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AARON CHRISTENSEN'S EMBELLISHMENTS

Superhero Fabrics for boys, teens and baby debut on spoonflower

7/21/2018

Please visit my Spoonflower shop and explore the latest fabric designs I've added. The latest are yardage that coordinates with my superhero line of wall art. The fabrics are perfect for bedding, upholstery and crafts. You can also buy finished good from Spoonflowers' sister site Roostery. There you will find sheet goods, pillows, accessories and home decor all available in the fabrics I've designed.

A Rooftop Garden fit for fairies

6/21/2018

Faced with an awkward second story rooftop patio that had no practical purpose, my client hit me up with an idea. "Can you build a fairy garden for my daughter?" He asked. The cement siding, synthetic decking clad barren box screamed for help.

An outdoor space devoid of purpose.

The patio oddly linked an upstairs bedroom to a stairwell over the garage. While it overlooked the backyard, the 3.5 ft tall barrier half wall obscured the best view. It was a tough space to find a purpose for. Luckily for me, the stairwell it fed to was adjacent to the home school classroom I created for the client. That gave us an opportunity. Why not offer the space as a retreat for the kids during their school day and an opportunity to explore science lessons about flora and fauna.

It was a winning idea once it merged with their young daughters wish for a fairy garden and a new dog house for her puppy.

With this being a roof top garden of only 9' by 11', it needed to be petite yet mighty with content. I turned to my themed prop illusions of faux rock and wood. With some exaggeration in shape, color and texture, they will look like their straight out of a magical story book. They became facades for the pressure treated raised planters.

Initial concepts reflect the "hobbit hole" doghouse, mushroom furniture and an arbor of faux branches.

Faux cement branch arbor

Rather than try to deal with real branches, faux cement theme park style ones offer limitless possibilities in shape for the arbor that will be home to trailing vines and magical lights.

Rooftop Fairy Garden for Kids designed with Mushroom furniture, hobbit-hole doghouse and plenty of fairy and fauna luring plants.

The rooftop garden ready for dancing fairies and gardening gnomes.

First and foremost, I covered the siding with a paper faced exterior plywood, so I could incorporate mural work to help with the illusion of a lush garden while we await the plants maturing. Studio created pressure treated raised planter beds were clad with faux rocks and logs. Their daughters request for a dog house provided the opportunity to create a hobbit type home with a planted roof of irish moss, sedums and ornamental clover. Flanking the four corners and meeting overhead was the ambitious idea of a faux cement branch arbor with a small Lexan roof to shield some of the NW rain from the mushroom table below. The arbor will eventually become home to vines like standard and evergreen Clematis, Jasmine and Algerian Ivy. In the meanwhile, wrapping it with grapevines and twinkle lights offer up some magic.

Living roof fairygarden doghouse hobbit hole for a NW rooftop garden.

Living roof fairygarden Hobbit Hole Doghouse by Embellishments Studio featuring faux rocks and logs.

Being a bit of a plant geek, I had fun incorporating some of my favorites and offering lots of texture and color play. For my fellow geeks you'll spot Aspidistra, Clerodendron, Echium, Persicaria Red Dragon, gigantic Ornamental Rhubarb and some annual Musque De Provence pumpkin. Most of the plantings are perennial and winter hardy, although I did mix in some annuals for instant color gratification.

Custom rooftop fairy garden with magical ideas by Aaron Christensen's Embellishments Studio

While a picture is worth a thousand words, I imagine there are questions to be asked. Here's what my friends have been asking.
1) Will birds use the birdhouse? No, it's not properly designed to house babies, so the opening is just painted on. Nested bird houses require annual cleaning and specific dimensions for the fledglings safety and survival.
2) How is the garden being watered? A drip system is installed throughout the garden and spans the space hidden inside the cement arbor.
3) It looks crowded with plants, won't it become overgrown? Yes, it is...(smile). Given its somewhat harsh environment of reflected light, weather shielding overhangs and their life in a raised bed I'm planning on some fight or flight with even the most of reliable plants. My idea is to let the garden evolve with some plants thriving as others may fail. I'll revisit it next spring to see what there is to learn from the unique environment.

