If you love strawberries, you’re going to love this custom painted strawberry wall border. I took pictures of the kitchen walls, before, during and after painting, so you can see the painting process.
I had so much fun painting this strawberry wall border in Santa Clarita, CA.
My client had been wanting to do some creative painting in her home for years and we came up with the most delicious idea for her kitchen!
She was excited because she was being pro-active in hiring an artist…but also nervous because she had never had this type of service before and didn’t know exactly what she was going to get.
Here is a picture of the kitchen before I painted it.
Here is how we co-created together.
What my client told me she desired:
- I want giant strawberries, vines, blossoms, and some whimsy. (We decided on some bees.)
- I love red and unique things. Use the large space bordering my kitchen – but I don’t want the painting to overwhelm the room.
With this wish list, I got busy creating!
I thought a good way to begin was to create a few cardboard templates of strawberry shapes in different sizes.
After sketching strawberries and vines onto the wall I began painting in the border. I started out with a lot of glaze mixed in my paint, so my beginning painting would look very sketchy.
My client hung out with me during the painting process and really enjoyed seeing her kitchen transform.
I told her she could watch as much as her heart desired and we could have as many check-ins as she wanted, too. I wanted her to feel confident the mural would be turn out just the way she wanted.
After painting in all the details. The mural was complete.
Here is a picture of the finished strawberry wall border.
Mmmn…It looks Berry-licious!
Strawberry accents were also painted above the kitchen doorway and window to tie the whole room together.
Here is a picture of the strawberry wall art above the doorway.
And here is a picture of the strawberries painted over the window.
The strawberry border really does look beautiful in this kitchen. It adds all the elements my client desired and does not overwhelm the room.
In fact, after the strawberry wall border was finished my client said, “I love it! Why did I wait so long?”
Apparently, my client had saved a snapshot of a mural she had seen 15 years ago – when she had first had her dream of commissioning a custom mural.
…And, she had gotten my contact information from a friend 3 years ago!
I’m glad she trusted me to bring her dream to life. She was very happy with her custom kitchen painting.
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