Artwork for the van ceiling ?

[caseyc]

On my low top Ford conversion top, the ceiling is roughly 16+ inches wide by over over 60+ inches long, and divided by a center wooden panel for ceiling lights.<br><br>The idea came to me to do something with the blank ceiling area.&nbsp; Why not decorate it?&nbsp; I found this website that has various images (eg: beach &amp; ocean scenes, etc) that you can stick onto a wall.&nbsp; The website calls it "Wall Peels" that has a sticky back to the image.&nbsp; Only problem is that it may not be sticky enough to stick to the ceiling of my van which is made of some type of fabric material.&nbsp; I believe I can insert part of the decal into the grooves of the center wooden panel, if that makes sense (hard to describe in words).&nbsp; I can also use double-sided sticky tape to the ends of the decal to further help the decal to stick to the ceiling.<br><br>Anyway, if I'm able to make this work, here are some of my favorite beach and ocean scenes from this GreatBigCanvas website.&nbsp; Prices&nbsp;go for around $60 each for&nbsp;an adhesive Wall Peel.&nbsp;Let me know what you think.<br><br><a href="http://www.greatbigcanvas.com/view/...AFTQGefmfXzOUQVV78d6Xes36Q6rKqv1Wf5LLzCFnjCLg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.greatbigcanvas.com/view/...AFTQGefmfXzOUQVV78d6Xes36Q6rKqv1Wf5LLzCFnjCLg</a><br><img style="margin-top: 40px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer;" id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_cphPage_cphPage_cphPage_productDetails_img" class="bbc_img" src="http://static.greatbigcanvas.com/im...ahiti-huahine-island-sunset,14737.jpg?max=540" rel="lightbox"><br><br><br><a href="http://www.greatbigcanvas.com/view/...FHB4m6l3ni1xtG2CosWDrBL8JpmQVWy2G7KCNBCjWn1bw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.greatbigcanvas.com/view/...FHB4m6l3ni1xtG2CosWDrBL8JpmQVWy2G7KCNBCjWn1bw</a><br><img style="margin-top: 40px; margin-left: -15px; cursor: pointer;" id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_cphPage_cphPage_cphPage_productDetails_img" class="bbc_img" src="http://static.greatbigcanvas.com/im...urfer-ocean-beach-carmel-ca,71240.jpg?max=540" rel="lightbox"><br><br><br>I also found another similar website called CafePress&nbsp;that sells the same type of thing, see link below for adhesive wall decals.&nbsp; Prices for this site appears to cost less at around $25 each.<br><br><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/+beach-oce...als?&amp;_suid=136802524517109990381997087256" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.cafepress.com/+beach-oce...als?&amp;_suid=136802524517109990381997087256</a><br><br><br>Here is a picture of the ceiling of my van to get an idea of placement of the artwork, see attached picture.&nbsp; I'm thinking of placing 2 different pictures to the left and right sides of the ceiling.

 

[dragonflyinthesky]

It looks fun to me but I recall somewhere on this site a problem with adhesive velcro melting from the heat in deserts. I wonder if this adhesive can handle heat. Any one else remember this?<BR>Another question, does anyone in the hot areas have add on decals on their vehicles that melt off?

 

[VanLifeCrisis]

Those pictures are not stereotypical van dude enough.&nbsp; You need at the least a wolf, an eagle, and a ninja sword worked in there somewhere <img src="/images/boards/smilies/rofl.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle">

 

[caseyc]

Here's an update. I finally settled on the one picture I really liked best and installed it to the ceiling of my van. See attached picture of the decal print.<br><br>This is where I ordered the picture, see link below from GreatBigCanvas.com.&nbsp; I also went to Michael's art store to buy strong double stick tape to make sure the print stayed stuck to the ceiling.&nbsp; The top center of my ceiling has a wooden panel strip, and lots of soft fabric because my van was built as a conversion van.&nbsp; <br><br><a href="http://www.greatbigcanvas.com/view/...AFTQGefmfXzOUQVV78d6Xes36Q6rKqv1Wf5LLzCFnjCLg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.greatbigcanvas.com/view/...AFTQGefmfXzOUQVV78d6Xes36Q6rKqv1Wf5LLzCFnjCLg</a><br><br>Since the adhesive decal doesn't like to stick on the fabric surface, that's why I had to use double stick tape&nbsp;all around the edges of the print.&nbsp; I also added some USB powered LED amber colored&nbsp;soft light strips to the top of my ceiling, and the amber lights help to accentuate the same golden glow of the below sunset picture.&nbsp; I got the amber colored LED light strips from Auto Zone store.<br><br>By the way, I also ordered some different&nbsp;adhesive decal prints from another company called&nbsp;CafePress.com. The items are lower priced at CafePress.com versus GreatBigCanvas.com. I returned the decals from CafePress because it was truly inferior quality as the prints were very poor in image quality due to obvious pixelation.&nbsp; I would say to avoid CafePress for adhesive decal prints.<br><br><br><br><img style="margin-top: 40px; margin-left: -15px; cursor: pointer;" id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_cphPage_cphPage_cphPage_productDetails_img" class="bbc_img" src="http://static.greatbigcanvas.com/im...ok-islands-french-polynesia,63302.jpg?max=540" rel="lightbox">

 

[VanLifeCrisis]

Nice..i like your monkeys too <img src="/images/boards/smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle">

 

[caseyc]

Thanks! I got the hanging monkeys for $5 each at a local zoo, haha!&nbsp;

 

[highdesertranger]

ha ha when I first saw this I thought, &nbsp;the sistine chapel of vans.&nbsp; guess not.&nbsp; highdesertranger

 

[caseyc]

No, no chapel pictures. I live near the beach, and frequently go to the beach. I want to one day retire near the beach. That's why I have a beach sunset picture on my van ceiling now, haha! &nbsp;Makes for sweet dreams!

 

[CrossCountryGal]

I love the beach scene! &nbsp;The ceiling of my bus was dreary and boring, but has a great skylight. &nbsp;I took some tig rod, bent it in a semi circle, and threaded a bunch of my lampwork beads on it, the stuck it in the skylight. &nbsp;PRETTY, especially when the sun shines through it.

 

[caseyc]

Thanks CrossCountryGal,<br><br>By the way, here's an update. The double stick tape didn't work too well, as the decal print kept falling as it wouldn't stick to the fabric of the ceiling. &nbsp;So I went to a local hardware store and found some short length black color thumb tacks. I stuck thumb tacks all around the decal edges, and now it's very secure. &nbsp;I also got 2 strips of 12" soft amber color LED lights powered by 12 volts, and added the 2 strips along the sides of the center of the ceiling outside of the decal print. &nbsp;The warm amber light accents the golden glow of the sunset ocean picture! &nbsp;I got the LED lights from an Auto Zone store. <br><br>Check out the attached picture.<br><br>Casey<br><br>