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A fairy tale princess castle mural for a little girls room

A Castle fit for a Princess

Posted on March 20, 2015March 20, 2015 by Ellen Leigh

What little princess would not love to have her own castle on her bedroom wall? Sweet little Grace was the lucky little girl to get this fairy tale princess castle mural on her wall. Now ladies- wouldn’t you have loved [ . . . ]

Posted in Children, murals, nurseryTagged boys, castle, children's, girls, mural, nurseryLeave a comment
Fairy Tale Tower girl's room mural by Ellen Leigh

12 Murals for Children’s Rooms Ideas

Posted on February 25, 2015February 25, 2015 by Ellen Leigh

Looking for some great murals for children’s rooms ideas? There are plenty of them out there, and plenty of them here on the blog. I paint a lot of murals for children’s rooms and the possibilities are only limited by [ . . . ]

Posted in Children, Decor and Design, inspiration, muralsTagged boys, children, children's, girls, ideas, murals3 Comments
Fairy tale girl's room mural by Ellen Leigh

Fairy Tale Girl’s Room

Posted on August 9, 2013February 10, 2015 by Ellen Leigh

In the second model home project with the interior design firm that contacted me recently, I was allowed a bit more creativity in designing the work. The designer on the project had a fairy tale girl’s room in mind- stone [ . . . ]

Posted in Children, WIPTagged castle, children's, fairy tale, girls, landscape, mural, stone2 Comments
Firehouse ladder mural by Ellen Leigh

Model Murals

Posted on August 9, 2013February 26, 2015 by Ellen Leigh

A couple of weeks back, I got a phone call as I was out and about. It seems that an interior design firm had scheduled another muralist to do some work for them in a local model home and had [ . . . ]

Posted in Children, murals, nurseryTagged boy's room, children's, graphics, mural, nursery2 Comments
cartoon park mural by Ellen Leigh

More Day Care Murals ~Cartoon Park Mural

Posted on September 14, 2012February 26, 2015 by Ellen Leigh

Perfect timing! Debbie at Ready, Step, Grow dashed off an e-mail to me requesting a new mural in the playroom there. They had painted all the walls in yellow and sky blue, and wanted to have a simple cartoon park [ . . . ]

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under water reflections by Ellen Leigh

Under the Sea~ Under Water Reflections

Posted on June 16, 2012February 26, 2015 by Ellen Leigh

I’ve always wanted to try this technique ever since seeing it done on a seafood restaurant ceiling, years ago. I don’t remember what I ate, but I remember being fascinated with that ceiling. I was thrilled when my friend and [ . . . ]

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At the Beach required mural repairs after a small remod project

Ready, Step, Grow revisited~ mural repairs

Posted on June 15, 2012February 26, 2015 by Ellen Leigh

In April I finally got the go ahead to do some mural repairs at a local day care center. I had painted a few murals there previously (read about it here). They had a bathroom door moved and this impacted [ . . . ]

Posted in Children, commercial, inspirationTagged beach, cartoon, children's, farm, fish, nurseryLeave a comment
Updated closet wall with hand lettered name in a teen girl's room by Ellen Leigh

Changing the Look~ a teen girl’s room

Posted on April 2, 2012February 13, 2015 by Ellen Leigh

This past week, I spent some time in the land of all things pink and frilly. I was asked to give a little girl’s room a more mature early teen look. The room was already beautifully painted by another artist. [ . . . ]

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Children’s Rooms

Posted on December 19, 2011February 14, 2015 by Ellen Leigh

I love to paint children’s rooms. It’s a good thing, because I sure do get to paint a lot of them. I guess it brings out the kid in me, and I get to have lots of fun creating something [ . . . ]

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day care library murals- fun design

Spelling Bees

Posted on October 1, 2010February 16, 2015 by Ellen Leigh

Day Care Library Murals Yesterday I got to go back to the day care center and work on another fun project in the freshly painted library. It was a blast to listen to the kids playing all day and see their little [ . . . ]

Posted in Children, commercial, inspirationTagged bees, cartoon, children's, day careLeave a comment

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