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Surf Bedroom Design

Posted:
Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:45 am
by Sian_Cousins
Hey Everyone, I wonder if you can help, I'm doing my bedroom up in a surfer style as i love surfing, I want the colours of Pink, white and green, and im also using Roxy as well, i dont want wallpaper as i want to paint, but i have no idea how to go about doing this, do you have ne ideas? xxx

Posted:
Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:02 am
by grub

some people
Maybe have a look at some surf art sites... one site is called something like "club of the waves", with features from surf artists...
http://www.clubofthewaves.com
Re: Surf Bedroom Design

Posted:
Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:25 am
by Ellie
Sian_Cousins wrote:i want to paint, but i have no idea how to go about doing this
I would recommend a brush. Alternatively, a roller.
Why not just do a plain background on each wall - maybe each wall a different colour. And then get loads of really nice poster-size surf photos, stick them in clip-frames, and hang them everywhere. Ta-da!

Posted:
Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:43 am
by Jimi
Another option for painting, somewhat more unorthodox, is the little known technique of gun-powder-coating.
Originally devised by 12th century chinese monks, this technique will have your creative paint flying around.
The process is simple enough: one large fire cracker or small stick of dynamite is placed inside a plastic bucket (so the wick reaches out the top).
The Bucket is then filled with the desired paint colour(s) and the wick is then ignited.
The ancient chinese would then run away and hope the wick didn't set fire to the turpentine or oil-based paints.
When they returned, the Chinese usually were amazed by the stylish artworks on their walls.
It was this painting technique that inspired most of the works of the great Jackson Pollock, whose artworks sell for more money than I will ever ever have.

Posted:
Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:11 pm
by tomcat360
Wait a second.....have you ever set foot on a surfboard in your life?

Posted:
Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:16 pm
by drowningbitbybit
Surfer style bedroom?
This is easy - first the smell: pick one corner of the room and urinate liberally. Let puddle stand for one week, top up if necessary.
The feel - get some sand and spread that into the carpet. If no sand available, then garden mud will suffice. Also deposit several wet dirty towels on the ground. Leave for one - two months, then move them around a bit. Colour is unimportant and can be whatever you prefer.
The experience - removed bed, replace with towel and mould-smelling sleeping bag. Surround towel/sleeping bag combo with empty cans of lager, some half-smoked tabs and several half-finished Ginsters Pasties.
Lay on the towel for 24 hours. Occasionally rise from towel, preferably stepping on something sharp (the empty cans will suffice if torn properly). Look out bedroom window (sea is an optional accessory) and mutter "ah, still looking flat", or when you are a little more experienced you can try "ah, its still onshore". Return to towel, smoke tab, bite pastie, sleep some more.
Voila. A surf bedroom.

Posted:
Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:59 pm
by tomcat360
Just thinking.....it would be kinda cool to fill a room up with sand and just pitch a tent in there.........
Or, I could save all that crap and go to the beach

Posted:
Fri Jan 12, 2007 3:27 pm
by Lisa*
drowningbitbybit wrote:Surfer style bedroom?
This is easy - first the smell: pick one corner of the room and urinate liberally. Let puddle stand for one week, top up if necessary.
The feel - get some sand and spread that into the carpet. If no sand available, then garden mud will suffice. Also deposit several wet dirty towels on the ground. Leave for one - two months, then move them around a bit. Colour is unimportant and can be whatever you prefer.
The experience - removed bed, replace with towel and mould-smelling sleeping bag. Surround towel/sleeping bag combo with empty cans of lager, some half-smoked tabs and several half-finished Ginsters Pasties.
Lay on the towel for 24 hours. Occasionally rise from towel, preferably stepping on something sharp (the empty cans will suffice if torn properly). Look out bedroom window (sea is an optional accessory) and mutter "ah, still looking flat", or when you are a little more experienced you can try "ah, its still onshore". Return to towel, smoke tab, bite pastie, sleep some more.
Voila. A surf bedroom.
haha u sound like a cookery program that they put on tv when sumfin goes wrong
xx

Posted:
Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:22 pm
by kissee2u
surf bedroom....if you are going roxy...check out the backgrounds available from their site and get inspiration there (just think of it "room-size")
i did a beach theme room, turned out great...but i painted actual sunrise skyline and water...
if you go a sunset route, do me one favor...figure out which way West is and make sure you put the sun on that wall. lol.

Posted:
Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:23 pm
by kissee2u
ps - dbbb : hahahahahahahahahahahahaha


Posted:
Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:40 pm
by CHarvey
Another good idea, inspired from bitbybit, would be to buy 6 to 20 new surfboards (unless your going for the experienced surfboard look, then you go to play it again sports) and hang them from your cieling. Make sure the short boards are waxed from tail to nose so when you hang ten you don't fall. For authenticity your going to want to move into a 400 square foot apartment that has no insualtion in the walls because it was built during the stone age. This way you can freeze during the winter and fry durring the summer. It will give you character. When you wake up in the morning your shower will consist of going for a brisk swim in the ocean during the summer and an even quicker one durring the winter. The sand left in your hair will give you street cred with all the homies in your local surf gang.

Posted:
Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:07 pm
by kissee2u
"your homies"

yes. CHarvey is correct.
lol CHarvey i've just gto a notification from every thread i just posted on because you responded and they are all cracking me up. Thanks for following me around and giving me a laugh
Good Luck with your room, original-poster-person, Please Post Pics.

Posted:
Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:56 pm
by CHarvey
No problem.
WOOOT!! WOOOOT!!
CH

Posted:
Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:23 pm
by jams002
ya maybe use brush for alternative in painting,?

Posted:
Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:30 pm
by tomcat360
Annual thread update I guess.

Posted:
Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:35 pm
by CHarvey
I forgot all about this post.
Classic

Posted:
Wed Dec 03, 2008 6:06 pm
by essex sucks
haha lol classic dbbb on this thread lol


Posted:
Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:58 am
by tree4
Design schemes are difficult and it's not always best to copy someone else design. However here's one variation that is guaranteed not to be out of fashion for at least 3 years ...
In order to add a hint of 'Boscombe', put all of your posessions in sleeping bags and pillow cases place in a pile in front of the door (so no one can use the room), open all the windows, use a hose pipe to cover everything in water then say, "B*gger me its too cold to work/sleep/do anything in here!" and then leave for NZ for 6 months.