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Well, it's August 3rd and I have done zero work for this year big day. I've got some ideas, but nothing is really hitting me like "that's it!". So I just want to pick your brains.
Last year I set up my yard/driveway in the Pirate theme - it was great, turned out well. My original plan was to do that for two years; that way I can recycle a lot of material, so I didn't have to create all new stuff each year. However, the pirate stuff just isn't doin' it for me.
I enjoy it, I wouldn't mind doing it again (I can come up with plenty of projects to enhance it), but I just want something different. With that said, I feel like I can't come up with any 'theme' that tickles my fancy.
I've got two that are at the top of my list right now. The first is "Train Depot" (creepy, haunted, dilapidated, etc, etc of course). I live in a fairly small city that was founded by trains. There are several tracks that run through town and all are used several times a day - trains are no stranger to this community... so I know it'd at least fit.
I'd transform my driveway into a creepy ol' train station. I've got the 20ft long facade from last year that has a tavern/stone wall painted on it now, that I'd just end up painting over to create the station.
There are two ways I'm thinking -- one is to make the facade into the old-style train stations (think 1900-1930's). The other is to create a "subway" style... old subway tiles, underground, lonely, abandoned, etc.
My other theme idea is "Cathedral Ruins". I love this idea and will eventually do it, but I think the amount of construction I'd need to pull off what I want will mean that I have to wait till the future because I just don't have that time right now -- 'ruined' columns, pillars, archway, church facade.
Other than that... I can't seem to come up with anything. What'd ya' got?!
Keep in mind I have 5 flats (4x8 foot wood facades) that I can paint, put together, separate, etc....
Thanks! Miss you all!
Edit: Also keep in mind that I love the "classic" stuff. Older genres... Don't care for aliens, toxic waste spills, "modern" scary... that sort of thing.
Well, it's August 3rd and I have done zero work for this year big day. I've got some ideas, but nothing is really hitting me like "that's it!". So I just want to pick your brains.
Last year I set up my yard/driveway in the Pirate theme - it was great, turned out well. My original plan was to do that for two years; that way I can recycle a lot of material, so I didn't have to create all new stuff each year. However, the pirate stuff just isn't doin' it for me.
I enjoy it, I wouldn't mind doing it again (I can come up with plenty of projects to enhance it), but I just want something different. With that said, I feel like I can't come up with any 'theme' that tickles my fancy.
I've got two that are at the top of my list right now. The first is "Train Depot" (creepy, haunted, dilapidated, etc, etc of course). I live in a fairly small city that was founded by trains. There are several tracks that run through town and all are used several times a day - trains are no stranger to this community... so I know it'd at least fit.
I'd transform my driveway into a creepy ol' train station. I've got the 20ft long facade from last year that has a tavern/stone wall painted on it now, that I'd just end up painting over to create the station.
There are two ways I'm thinking -- one is to make the facade into the old-style train stations (think 1900-1930's). The other is to create a "subway" style... old subway tiles, underground, lonely, abandoned, etc.
My other theme idea is "Cathedral Ruins". I love this idea and will eventually do it, but I think the amount of construction I'd need to pull off what I want will mean that I have to wait till the future because I just don't have that time right now -- 'ruined' columns, pillars, archway, church facade.
Other than that... I can't seem to come up with anything. What'd ya' got?!
Keep in mind I have 5 flats (4x8 foot wood facades) that I can paint, put together, separate, etc....
Thanks! Miss you all!
Edit: Also keep in mind that I love the "classic" stuff. Older genres... Don't care for aliens, toxic waste spills, "modern" scary... that sort of thing.