A couple of years ago, December 2005 to be exact, I decided to paint a mural on a couple of the walls of our 2 story foyer. We were having a holiday party and lots of family coming to visit for Christmas. I also knew that in January we would be having the foyer and hallway painted. So I figured, why not.
My original inspiration was a piece of Martha Stewart wrapping paper with some stylized Christmas trees. I decided on the colors based mostly on what I had on hand. I used leftover wall paint for the 3 large trees and the bells and supplemented with acrylic craft paint on the rest. I'm pretty sure my husband thought I was crazy. My kids loved it though and were quite distressed when it got painted over in January.
I loved it too. When I (finally) finished the foyer painting I couldn't stop so I painted the snowman in a box who pointed the way into our playroom at the landing at the top of the stairs.
We did indeed have our party and I'm pretty sure we made a lasting impression with the neighbors ; ).
Of course now the foyer is painted a lovely (if boring) shade of beige (Benjamin Moore Shaker Beige). But for a few weeks back in the winter of 2005-2006, we had the coolest foyer on the block.
{the large text on the wall reads 'wish big', the 'win the lottery' wish inside the bell refers to a local charter school lottery that was held in March of '06. We didn't get in but fast forward to Summer 2007 and my boys did indeed win the lottery and now attend a different (maybe even better) charter school}
