Noah's Ark Nursery

by Shane Perrine
(Redford, MI, USA)

Our Noah's Ark nursery was inspired by two things. One was our faith in God and desire to share that with our new baby by creating a Noah's Ark themed room. The second was our desire to create something together that we could all put our mark on using the special talents of our family members.

Since my brother is a graphic designer, we figured this would be a great project for us to do together.

We found the perfect bedding set (Jungle Tales by Nojo) with an animal design that we loved, and we used paint colors that are in the bedding by getting exact color matched paint from Home Depot.

I came up with the idea for the theme and how the mural would progress around the room, and my brother put it together using Adobe Photoshop incorporating the animal designs from the crib bedding. (They're nearly identical!).

The room took around 70 hours in total split up over several days.

Our favorite part of the process was the original conception and design with my brother and, of course, the final product.

After I primed the room, my mom, step-dad and mother-in-law drew grid lines around the room. My brother then used his computer design and these lines to draw the pictures on the wall using pencil.

My brother and I did most of the painting

• The first wall shows 2 monkeys and 2 tigers walking down a path towards the ark.
• The second wall shows the ark with animals on it and with their faces peeking out of the port holes.
• The third wall shows open water with turtles in the water, a parrot in the sky, a smiley sun, and a rainbow.
• The forth and final wall shows the new land with a dove flying overhead. The mural was designed so that the crib, dresser and chair would not block it.