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Well - it's not super tropical but hey, we have a Yucca palm tree and a pineapple rug and an elephant at the wall.

AND a hammock on the balcony in front of the bathroom!

Beside this, the bathroom is just simple and funktional.

The mirror cabinets are from Ikea and each of us four has one half of a cabinet to fill with stuff needed.

That way everything stays pretty organized and the counter is decluttered and easy to clean. 

The industrial light is from HKLiving and I crocheted the pineapple rug with a pattern by Wood&Wool Stool.

I modified the pattern slightly because I did not have enough fabric yarn. 

The giant elephant (it is an entire elephant - I just wasn't able to get all of it on the picture!) and its small feathered friends are wall tattoos from KEK Amsterdam .

I love them and always have to smile when looking at them.

Happy Day,

Anette 

I had so much fun with this project - it's so easy and rewarding and it got me all excited for many more future wall decorations.

Imagine - you could do a whole landscape with this or a cute scenery with houses, flowers, animals...or letters, words or a quote!

All in your favorite fabric colors and patterns.

AND it is removable! - so it's perfect when you are renting.

I could even carefully peel it off my german "Raufasertapete" - this totaly outdated rough wallpaper Germans like to put on their walls.

So - here is what I did:

First I prepared the all-natural glue because it has to cool down a bit before you can cover your fabric piece with it.

I used this recipe BUT (in case you klick over there) I DID NOT follow up the instructions on how to treat your fabric with it.

I only used as little of the starch-glue on the back side of the fabric as possible and it was totally fine. I also DID NOT put the glue on the front side of the fabric.

Here is the recipe:

• Stir 1/4 cup corn starch into 1/2 cup cold water. 
• Then pour in 4 cups of boiling water and mix it up.
• I let it gently boil for another 20 seconds and then let it cool down. Pour in a jar for storage.

These amounts make a lot of glue! You could make half of the recipe depending on the size of your project.

Since mother's day is around the corner, I printed out some heart shaped templates and transferred the outline with a pencil onto a piece of cream-white linen.

I cut it out and then went gently all around the edges with my thumb and index finger nails pressing together while moving around to fray the outer edges.

Then I drew a few simple letters onto the fabric and used some thread to follow my lines.

My two wonderful children make me really proud to be their mom.

Meanwhile the starch-glue had cooled down and I used a medium size brush to cover the back side of my design. 

As I stated above, I used only as much glue as i needed to cover the shape and it worked absolutely fine. In my opinion there is no need to use the glue generously or to apply a top coat.

Press the piece down firmly onto your wall, smoothing out any bubbles or air pockets.

You can easily peel it off the wall once it is dry, but I still recommend to first try it out with a little piece of fabric in a hidden spot on your wall.

That's it.

I can't wait to do another design...

Happy Mother's Day,

Anette 

DIY-time is also me-time and is collected @Nic's today.