Artist, Designer Aaron Christensen from Embellishments Studio romances the outdoor rooftop garden he's building.

Note on the reflected light- While the space is north facing, I personally learned how harsh the bounced light can be. This Danish pale freckled skin of mine quickly showed signs of my being roasted like a rotisserie chicken.

4) Where did you get the little mushrooms? We of course made them in the studio along with all the faux rock, logs and the cement mushroom furniture. The little ones are made from a sculpted urethane foam, hard coated with UV resistant epoxy and painted with exterior grade paints. The furniture set has a core of welded rebar wrapped in expanded galvanized cloth. They were sculpt coated in cement and painted with an exterior grade cement friendly paint. I used the same technique on some other furniture for use as store fixturing.

Kids fairy garden built on a rooftop patio by Aaron Christensen Embellishmentsstudio.com

The life size fairy garden is ready for a magical party.

Outdoor cement mushroom table and stools by Aaron Christensen Embellishmentsstudio.com

Made of cement, these fairy garden mushroom stools and table are perfect for impish parties.

Living roof, rooftop fairy garden dog house by theme and kids space designer Aaron Christensen of Embellishmentsstudio.com

There's room for a puppy or two in this living roof, hobbit hole dog house.

Adding to the garden's illusion is some artificial turf under foot. No lawn mower required to be carried up to the second story. It will be easy to keep up with the occasional sweeping.
I have yet to enjoy the space at night when I can see the full effect of the twinkle lights and the LED fireflies I hid. I'll be curious to see if I can capture the garden by camera at night. If I can, I'll post those pics too.

So, who's ready for a fairy, imp, gnome party? Non-Twitter trolls are welcome too...ha!

FOLLOW ME ON PINTEREST FOR THESE AND MANY MORE FAIRY GARDEN IDEAS

Aaron Christensen's Fairy Garden Pinterest Board

Tree thugging: Getting caught making counterfeit trees.

3/10/2018

People love to bring the outdoors in and I am asked to play Brutha Nature and create trees all the time. Big ones, little ones, realistic and modern. So here I am poised once again to create a one of a kind piece for a client, I had to go idea browsing. We settled on the idea of a tree shaped bookshelf. One that was modern and architecturally interesting. So I gathered together a Pinterest board with a variety of tree ideas.

Children's tree shaped book case inspiration by Aaron Christensen

There are lots of ways to create a tree bookshelf system. I found some that are modern, some folky, some rustic and some really to my liking by being unique. The trick with most of the trees is considering the fact that they must hold the weight of books and of course the weight of an adventurous child deciding to climb them. If I were to offer a hint to any DIY'er out there, be sure to add branches or branch tips that point in a downward direction to act like a bracket. These will bear the weight.

Tree Shaped Tree Bookcase / Bookshelf Idea by Aaron Christensen, Kids space designer.

You can see in the tree that I built, there are angles and pieces that point downward. These provide vertical strength, so the shelf can't be pulled down or tip down off the wall.

My client is a pediatric dental office. The bookshelf is going to be used dozens of times a day so I made it very robust, the scale and size more suited for a service industry environment. As you can see it's a series of branches attached to a trunk. The trickiest part is cutting the angles to match branch and support.

Tree Shaped Book Case, Book Shelves shaped like branches for children by Aaron Christensen

I'm a bit obsessive with building things straight and true. So this tree stands perfectly upright, the backing is all on the same plane. Great you think...but no, I mean NO! The wall I was to mount it to had been where a doorway was covered up, so it was really out of whack. I had to loosen my branches to tip them back a bit. This left gaps in my seams... oh hell no! So I went through painstakingly and finessed bondo into every little gap, sanded it and primed it. The final finish was to coordinate with a maple counter across the room so I faux painted the piece using a series of color washes and treatment with faux finishers graining tool. A topcoat of shellac gave it that amber wood tone I needed as well as protect the piece as a non-toxic clear coat. Shellac is safe for little nibblers that put their teeth and mouths on everything. Remember this is a pediatric dental office. I'm sure there's some little munchin munchkins giving it the beaver treatment as we speak....gnaw, gnaw, and gnaw.

