The nursery had been home to three babies already, and was in need of being 'refreshed'.
So Steve was busy repainting, papering, and putting up new wainscotting...
"I'm really liking this wallpaper..."
'I just need to put up a bit more of this trim..."
"and do some final painting. Then I can move the furniture back in, and you can decorate."
I decided to go with more traditional Victorian colours, and stay away from what one would expect in a baby's room nowadays. I also wanted to stay away from any pure or bright colours. When making miniatures it's important to keep the background colours 'in scale'. In other words, a lot darker and duller, like the paint in a real room would look in the shadows.
First thing was to choose a paint and wallpaper. I went to Michael's and chose one of their scrapbooking papers - one I thought looked most 'Victorian'. It was a grey-purplish-blue leafy vine on a pale, blue-grey background, with shading around the edges. The paper, being 12" square, wouldn't be high enough, so I chose a dull, dark blue, starry sky to go above it. Then I took the papers over to the paint department to find something that would work with it for the lower walls. I ended up with 'Plum Suede', which is a purply taupe. Definitely not something anyone else would have chosen for a baby room, but I figured I knew what I was doing. After all, the 'room' would be set up on my dining room table, and the yellowish light from the chandelier above it would make all the colours work together.
I had decided to customize the fireplace, and add two hinged foam-core walls. The scrapbooking paper had to be cut strategically so the darker shading would end up around the outer edges and in the folded corners. I also shaded around the wainscotting with pastel dust and a brush. I just needed to add the painted trim.....
First thing was to choose a paint and wallpaper. I went to Michael's and chose one of their scrapbooking papers - one I thought looked most 'Victorian'. It was a grey-purplish-blue leafy vine on a pale, blue-grey background, with shading around the edges. The paper, being 12" square, wouldn't be high enough, so I chose a dull, dark blue, starry sky to go above it. Then I took the papers over to the paint department to find something that would work with it for the lower walls. I ended up with 'Plum Suede', which is a purply taupe. Definitely not something anyone else would have chosen for a baby room, but I figured I knew what I was doing. After all, the 'room' would be set up on my dining room table, and the yellowish light from the chandelier above it would make all the colours work together.
I had decided to customize the fireplace, and add two hinged foam-core walls. The scrapbooking paper had to be cut strategically so the darker shading would end up around the outer edges and in the folded corners. I also shaded around the wainscotting with pastel dust and a brush. I just needed to add the painted trim.....
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