Circus Room Trompe L'oeil

I'll put up some more shots of all details of this room when I get the real photos taken, but for now here's a shot of completed trompe l'oeil circus panel opposite our circus wagon desk (scroll down for recent posts on this project).

Circus Room Trompe L'oeil Pictures

I'm going to finish off the children's room circus trompe l'oeil this week at long last. I have been juggling in another set of design and art production work for Lucky D's Bar & Grill, which will have cool pictures of its own coming soon.

The circus room is almost done, I put most of the finishing touches on today.

But first, these are pics from earlier this month, from beginning to about midway through detailing the trompe l'oeil centerpiece of the room. In the entertainment production industry, this would be called the "hero wall".







This painting is directly across from the cabinet of earlier circus room posts. Here is the same point in mural development shot from other end of the room:



More pictures this week before I start on Lucky D updates.

Child's Desk: Circus Theme Room pt.2

Here is the first of several coming pictures of finished child's desk and cabinet for the children's circus theme room I've been working on this summer.



My new gig at The Frame Maker has kept me burning the candle at all three ends while I finish this room along with work on my other major project of the year, Lucky D's, in San Diego's East Village two blocks from Petco Park. More pix soon....

Child's Desk: Circus Theme Room

Okay, here are the first pictures of the actual desk and bookshelf unit coming to life from the drawings and design featured in the last post.

Del delivered the case in component parts to the jobsite. Paint grade furniture components typically utilize a mix of materials and surfaces for cost effectiveness, which means that thorough prep is just as important on a paint grade job as for a clear or translucent finish job. Fortunately, Chism Brothers handled this job expertly for us-- thank you, Victor!


Top half of desk/bookcase unit after prep and base
by Victor from Chism Brothers Painting.

The parts were snowy clean and fresh when I began working on them to look weathered and worn-- just the way it goes sometimes, I suppose. The first step was to add on a few dimensional pieces of my own.


Three dimensional detail pieces applied to face of bookcase,
monkey sold separately in later post.

After assembling the entire unit in place in the room, I primed and based the add-ons and touched up the handling marks. The next step would be to paint in the ornament fresh and bright.


Laying in the painted ornament base colors.

Once complete, this is also the last step before getting to age it all down and knock it around a little, so it feels like a real old painted circus wagon. In the background of this picture you can see the final aging of the circus tent wall finish; the painted finish of the cabinet will ultimately fit into that same look.