Jump over to my Pinterest for these and other photographs of inspirational trees. I've included the following tree bookcases we've made here in the studio.

Other tree shelving ideas by Embellishments studio

3D sculpted tree bookcase by Aaron Christensen Embellishmentskids.com

Tree Bookcase in a Science themed playroom by Aaron Christensen Embellishmentskids.com

3d sculpted Tree Bookcase by Aaron Christensen Embellishmentskids.com

Corner Tree Shelf

Corner Bookshelf out of Maple

Modern Tree Bookshelf

Can You Build a Mini Truck Bed For a Boys Room? Why, Yes!

9/11/2017

Digging through my old analog photos of kids room projects, I realized that I had photos of one project that had never been seen by the public. So, in retrospect here's a project where we built a bed for a boys room that looks like a truck. Circa 2005.

Boys Room Twin Truck Bed Created By Embellishments Studio - Prop Maker and Kids Room Designer

The one of a kind custom bed was for a young man named Zac. Both he and his sister had their Embellishments bedrooms featured in the 2005 Street of Dreams, Luxury home tour.

Building a Boys Room Truck Bed

Despite looking like an actual vintage truck, the piece is completely hand made from scratch. It had to be, in order to fit in his bedroom. It measured 4.5 feet tall.

The Studio Was Asked, Can You Build A Truck Bed For A Boys Bedroom.

Each element was hand carved, primed and painted to mimic a old truck. The faux chrome emblem on the hood says "Embellishments" for fun.

No Ordinary DIY or Maker Project. Embellishments Studio Creates A Boys Bedroom Truck Bed.

Beyond being a show stopper for the luxury home tour, the truck bed and photographs of it topped HGTV's Rate my Space for the number one boy's room for multiple years, beating out its closest competitor by thousands of votes.

Truck Bed Bedroom Decor Under Construction

The truck bed was under construction before the home was completed. Despite blue prints and on site measurements along the way, the final door opening was 3/4's inch too small for the parts to be carried in. Therefore, we had to take out the second story boys room window, lean two extension ladders and push/pull the piece through the window. From a far, on lookers only saw two men pushing a truck up two ladders. It must have been quite a site.

The Ultimate Boys Room Dream- A Twin Sized Truck Bed

The bed had enough room for Zac to play truck driver. The studio's faux garage door panels were to give the impression that the truck was in a garage.

What an Idea! A Custom Kids Room Truck Bed.

In subsequent years, the studio created custom beds and play structures like a train car, princess carriage, tree houses and a pirate ship.

Custom Studio Faux Truck, Used As A Boys Bed

New Releases - Vintage Sports Scoreboards For Basketball, Football and Lacrosse! Fresh Art For The Sports Fan.

7/6/2017

I'm excited to share new additions to my vintage sports wall art line. These three new scoreboards round out my selection to include more color schemes and types of sports.

Vintage Sports Scoreboard Football Wall Art for boys, teens and home.

Vintage Football Scoreboard Wall Art by Aaron Christensen

Vintage Sports Scoreboard Lacrosse wall art for boys, teens and home

Vintage Lacrosse Scoreboard Wall Art by Aaron Christensen

Vintage Sports Scoreboard Basketball Wall Art for boys, teens and home.

Vintage Basketball Scoreboard Wall Art by Aaron Christensen

The images are available as archival paper prints and stretched canvases. If you have a favorite sport that's not represented in my collection send me a message. I'm always happy to receive feedback and inspiration!

