i am sure when they wake up they look around and smile 🙂 what a great gramma you are… and i know how you feel.. i just adore my two granddaughters (and i also have four grandsons)
and i realllyyy love the pink roses.. so delicate and gorgeous….
and a pink bed.. well why not lol
big ladybug hugs
and btw
my little one whos 3.. calls them buzziebees lol
lynn l
you are just amazing I hope the girls love it all and sure they do.
I bet they think all fairy Grandma’s are as talented as theirs?
I just love the bed and about the crown, take a tiara and break off the ends and attach it to her hair, like a 3d tiara
since you may paint it again I would use a glue that will come off easy not E6000
Janice