We have this black bookcase in our living room/dining room area that has moved multiple times since we got this apartment last year. From the living room, to the office, to the living room, back to the office…except by this time it was the nursery. Then back to the living room, and today I moved it back to the nursery–for good! (85% sure it’s for good). And here’s why:
……and then I remembered why I kept moving the bookcase BACK to the living room. That big blank wall is super bare, and intimidating! But I wasn’t moving that bookcase back. No way. Not me. Not today….I mean, errrr never again! So I had to come up with something. I hung a few different sized canvases that I had laying around waiting to be painted, but they were way too small for the space–besides, I have been saving them for our bedroom (get excited!).
So, I opened up my art box (which contains basically all of the art I have done in my entire life), and came across some prints I did in college. After laying them out on our table and arranging them a bit, I knew that that big bare wall would be the perfect home for these guys.
As you can see, I used two different prints (detail shown below) but I definitely didn’t want to just alternate them. C’mon, that’s boring, people! |
So the finished product looks like this:
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I’m so going to e-mail you one day to help with my design dilemma! ((we currently live with mi padres….but soon will be renting!!)) so I hope that’s a-ok! :) Love your living room too btw.
I’m so going to e-mail you one day to help with my design dilemma! ((we currently live with mi padres….but soon will be renting!!)) so I hope that’s a-ok! :) Love your living room too btw.
Your front room is the weeeeeirdest shape….I applaude you for doing so well with the awkward space!!! It looks SO good!
What a fun idea to do on the wall! I love the different colors and how you arranged it.
Yes, our bookshelf is in our front room too, and it is actually rare that Brinley takes EVERYTHING off those shelves multiple times a day. AND she raaaarely takes out all the DVDs. SO, all I’m saying is, it is probably the age because when we first moved to Talley, ALL SHE DID WAS take out those stupid DVD’s and books, for the love.
How can I get Ryan to understand that a rug on carpet is…okay…? He. Doesn’t. Get. It.