Vintage Sports Basketball Nursery Inspirational Mood Board Ideas and Art by Aaron Christensen

Vintage Basketball Nursery Inspiration Mood Board

Vintage Sports Lacrosse Bedroom Ideas and Art Mood Board by Aaron Christensen

Vintage Lacrosse Teen Bedroom Inspiration Mood Board

Vintage Sports Football Boys Bedroom Ideas and Art Mood Board by Aaron Christensen

Vintage Football Boys Bedroom Inspiration Mood Board

Vintage Sports Basketball Bedroom Inspiration and Art Mood Board by Aaron Christensen

Vintage Basketball Boys / Teen Bedroom Inspiration Mood Board

$30.00 - $179.00

See all my scoreboards HERE.
Football scoreboard sports wall art decor- great for the football or NFL enthusiast.
Handcrafted in the USA to portray the depth of color, texture and richness of Aaron's originals.
Canvases are hand stretched onto 1.5" deep wooden stretcher bars. The canvas sides are finished with a color or additional imagery, so framing is not necessary.
Paper prints have a .5" white border for ease in framing.
© Aaron Christensen

$30.00 - $179.00

See all my other scoreboards HERE.
Basketball scoreboard sports wall art decor- great for the basketball enthusiast. Available as a stretched canvas or archival print paper poster.
Handcrafted in the USA to portray the depth of color, texture and richness of Aaron's originals.
Canvases are hand stretched onto 1.5" deep wooden stretcher bars. The canvas sides are finished with a color or additional imagery, so framing is not necessary.
Paper prints have a .5" white border for ease in framing.
© Aaron Christensen

$30.00 - $179.00

LAX scoreboard sports wall art decor- great for the lacrosse enthusiast, fan, coach or player.
Handcrafted in the USA to portray the depth of color, texture and richness of Aaron's originals.
Canvases are hand stretched onto 1.5" deep wooden stretcher bars. The canvas sides are finished with a color or additional imagery, so framing is not necessary.
Paper prints have a .5" white border for ease in framing.
© Aaron Christensen

Boys Sports Bedding Guide for Summer 17

7/6/2017

Boys Room and Teen Room Sports Bedding Ideas and Inspiration by designer Aaron Christsensen of EmbellishmentsKids.com.

Kids and Teen room designer Aaron Christensen offers his top bedding picks for sports enthusiasts.

I'm always on the hunt for new bedding styles and designs for my customers and I often get asked what bedding works with my sports wall art lines. So here are my picks for new and tried and true pieces from my favorite haunts. I rarely use themed bedding with sports graphics on it, for me it's usually too expected and often tacky. In contrast I applaud my friends over at Land of Nod have done a great job of offering up some very simple understated pieces, I've included below. The top picks include bedding from Restoration Hardware Teen, PBteen, Ralph Lauren via Nieman Marcus, Rejuvenation Hardware and Schoolhouse Electric.

Having worked with several large retailers on the development and coordination

LACROSSE WALL ART DEBUTS - LIVE, LOVE & LAX!

5/24/2017

Okay Lax lovers, here we go... I proudly present my lacrosse wall art series collage. Available as a one piece, nine image design or you can pick and choose any of the nine as individual prints in canvas and on archival paper.

According to Thomas Vennum Jr., author of American Indian Lacrosse: Little Brother of War "Apart from its recreational function, lacrosse traditionally played a more serious role in Indian culture. Its origins are rooted in legend, and the game continues to be used for curative purposes and surrounded with ceremony. Game equipment and players are still ritually prepared by conjurers, and team selection and victory are often considered supernaturally controlled. In the past, lacrosse also served to vent aggression, and territorial disputes between tribes were sometimes settled with a game, although not always amicably."

With it's rich history and evolution into one of the fastest growing sports here in the States, it's time to be wall proud and art up! I hope you enjoy them, I'd love to hear your feedback.

Lacrosse sports wall art decor by Aaron Christensen available as stretched canvases and poster prints.

The nine image collage is available with a black or cream border in canvas and on archival paper.

Lacrosse Sports Art available in prints and canvases from Aaron Christensen.

You can also order any of the nine images as single prints or canvases. Use one or group several to express you inner laxitude.

Need some inspiration for your lax loving walls? Here are three style mood boards to give you ideas and inspire. Feel free to pin, post and print!

Lacrosse room ideas, inspiration for art and decor. Perfect for the teen or boys room.

Lacrosse wall art and decor ideas for a sophisticated boys or teen room.

