Seuss-ifying a Nursery
So, this past week has been one of painting - not so much of coding like usual…
Lots of painting.
I would like to thank Jess’ parents for coming up and helping us by painting our family room, office, and nursery. Having the help made getting so much work done possible.
This post however, is less about that particular bit of painting, but more about the amazing work that my sister Michelle was able to do when she came up this weekend. Now, my sister is artistic - but I never imagined how nicely our Dr. Seuss nursery would turn out.
First things first, we had to start with a blank canvas.
This is the side of the room on the left as you enter. Near the door.
This is the corner that is kitty corner to the door. The focal point in the room.
Now, this beautiful blue base was painted by Jess’ parents, and it came out great… but it doesn’t look much like a Dr. Seuss themed room, does it?
Also, I thank my co-worker Terry for letting me borrow his projector. We were able to project the images we wanted on the wall.
Fox in Socks. Much easier to trace than freehand.
We we’re able to do this for every character we wanted to add to the room. It took us a little while to get the sizes we wanted, and positioning the project was a pain - but it made everything go MUCH faster as we progressed.
We started to paint the characters on the wall, such as Fox in Socks:
No socks quite yet
We also started to paint Thing 1 and Thing 2 (on opposite sides of the room):
Lacks the pop without the color to the hair.
We then get to the Seuss-iconic Cat in the Hat:
Not quite the same without black.
Of course, then we had to get Sam from Green eggs and Ham in the room too:
Sexy, Sexy, Green Eggs and Ham
Me painting Sam
…and now for the focal point of the room, we drew Horton.
Horton miraculously floats!
A person's a person no matter how small.
So, over the course of the weekend (afternoon of Saturday until afternoon of Sunday), my sister Michelle, my nephew Sam, and I we’re painting the room (Jess wasn’t allowed to, since acrylic paint is bad if you are pregnant - like everything else).
Below will be several of the “finished” pictures of the characters, then a video that walks you through the room. We have bought a crib and we’ll show the room and how it looks with furniture soon - but we want to get everything in there first!
Thing 2 and Fox
Cat in the Hat and Sam
Truffula Trees and Horton
Horton and a Quote
Whos above the closet.
Thing 1 hanging out.
And now, for your viewing pleasure, a quick video walk through of the room.
omg, Dave, too cute! I love it!
I didn’t know you were expecting, congrats!
Dave this awesome! I love it!!!! I don’t know if you guys had a baby shower, but something you might consider doing is building up a library of children’s books…you could do this by asking everyone to buy a copy of their favorite children’s book and write a message inside to your son/daughter…it’s a great way for people to do something personal, have something special for your child to look at (the messages especially), and of course the books in general are great! Please send me your address so I can make a contribution! :)