Nursery Theme

[Codewiz]

My wife and I have a baby due in November. We have decided the theme we want for the room. We want to do a semi-realistic cosmic theme. We don't like the cartoony space themes we have seen.

The problem is that my wife and I aren't artists. So my wife and I were thinking about picking some hubble photos as our inspiration and offering a local college student(painter/artist) around $500 to come over to the house and paint murals on our walls in the nursery.

Think I will have any luck on finding a college student willing to spend the time to do that? Is $500 a ridiculously low amount or high amount?

 

[Lola]

First off, HOW COOL!!! It will be great with planning and the right artist.

I would look in your area for an "arts" college first. If you do not have a specific arts college, go to a good university. Or call the art department and ask them if you could send a flier to them to put up.

How big is the room? How many hours do you think it would take this person to finish what you desire? That is what I would consider in the amount of payment.

 

[Codewiz]

Yeah we have some colleges around here that have pretty decent liberal arts programs. The room is only 10x12 so not a large room at all. The room has two large windows. So if I were to guess it is around 250sqft. I honestly have no idea how long it would take to do as it probably depends on what type of paint and sessions it might take. A lot would be empty space(i would paint the base coat as dark blue or something along those lines) with some small stars.

 

[BurnItDwn]

This may be too pricey and too much work, but if you want to go all out, star field ceilings are pretty sweet.
http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=417
http://www.cinemashop.com/3/starfieldlight.htm

 

[Codewiz]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
This may be too pricey and too much work, but if you want to go all out, star field ceilings are pretty sweet.
http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=417
http://www.cinemashop.com/3/starfieldlight.htm

Cool ideas.

There is also things like http://www.cosmicrooms.com/index.shtml

I probably won't be touching the ceiling because it is a popcorn ceiling throughout my house.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: Codewiz

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
This may be too pricey and too much work, but if you want to go all out, star field ceilings are pretty sweet.
http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=417
http://www.cinemashop.com/3/starfieldlight.htm

Cool ideas.

There is also things like http://www.cosmicrooms.com/index.shtml

I probably won't be touching the ceiling because it is a popcorn ceiling throughout my house.

I've never seen that before, also very cool.
I don't blame you for leaving the ceiling as is. I have that textured "popcorn" ceiling in my house too (though I have a basement with a drop ceiling ... which would be ideal for eventually putting a "starfield" in .... should I ever get around to building a theater. But my improvements will likely be all outdoor ones as budget allows.