Sports Wall Art Round Up and Round Table

5/1/2017

Reproducing and selling my own artwork direct and no longer licensing it out was the greatest of decisions. One of the biggest rewards is the direct communication line to my customers. Never before have I had so many ways to meet and discuss my art with those who enjoy it. Within these live, phone, email and social media interactions I've heard a lot of feedback, requests and ideas that inspire.

As I hone my "to paint" list, I thought I'd put it out there that I'm open to suggestions or requests. Many of my pieces were fueled by a flurry of requests. So I'd love to hear from you if you have any sport, style or theme requests.

Here's what I currently offer

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I've been painting sports art for 15 years. While many pieces are in private collections or are commissions, I enjoy selling my canvas and paper reproductions to the public. I've touched on many of the popular sports and decor themes. Some are more vintage some are more modern. Many of my sports wall hangings end up in boys rooms, teen spaces and areas of the home where sports fans gather. Given all of that, have you any requests? Do you have a particular decor style or color scheme you'd like to see? I'm painting now for my 2018 releases, I'd enjoy hearing from you.

EMBELLISHING A HOME SCHOOL CLASSROOM

4/18/2017

I love the opportunity to bring a clients vision to life. When my clients, whom home school their children, moved into their new place, they called looking for my help. You see, they had a huge room over their garage and wanted to convert it into a classroom for their kids and maybe other cooperative homeschoolers. Waving his arms around Micheal, the owner, asked how can we make it bigger than life, something the kids would go crazy over. Well... I was happy to oblige. Here are some first round photos. I need to go back with a wide angle lens to capture the entire room.

Creating a simple sketch to communicate ideas is a great start. Here is mine for this project.

This concept won their hearts. It's a pretty grand in scale so I broke it down into parts.

Mural of historical timelines using events, people and pop culture references - By Aaron Christensen

A glimpse of the mural depicting around a hundred years.

One thing that is not illustrated in my sketch is the stair well leading to the classroom. We decided on a mural starting at the base with the dawn of time, and winding up through the years as the stairs ascend. Here I picked out some notable events, interesting facts and persons to illustrate a time period. The video below captures most of it.

Dr. Seuss Day - Confessions of a seussidian seussaphile and geisel groupie.

3/2/2017

If I were to identify whom might be my number one influence in my artistic endeavors, it most certainly would be Dr. Seuss aka Theodore Geisel. While Walt Disney the man, not the brand is close, Seuss was a bit more of a rags to literary wealth success story, which for me embodies the American dream. He single handidly changed the way in which young people learn to read and in turn see the world around them.

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose." - Dr. Seuss

On this special day acknowledging Mr. Geisel, please allow me to geek out for a bit and share some of my favorite Seuss and Seussisms.

Built for two - a shared girls bedroom

2/1/2017

The task:   Create a loft bed, fort, reading nook incorporating two double beds.

The clients: Two young twins- one drawn to performance arts, the other drawn to horseback riding. One wants pink, the other says yuck. Ones a bit tidy the other not so much.

The challenge:   The mom wants something unique, more fort than furniture! She loves modern yet has a rustic touch to her style.   The girls need organizers bulletin boards, space to stash their collections of things and an extra bed for sleepovers.

The result:   A studio built grey and white washed horizontal planked custom bed loft fort unit. Custom wall organizers with pegs, dry erase, paper and storage. Extras: a display wall for art and a whimsical mount of their senior aged basset hound Clementine.

Shared bedroom for twin girls. Loft, fort, reading nook with room for two double beds by Aaron Christensen Embellishmentskids.com

Custom loft, fort, reading nook bed unit for two double beds by Aaron Christensen

Full Throttle - Art for the Racing Fan

11/29/2016

By popular demand, I've added a new series to my Speedway Racing Collection of wall art. The new pieces explore the thrill of speed with images of a race car, mx motorcycle, mechanic type ephemera, vintage signage and more. The works are available as individual images or combined into a nine image collage with either a cream or black grid border.

Race Inspired Transportation Wall Art by Aaron Christensen. The piece features vintage and graphic appeal perfect for boy's rooms, teen spaces and man caves. Made in the USA.

