Friday, November 19, 2010

Extreme Home Makeover - Pocatello Idaho







This is the Marshall Sprier house located in Pocatello that my wife and I were able to be a part of this summer. I created this 3D mural that covered 3 walls of a room made for two 9 year old twin girls. The murals are cut from an industrial styrofoam cutting machine hooked up to a cad program. I custom designed and cut every piece, delivered it to Rhino Linings to get it sprayed with the truck bed liner to protect the foam, and painted it. A team of 4 of us installed it in a few hours. The flowers are on wooden dowels and are removable to accommodate for moving furniture. 


This is another part of the project we designed but I was not the original designer. I contributed in the creative design process as well as helping to install the bed and help build, but I was not the lead designer. The bed is about 5 feet high with an arch 12 feet high inspired by delicate arch in utah. The bed sits hidden in the top layer of "rock" and the entire bed is covered in spray cement. 


Work was tough but the free massages and foot rubs were worth the back to back  all-nighters we pulled in 4 days. It was so nice to have the projects installed. When the family finally showed up, about 80 people were still inside decorating the entire house and touching up paint scuffs on walls.



The bus showed up, we yelled it to move and saw the family's surprised and grateful look. We felt like the proper celebration would be to go home and sleep after a long week of work.




No comments:

Post a Comment