Say Goodbye to Fishies

[catnapper]

My daughter has decided she's too old for her fish motive anymore and I'm painting over the mural I did when she was 11. Bye bye fishies. I'll miss you.
http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v74/kimmel101/misc%20nonsense/heathers_room.jpg

I have no problem painitng over them... but part of me feels "there goes my baby!" - meaning she's now all grown up. She's 14 now. Only three years since she BEGGED for the mural, but a lot of maturing happenend in those three years! :eek:

PS: The new design is turning out SO cool... I'll post it when I'm done. I'm rushing it because she's having a major sleep over in two weeks and wants a cool new room to show off to her friends... a room with no "new paint smell" LOL

[Fallon]

What a nice fish mural.. too bad she's growing up and you have to paint over it. What's the new theme going to be anyways? I can't wait to see the new mural since the fish one turned out so nice I bet this new one will be awesome...

[Killearn Kitties]

Aww, what a shame. Looking forward to seeing the new one though! I'm sure it will be lovely.

[cloverfdx]

Goodbye fishies that is a very nice mural, but a change is good. I cannot wait to see what the new mural looks like. :)

[Ally Cat's Mommy]

I also can't wait to see the new one -be sure to post pics!!

[catnapper]

I don't know if what we're doing qualifies as a mural... its just a bold pattern on one wall and dark walls all others. We're not even close to done, but here's the work in progress. It'll look great when done - I have some really cool things planned. She wanted tp keep the same color scheme - she likes that still, but wants to have an older look.

Of course its all done on a shoestring budget. All of the paint was "oops paint" from Home Depot - their mis-mixes that nobody wanted for $5 or less a gallon :)

Trading Spaces, here I come! ;)
http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v74/kimmel101/misc%20nonsense/work_in_progress.jpg

[lynnestankard]

I love the Fishies but the ongoing work looks very interesting - yep kids sure do grow a lot between 11 and 14 don't they? :eek:
Don't forget to show the finished project!:D

Lynne

[Nomilynn]

Originally posted by catnapper
Of course its all done on a shoestring budget. All of the paint was "oops paint" from Home Depot - their mis-mixes that nobody wanted for $5 or less a gallon :)

Wow this looks great, and I'm so glad you posted this. I always kinda wondered if "oops paint" existed, because I want to move soon and therefore paint my new place, so hopefully I can find something cheap and great! :) I love the colours, and I think those stripes will make the room look bigger. Lovely work!

[DJFyrewolf36]

I like the work so far, it looks great. The fish thing was really really awesome...*I'm 22 and Id keep that in my room if I could lol, want to come over and paint it in MY House tehe* Good job on finding oops paint, the colors are awesome!

[catnapper]

Thanks everyone! First off, my neighbor is enlisting me to paint the fishies on her daughter's walls soon... so they won't be lost forever! ;)

As for the oops paint, the best time to go is right after they have demonstrations or a big sale. A lot of their oops paint is the stuff they used for demonstrations or returns after a sale.

I shopped for a few months for her paint... they don't always have the right colors, so whenever I'm at Home Depot I take a look. As for the colors, don't be afraid to mix! The light teal was actually a BRIGHT green that was tempered by mixing it with a blue and a whitish grey.


Nomilyn... good luck with your move and happy "oops paint" hunting!

[ramanth]

Sad to see the fishies go, but the new design is lovely. :) Love the colors too.

My room and bathroom was seafoam green. The walls were painted a very light seafoam green while the carpet was darker. I had a few posters and prints of dolphins and whales. :)

My friend would paint her own murals on her bedroom walls while growing up. If she got tired of one, she'd paint over it. :)

[Barbara]

Can't you come and paint some fishies for me?

I like the colours of the new design however:D