Racing Inspired Wall Art Decor "Throttle" by Aaron Christensen. Available in a nine image collage and as individual pieces in stretched canvas and poster print.

Visit my shop's Transportation category to see this piece and many more race inspired pieces perfect for boy's rooms, teen spaces and of course the man cave.

Racing and Transportation Art

Mx, Motorcycle, Race Car and Auto Ephemera Mood Board with ideas for Boy's, Teens and Men. Featuring wall art by Aaron Christensen

Mx, Motorcycle, Race Car and Auto Ephemera Mood Board with ideas for Boy's, Teens and Men. Featuring wall art by Aaron Christensen.

SPORTS WALL ART - SERIES OPENER

11/10/2016

INTRODUCING THE LINE UP COLLECTION
BY AARON CHRISTENSEN

We welcome the latest additions to our extensive sports wall art collection. The Line Up series features term and imagery from the sports Baseball, Football, Soccer, Basketball, Lacrosse, Rugby and Cricket. Check out these and dozens of other sports pieces below. Be sure to take advantage of our New Release November's free shipping offer.

Soccer Art - Line Up Collection

$30.00 - $169.00

Wall art depiction of a soccer ball and terms used in the sport of soccer. Featuring graphic elements, typography and a vintage style. Perfect for soccer enthusiasts, players and coaches.
Handcrafted in the USA to portray the depth of color, texture and richness of Aaron's originals.
Canvases are hand stretched onto 1.5" deep wooden stretcher bars. The canvas sides are finished with a color or additional imagery, so framing is not necessary.
Paper prints have a .5" white border for ease in framing.
© Aaron Christensen

Football Art - Line Up Collection

$30.00 - $169.00

Wall art depiction of a football ball and terms used in the sport of football. Featuring graphic elements, typography and a vintage style. Perfect for football enthusiasts, players and coaches.
Handcrafted in the USA to portray the depth of color, texture and richness of Aaron's originals.
Canvases are hand stretched onto 1.5" deep wooden stretcher bars. The canvas sides are finished with a color or additional imagery, so framing is not necessary.
Paper prints have a .5" white border for ease in framing.
© Aaron Christensen

Baseball Art - Line Up Collection

$30.00 - $169.00

Wall art depiction of a baseball and terms used in the sport of baseball. Featuring graphic elements, typography and a vintage style. Perfect for baseball enthusiasts, players and coaches.
Handcrafted in the USA to portray the depth of color, texture and richness of Aaron's originals.
Canvases are hand stretched onto 1.5" deep wooden stretcher bars. The canvas sides are finished with a color or additional imagery, so framing is not necessary.
Paper prints have a .5" white border for ease in framing.
© Aaron Christensen

Rugby Art - Line Up Collection

$30.00 - $169.00

Wall art depiction of a rugby ball and terms used in the sport of rugby. Featuring graphic elements, typography and a vintage style. Perfect for soccer enthusiasts, players and coaches.
Handcrafted in the USA to portray the depth of color, texture and richness of Aaron's originals.
Canvases are hand stretched onto 1.5" deep wooden stretcher bars. The canvas sides are finished with a color or additional imagery, so framing is not necessary.
Paper prints have a .5" white border for ease in framing.
© Aaron Christensen

Cricket Art - Line Up Collection

$30.00 - $169.00

Wall art depiction of a rugby ball and bat, and terms used in the sport of cricket Featuring graphic elements, typography and a vintage style. Perfect for soccer enthusiasts, players and coaches.
Handcrafted in the USA to portray the depth of color, texture and richness of Aaron's originals.
Canvases are hand stretched onto 1.5" deep wooden stretcher bars. The canvas sides are finished with a color or additional imagery, so framing is not necessary.
Paper prints have a .5" white border for ease in framing.
© Aaron Christensen

Home Visitor Arrows Sports Wall Art Decor for Baseball Football Soccer Basketball

