SK On Elderberry: Oregon Through Utah to Texas Keith

Texas Keith Red, White and Blues

Decorating on the fly and on the cheap with Chef Darcy of Silver Spoon Cakes in Salt Lake City.

Harsh hot lime green was trouble for this amazing little boy.

We painted the upper walls with a denim paint technique. You can find lots of "How To's" on Google and Pinterest. I have used several of these techniques in the past. Most use a first coat of butter yellow and then the brushed blue glaze top coat. I painted the room dark blue and then glazed with a light blue. As I rolled the glaze on the painted wall, I used a wallpaper brush to make the cross hatched pattern of rough denim.

This is a Ralph Loren tutorial

Texas loves old tin toys. Antique cars, trucks and airplanes. So we designed the room around found and gathered treasures. Some of these cool things were salvaged from the hundred plus year old basement, so no costs were incurred.

The old replica Airmail postage stamp shelf was built from old leftover wood and chalk paint. Texas loves his old tin police car showcased.

I played with Modern Masters Metal Effects Paints for all the rust and tumble.

The Route 66 sign was built from old wood scraps. Bolts and hinges were painted and rusted with the iron paint from Modern Masters Metal Effects Paints

Texas now has a great place to hang coats and his backpack.

The turquoise was created using Modern Masters copper paint.

I made a true to size licence plate with his name and date of birth. I modeled the lettering with Durham's Rock Hard Putty and then painted with Modern Masters Metal Effects Paint. Iron and copper.

Just think of the possibilities. Any name, state, date of birth. They are painted on light weight wood and look and feel like rusted metal. I can create one of any state, year or theme. Just give out a shout and we can figure it all out. Hmmm. Rhymes. It's late I guess.