Paint and Wallpaper

I'm really enjoying this project!  It's fun to be messy for a change of pace.  Albeit controlled messiness!  LOL!

Today I painted the bookcases, fireplace and windows with a 50/50 mixture of black paint and Mod Podge.  I learned this from Ara at Bentley House Minis.  It's great for painting and sealing the paper all in one step!  Who knew!  I also painted the cardstock I'm using to back the wallpaper.  Speaking of . . . what fun that was!  I also painted the furniture I have so far for this project.

Once the wallpaper is dry I'm going to install it in the room box.  For now, I'm going to move onto the floor and figure out what to do with the ceiling.  I just had the thought to use some anaglypta wallpaper I have and paint it black.  It has a popcorn ceiling effect which I think will work well.

I'm really liking the effect of all the black.  It's turning out just I had envisioned and BellaDonna really stands out amongst it!

I made the wallpaper by first painting the cardstock black (half paint/half Mod Podge), cutting strips of "wallpaper" (a printout from a shop on Etsy), and using a mixture of glue, water and a dollop of black paint.  I soaked the paper in the mixture and applied it to the cardstock.  Then I used a pointy stick thing (not sure what it's really called) to mess up the wallpaper.

Waiting for wallpaper to dry before installing it in the room box.

I had so much fun "messing" up this wallpaper!

I painted the window frames, bookcases and fireplace with the paint/Mod Podge mixture.

BellaDonna dropped in to see the progress.

I used watered down paint to "dirty" the windows.  This was REALLY outside my comfort zone, but I love the effect.

Dryfitting the wallpaper.  I also painted the furniture I have so far for this room.  It's having the desired effect because BellaDonna really stands out!

So that's where I'm at so far . . . off to do some more work!