$20.00 - $249.00

Vintage look Home and Visitor sign. Get ready to rumble and get rowdy!
Handcrafted in the USA to portray the depth of color, texture and richness of Aaron's hand painted originals.
Canvases are hand stretched onto 1.5" deep wooden stretcher bars. The canvas sides are finished with a color or additional imagery, so framing is not necessary.
Paper prints have a .5" white border for ease in framing.
Other sports pieces in the series can be found here.
Coordinating fabrics are available in my Spoonflower shop:
The image is also available as a Pillow Cover.
© Aaron Christensen

Rough Game Scoreboard Sports Wall Art by Aaron Christensen

$30.00 - $179.00

A black, white and grayscale sports scoreboard rendered in a loose illustrative style that features icons, imagery and text from various sports. Available as a stretched canvas and archival print.
Handcrafted in the USA to portray the depth of color, texture and richness of Aaron's hand painted originals.
Canvases are hand stretched onto 1.5" deep wooden stretcher bars. The canvas sides are finished with a color or additional imagery, so framing is not necessary.
Paper prints have a .5" white border for ease in framing.
From the Rough Game Sports Collection
Coordinating fabrics are available from our Spoonflower shop.
© Aaron Christensen

Rough Game Allstar Sports Wall Art

$20.00 - $249.00

A black, white and grayscale allstar sports design rendered in a loose illustrative style that features icons, imagery and text. A perfect companion to the other Rough sports pieces. Available as a stretched canvas, framed print and an archival paperprint.
Handcrafted in the USA to portray the depth of color, texture and richness of Aaron's hand painted originals.
Canvases are hand stretched onto 1.5" deep NW harvested finger jointed wood or .50 mdf stretcher bars. The canvas sides are finished with a color or additional imagery, so framing is not necessary.
Single paper prints have a .5" white border for ease in framing.
Framed prints are mounted behind acrylic making them safe for the nursery and kids rooms.
Custom print sizes and framing options are available.
From the Rough Game Sports Collection
Coordinating fabrics are available from our Spoonflower shop.
© Aaron Christensen

Sports Wall Art - Rough Game Sports Motivational Poster Prints by Aaron Christensen

$7.00 - $15.00

Poster prints ready to hang or frame featuring "Stay Humble Hustle Hard", "Work Hard Train Harder" and "You Are Your Only Limit"
12 x 18" heavyweight satin paper poster prints.
From the Rough Game Sports Collection
Coordinating fabrics are available from our Spoonflower shop.
© Aaron Christensen

Home Visitor Sports Pillow

$32.00 - $39.00

My Home Visitor pillow cover is available made from 68% cotton, and 32% linen natural fiber (shown) or 100% Polyester Velveteen.

It is from my Sandlot series which can be found here.

Coordinating fabrics are available in my Spoonflower shop:

The image is also available as a stretched canvas or paper print.

Available in sizes 18 x 18 and 22 x 22".

We use YKK zipper enclosures. The pillows backside is a coordinating neutral.

Launder inside out, tumble dry on low. Iron inside out using your irons polyester setting.

Price is for enclosure/case only.

Sports Art - See the Win Prints and Canvas Wall Art Decor

$25.00 - $189.00

Handcrafted in the USA to portray the depth of color, texture and richness of Aaron's originals.
Canvases are hand stretched onto 1.5" deep wooden stretcher bars. The canvas sides are finished with a color or additional imagery, so framing is not necessary.
Paper prints have a .5" white borders forease in framing.
© Aaron Christensen
From my Blitz Collection.
Coordinating fabrics and finished goods are available in my Spoonflower shop.

Lacrosse Art - Line Up Collection

$30.00 - $169.00

Wall art depiction of a lacrosse ball and terms used in the sport of lacrosse. Featuring graphic elements, typography and a vintage style. Perfect for soccer enthusiasts, players and coaches.
Handcrafted in the USA to portray the depth of color, texture and richness of Aaron's originals.
Canvases are hand stretched onto 1.5" deep wooden stretcher bars. The canvas sides are finished with a color or additional imagery, so framing is not necessary.
Paper prints have a .5" white border for ease in framing.
© Aaron Christensen

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Jane's Pain- a bedroom brings joy to all

7/1/2016

I hurriedly met with Mr. D as a response to his heartfelt plea for help. You see, he and his wife just divorced and their three year old daughter was not adjusting well. Her world of routines, togetherness and familiar places had just been turned upside down. The sale of their home had mom and dad leaving for separate new places. Mr. D found a quaint farmhouse to rent. He had one week until Jane's first visit and that's where I come in. His plea- "will you make her room amazing?"

