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This mural with a Trompe L’oeil wood surface is painted on the porch of my own home.\u00a0 For more than 25 years these walls were just a slightly textured, ugly brown, metal surface.\u00a0 \u00a0Then ten years ago I decided to paint it!\u00a0 Thank you to my sister-in-law for suggesting the faux barn board wood surface.\u00a0 On the wall which is viewed directly from inside my dining room, I painted rambling wild Roses that ‘bloom’ all year long!\u00a0 On one of the sides I created a strawberry jar loaded with luscious berries.\u00a0 There are bees that visit the flowers and a butterfly by the strawberries.\u00a0 On\u00a0 the other side is a squirrel which initially even startled my cats.\u00a0 They have ignored it ever since!\u00a0 In the winter I hang baskets of artificial green plants to keep a little summertime always just on the other side of the sliding door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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