Hallway Paced with Pictures

The hallway of every man's life is paced with pictures...

Sean O'Casey

I love the gallery walls I see on other blogs, but let's face it...I am not patient enough to do it the way she does.  Or should I say, the way she pays other people to do it? : )  So, when I saw Natalie's way, I was sold!

I painted and distressed all my frames.  I also pulled a few other items from around the house (a metal star, trivet and plate with a vinyl butterfly).  Some of my frames were more like shadow boxes, so I decided to take advantage and created some little pieces of artwork to intersperse.  There are 4:  a silk butterfly, an arrangement of vintage buttons, some sheet music with 3 little hearts (one for Sweet Hubby, Miss A and I) and a note that says "Love you forever!" 

After laying everything out on the dining room table in some sort of order, I just started hanging things, one by one.  It makes me happy every time I walk down what used to be the bland hallway.  Next hallway project?  Get those dark-stained hollow core doors painted white and replace the light fixture!  (Our walls aren't yellow, they're more cafe-cream, but that's what the ugly light fixture does.  Sorry!)

Do you like how I hid the thermostat in the middle?  : )







My FAVORITE photo on the wall

 

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