A girls bedroom striking the balance between budget friendly and fantastic. Kids room designer Aaron Christensen's fast and furious surprise bedroom.

Finding myself with little notice and a newly divorced man's budget I scoured my retail haunts for furniture and findings that would fit lil' Jane's personality. She loves to draw, make forts, play dress up, be read to and the colors purple and pink. The plan was for me to help her adjust to her new home by making her room "hers". Outside of a few stuffed animals and some dress up clothes, I had to find treasures to fill the room from floor to ceiling, and stay on budget.

Black, white, gold mixed with the childs favorite colors adds sophistication and interest. Kids designer Aaron Christensen offer tips.

One week later, the white walled, dark floored room was filled with what I would hope she would come to love as "her room" and "her things". The end result....well....

Rather than my babble further, here's what Mr.D sent me- "Aaron, I wanted to extend to you my sincere appreciation for your hard work with Jane's room. There are so many wonderful options for Jane and her new room signifies the wonderful girl she is. At one point while she and I were in the room playing I almost broke down crying because it just felt so right, right for Jane and I in this moment. She adores her new room and I can't even tell you how special it is to have you come into our life at such a difficult time and help make it better. We couldn't be happier!"

I'm happy to report that Jane is doing much better, she and her new kitty "Tiger" are enjoying her and her daddy's new home. Mr. D, having experienced this makeover, now has me working his new bedroom into a manly refuge. I'll post about it soon.

Plain rental home light fixture redo using inexpensive items. Kids designer Aaron Christensen shares his ideas.

...while she and I were in the room playing I almost broke down crying because it just felt so right...

To fill Jane's room on a modest budget, I relied upon some big bang for the buck items and a few fast and effective fixes.

Adhered paper pennants around the light fixture to create a starburst.
Spray painted off colored items into golden treasures.
Using adhesive and wire adapts shelf and table top accessories to work in a gallery wall setting.
Went big with the ever popular tissue flowers.
Stuck with the white rental walls the changing of white accessories to color gave them weight and interest.

If you have a trick or tip on transforming a plain white walled rental, I'm sure my readers would love to hear about it. Your comments are welcome!

Reclaimed Rewards - a girls loft bed holds secrets.

5/1/2016

The kids designer, Aaron Christensen brings to life his clients dream ideas for a girls loft bed.

My friends at Boy's Fort in Portland referred a wonderful family to me. They wanted a loft bed for their daughters room, one that was rustic, modern and that worked well with the other furnishings in the room.

After a couple rounds of drawings and pouring over finish samples, the idea came to fruition. It was to be made of reclaimed old growth fir. I designed into it a headboard that had a classic shape to it. The horizontal lines from the boards were highlighted by not butting the boards together. The finish complimented the bed underneath and drew in the variations of cream and gold around it.

Reclaimed wood is fashioned into a rustic loft bed for a girls bedroom.

To retain the coarse grain of the old fir it was necessary to create thin veneer sheets of it to cover any new saw cuts. That way ever board was full of rustic texture highlighted by the paint techniques.

A surprise "hiding" spot was designed into the headboard. Of the three sections one remains closed and the other two have a flip lid.

My clients loved being part of the design process. The final product definitely reflected the points they were enthusiastic about. I also loved the opportunity to put my personal spin on those elements.

Custom loft bed made of reclaimed fir for a girls bedroom by Aaron Christensen, the kids designer.

The custom loft bed offers two secret storage area. The bed is by Embellishments Kids, the studio of Aaron Christensen

The finishing techniques allowed the grain, vintage saw cuts and character to come through. Light sanding and application of multiple coats of matte clear and a final waxing assured that the texture would not be rough to the touch.

It's always great bringing to life the dreams others have. In a way its like being an interpreter of sorts. Translating vision into reality. I love my job.

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