After I finished the master and moved back in, I wanted to finish up decorating the rest of the house. There was a wall in the dining room, two walls in the living room, and some spaces smaller spaces in both rooms as well as the bathroom I wanted to finish.
The easiest was the dining room. Found this great painting at Meijer that coordinated well with the curtains.
Plus, I already had some pictures from my trip to Ireland framed, just not hung. Well, now they're up on the wall, under the photo I purchased at 500px of a waterfall at Yellowstone.
The living room was up next. Previously, there was a wall of wedding photos, and a smattering of photos on another wall. Some of those photos were Adam's, so I packed them up for him to have.
This is a big wall though, and it took me awhile to figure out what I wanted to do there.
First step, though, was moving my running photos to one wall.
Then, after much pondering, I saw some crayon art, and then I thought, "Perfect! I can totally do that!"
And I did. But now that that was decided, what was it going to be of? I settled on tributes to my biggest fandoms. Doctor Who, Harry Potter, M*A*S*H, and the Detroit Red Wings.
You'll notice that the M*A*S*H canvas is not crayon art. Good job! Cause it's not. It's pastels. It was too intricate to melt wax all over the place. It was my first time working with those as well, and I think it turned out rather nice.
Plus, it takes up the entire wall, done!
Up next in the living room, I printed up some photos and dropped them into three photo collage frames. That wasn't a hard decision, I knew I wanted more photos of my family and friends where they had been previously. Just in different frames and sizes.
Lastly, over the bay window I got a new display to replace the one that went with Adam. Plus, the red flower matches the dragonfly curtain!
Last tiny space to decorate, the people we bought the house from had left nails in the wall in the big bathroom. After being empty for two years, I decided to fill them.
As luck would have it, I passed an end cap at Meijer that had these two cute ceramics on clearance. I was sold!
I've been so pleased with how everything has turned out. I walk into my bedroom and smile because it's SO pretty.
I sit in my chair to watch TV, I look up, I see the art I worked so hard on.
I walk through and see all these touches I've added, and it just makes me so happy. I've got a big, goofy grin on my face all the time up in here!
P.S. If you don't catch my reference in the title, go check out Newsroom. First season is awesome.
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