Monday, September 8, 2008

Ryan's Room (the beginning)

As soon as we found out we were pregnant, Ryan knew he wanted to do a mural painting in the baby's room. He decided on a Baby Einstein theme and he was off and running. He started drawing up the plans and when I first saw them, I thought he was being "quite ambitious". I thought he was just going to do one wall and when I saw the plans, he was doing all four walls! I wouldn't say that I doubted his abilities, but I was a little worried that he was taking on quite a bit. Ryan started drawing on the actual walls on August 22 and started taping off that same weekend. That weekend we also went and picked out all the Baby Einstein colours at Home Depot and the following week he was set to paint. He started with sky blue, then the grass green and last weekend he was already onto dark tree green. It's quite a process to paint because he has to tape off all of the objects, then paint one colour (usually 3 coats), then wait for it to dry, take off the tape then re-tape for the next colour. It's coming along awesome and I have no doubt he will get it done in the next few months!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

WOW!! My jaw just dropped in amazement ... I didn't know that Ryan had this hidden skill :-)

What a wonderful idea ... I'm sure walnut will absolutely love the room. Can't wait to see the final product!