House Crashing: Luxe & Lovely (Part Two): a house log

You folks remember Stacie, right? She lives downtown in a vivid home that we in fact got to assist her decorate. And we even got the chance to House Crash her a while back (check out all those details right here).

Perhaps the befores of her bedroom will jog your memory. It used to look like this:

And then we whipped up one of our first mood boards ever for her… which helped her transform it into this:

And we also got to assist Stacie revamp her dining room for a big party that she was throwing a few months back. Here is how the room began out:

And here are the lovely afters pics (click over to our House Crashing post for all the dirty makeover details).

You also might recognize her vivid spiderweb-ish window atop the dreamy french doors that lead to her kitchen…

… or her especially dramatic living room with luxe dark walls and stunning supersized windows flanked by ruby red curtains…

So now that we have reviewed a few of the fantastic rooms that we have already covered in that House Crashing post of yore, let us get on to why we are revisiting such a fantastic home. Well, Stacie’s boyfriend Jeff painted the most stunning mural, and we simply had to share the latest chapter in her casa’s brilliant evolution. Here is the entryway before the big makeover.

And here it is in progress after Jeff designed a detailed and customized cherry blossom branch simply for the space, and then blew it up by projecting it on the wall to be traced and painted.

Oh and we suppose we should properly introduce the talented and brilliant muralist himself, so meet Jeff (armed with his trusty projector):

He designed the cherry blossom (with a lot of feedback from Stacie) in Photoshop, and was even able to show her how it would look on the wall (again thanks to Photoshop) before he got down to projecting and tracing the outline of the design on her wall.

Then he began filling things in with those steady hands of his (he’s in fact a full time artist) and even left intricate cut outs to create a stunningly interesting and detailed composition as he went.

And now Stacie’s entryway looks like this:

Is that not the most fantastic mural you’ve seen in a long time? We enjoy how it creeps up the stairs thanks to being custom designed for the space. And if you think it looks good in photos you should see it in person. It is truly spectacular.

Here is a closer shot so you can see that the small round buds that Jeff penciled onto the wall were in fact given a lot more detail and depth when he got to the painting stage. They are nearly like little rounded star blossoms so they feel elegant and sophisticated (as opposed to kid-like and cartoonish). And those little white slivers that he left on the branches truly create the illusion of shine and dimension- it is nearly like the chandelier above is casting light right onto the tops of the branches.

So that is Stacie’s remarkable entryway project. Simply when we thought her house could not get any better she goes and pulls a stunt like this.

Oh and Jeff’s in fact for hire if any locals are interested in working with him (simply shoot him an email right here). But back to that vivid cherry blossom. Is anyone else considering a mural for any room in their house? If so, which room- and what wiould the subject matter be? Share and share alike. And if you are in the mood to crash some other homes that we have featured, you can check them all out right here. Bonus: you do not even have to wipe your feet upon entry.

Psst- We are consistently on the hunt for a mouthwatering house (or ten) to crash, so if you or anyone you know has a casa that is feature-ready simply shoot us an email along with some photos of the space and if we are ever in the neighborhood we will be sure to drop in.