{"id":11129,"date":"2016-03-04T13:58:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T21:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.behr.com\/colorfullybehr\/?p=11129"},"modified":"2020-06-25T16:27:49","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T23:27:49","slug":"behr-cares-day-at-valley-family-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.behr.com\/colorfullybehr\/behr-cares-day-at-valley-family-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Behr Cares- The Valley Family Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nA few weeks back I was asked if I could help coordinate a community outreach program for the “Painting for Good” program our Pro team was sponsoring. \u00a0Painting for Good is a national community service initiative from BEHR Paints in which we partner\u00a0with paint professionals to give back to communities in need.
\nTo find places that could benefit from a fresh coat of paint, our fans on Facebook were invited to nominate a deserving building in their city, such as a worn-down school or an aging community center. The Valley Family Center, in San Fernando CA, was selected from hundreds of compelling entries to receive a paint refresh at no product or labor costs to the non profit.
\nPairing with a local professional painter, I was tasked with selecting a new color palette’s for the center’s interior and designing\u00a0some fun and engaging concepts for the youth\u00a0activities rooms. \u00a0The four\u00a0rooms we selected to tackle were the: therapy play room, art room, study center, and art gallery\u00a0room.
\nThe Family Valley Center hadn’t been painted since the facility was built in the 1990’s. \u00a0The entire building was the go to industrial color of the time- putty. \u00a0Versatile? Yes! Dim and dingy feeling? Also, yes. \u00a0For the center itself we freshened up the palette with a warm, bright, white and a soft, neutral tan.
\nThe youth\u00a0rooms were where we could have a bit more fun- incorporating color with some installations. \u00a0My ideas were ambitious, the rooms were many, but we had a great turn out of hardworking team members that turned vision into a reality.
\nThe Art Gallery\u00a0Room<\/strong>
\nThis room was the smallest of the four spaces. \u00a0The idea for this space was to give it a gallery feel, and provide a means where art work could be displayed.\u00a0Most art galleries paint their walls an achromatic color. \u00a0This is mainly done because the art displayed is always changing and if the walls were a vivid color they may detract, or, obscure the intended color harmonies of the art.
\nThe art gallery before
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\nIn the spirit of gallery colors, we selected a light, gray with a warm blue undertone for the wall color. To keep the room from feeling dull, \u00a0we hung brightly colored frames on the walls where the kids could pin their art. \u00a0We installed a suspension line with clips to hang artwork, and painted four frames where they could post artwork within.
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Victoria Ip and\u00a0Tri Hoang paint the gallery walls in Salt Glaze PPU12-11<\/em><\/p>\n

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The gallery\u00a0team: Eric Martin, Victoria Ip and\u00a0Tri Hoang\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The art gallery after<\/p>\n

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\u00a0The Study Center<\/strong><\/p>\n

The largest room by far was the study center. \u00a0This room serves as a multipurpose space, for tutoring, projects and reading.<\/p>\n

The study room before<\/p>\n

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This room had a chair rail running around the room, and some open space on the walls. \u00a0I decided on a two tone look in soothing, concentration inducing, but also fun, colors. \u00a0The volunteers from our amazing customer care team handled all the heavy lifting for this room.\u00a0They were very careful to prep properly and read all the label instructions before beginning- this team knows their stuff!<\/p>\n

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The study room team painting the walls in Sunken Pool S440-1 and Aspiring Blue S440-3:\u00a0Cecille Siebert,\u00a0Kristina G,\u00a0Steven Pestana,\u00a0Amy Martinez,\u00a0Edith Roman,\u00a0Rocio Delgado Mejia and\u00a0Demetrias Sessions, Kelsey Mullings.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

For the empty spaces on the wall, I planned some wall art installations that tied to learning to read, and the wonder of books. I found an 3D wall mural online of a book portrait with butterflies emerging, that I thought would be a perfect colorful addition to\u00a0this room.<\/p>\n

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Artist Alex Fitch hand paints an open book on the wall.<\/em><\/p>\n

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In preparation for the Behr cares day the Color\u00a0Marketing\u00a0team cut out and assembled paper butterflies from\u00a0color chips and\u00a0decorative paper.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Hanging<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our tallest team members handled the top.<\/em><\/p>\n

The final results were amazing.<\/p>\n

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The second installation we did for this room was an alphabet mural with letters in different shapes, sizes and colors.<\/p>\n

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It took power tools and multiple teams of people to complete, but they did it!<\/p>\n

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The study room after<\/p>\n

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The Art and Therapy Play Room<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was actually one room that could be divided in two. \u00a0One half of the room was going to be an art room and the other half a therapy play room. \u00a0For each half I chose a different direction.<\/p>\n

The Therapy Room<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Valley family Center is a community resource for women, children and families who need help, guidance and support. For this space my goal was for those entering to step into an environment that made them feel more at ease.<\/p>\n

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On my way home one evening, pondering what I could do to achieve this, I took notice of how beautiful the setting sun was. \u00a0I thought that this was an especially tranquil time of day, the light and colors being very soothing and harmonious. Then it struck me! I had found my inspiration.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"Sunset<\/p>\n

This is the inspiration picture I snapped out of my car window on my drive home<\/em><\/p>\n

This beautiful sunset scene could be accomplished with a ombre painting technique and similar colors. \u00a0I opted for a woodland scene created with decals, to give it a whimsical- other worldly\u00a0feel. Our PR and Color Marketing teams stepped up for this challenge. \u00a0You can watch how it came together below:<\/p>\n