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Tanzania Interiors!

I thought it would be fun to pull out some mural and home decor pictures from my 3 years in Tanzania. Please keep in mind that these pictures show design on a dime in the truest meaning of the phrase! I was making about $200 a month and still managed to make my space as pretty as I could! :)


Devon's House:

 A new paint job, curtains, and spaceplan!

 These sofas were considered the nice ones! :) I gave her a whole new floorplan.



(Before)




The space turned office for St. Paul Partners:







My home:

 I realized I did not take any completed pictures of my house. In this pic, you can kind of make out my mural, the branch curtain rod and branch/tea light chandelier, the blue rug, and the furniture that I drew up for the carpenter and then painted blue myself.

 Neighbors enjoying the big coffee table! :)

 I lined all of the walls of my kitchen with flowers.

 This is the yellow mural before any of my furniture arrived.


Iyawaya Primary School:

I painted educational murals for the first and second grade classrooms at the school I taught at. They didn't have much of a text book, so this was another cool alternative!

The mural behind them is of a village scene to promote creative writing and story telling. To the left, around the window, you can see a store mural with blank price tags in chalkboard paint for them to practice math!



(Before)










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