The wardrobe painted like a Trompe l'Oeil

Springs blooms in the kid's room

This is the magic of the Trompe l'Oeil, which can bring a garden into a room, pulling down walls and enlarging spaces. An old wardrobe with sliding doors, some azure water paint and acrylics colours, some decoupage details and it's enough to give life to the kid's room.

The wardrobe was hand painted using also stencils and decoupage techniques, which simplify and speed up the work: for example the tree leaves were realized with a stencil masks, while some details like flowers, butterflies and birds have been taken from decoupage paper or nature magazine.

The step by step explanation and the drawings have been published in the first number of the magazine "Casa Chic"

Picture: Massimo Bottura
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The shutter small chest

The shutter small chest was decorated using the stencil technique

The ducks coat stand

This coat stand was decorated using prints of duck and ducklings.

Measures: 42 x 30 (cm).

Small chest of drawers with ducklings

This small wooden chest of drawers was decorated using napkin decoupage technique.
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If you want to know more about the napkin decoupage click here...

measures: 36 x 20 x 10 (cm).

The Sleeping Beauty box

This cardboard box was painted and then decorated with prints representing roses and a photocopy of a picture in a tale book. The background on which I realized the work was at first painted with crack effect. It's simply perfect to wrap up a present for a baby girl.

Measures: 25 x 25 x 5 (cm).
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The fairies' clock

I used prints from an old calendar representing fairies to decoupage this clock.
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Meaasures: 21 x 35 cm

The angels' clock

Paintings and decoupage together for this clock.
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Measures: 21 x 35 cm.

The second angels' clock

See step by step lesson to understand how to make it.
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Measures: 21 x 35 cm.