I have always loved seeing funky wall decals in homes. They can turn a boring wall into something a little bit more interesting...but only if you do it right. Not having my own home is difficult for me because home decor is what I LOVE, and most places restrict you from doing something as small as hanging a picture. Luckily, my first apartment in Salt Lake allowed us to paint the walls, as long as we painted it white before we moved out. And paint we did.
I never quite understood whether wall decals were permanent or if they could be removed easily (and when I say "didn't understand", I mean never did any sort of research, whatsoever). I didn't really care to find out --- I was pretty set on just painting the wall myself. I didn't want to have to go through the process of searching for the perfect decal or waiting for something to ship to me. Basically, it comes down to the fact that I'm EXTREMELY impatient.
I used the never failing searche engine, google, to find the perfect, most simplistic bird cages. I bought a small tube of acrylic paint at Michaels Arts and Crafts - if I remember right it was Delta Ceramcoat or something similar. Next, I sketched out a larger version of the birdcages with a pencil directly on the wall. With the rounded end of the paintbrush, I dipped it in my black acrylic paint and began tracing my sketching on the wall, trying to keep the lines as straight as possible. With a steady hand, this is one of the easiest things to paint; just one line after another. The birds were simple as well, using the tip of the paintbrush to create the smoothest line possible, and using the brush end to fill in the middle. After an hour or two of drying, it was finished!
The only problem with this particular wall paint was that from a distance, it looked like there were real birds hanging in our little doorway. No more bird cages for me! Maybe...
Craft on, little birdies
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