"Gal"lery wall

Happy Galentines Day! If you don't know what that is then clearly you don't watch Parks and Rec and I'm not sure we can be friends... Just kidding... Kind of.

In honor of Galentines Day, and because my super, duper gal pal Ruby gets mad when I don't blog about things I've done to the house, I thought I'd share a "Gal"lery wall I've been working on.

I've still got a few frames that are waiting on prints to arrive, but overall I'm really happy with the placement of everything. Eventually the goal is to completely fill this wall from floor to ceiling, but I'm short some proper sized frames, so I'll fill in the spaces as I go.

In case you're trying to figure out where this masterpiece is in our home it's currently, technically in Lukas' bedroom. Once the wall goes up giving Lukas a true bedroom, and not some weird walk-through room with no privacy this will be a proper hallway. I've been dreaming of all the things I wanted to do with this wall since we moved in, and finally I got tired of waiting so I just decided to go for it. I'm so glad I did! It might be my new favorite spot in the house!

For those of you wondering if the taped photos are permanent, I taped those up because I was short on frames with every intention of framing them, but I really love how the washi tape looks. I think it adds an element of playfulness and really helps bring what could easily be a very formal wall down to earth. So the washi tape snapshots are staying.

I also added some of Lukas' watercolors to the wall. I framed them in a rather modern, formal frame with a thick mat, and I really feel like adding my two-year-old's art brought a little whimsy to this wall. I'm a big fan a framing your kid's abstract pieces. They really can look like fine art. Most people are shocked when I tell them my son did it, but if it wasn't framed nicely they would know instantly. I love giving reverence to the ordinary in my home.

Well, there it is in all its glory. I'm going to be painting the trim soon. The wood was so abused by the old owners, and is not looking great at all. I wish I could go back in time and say "if you can not neatly cut in a wall without dribbling paint everywhere they make this stuff called painters tape. It's a game-changer" but c'est la vie.

Until next time!

XOXO,
Victoria

Toddler bedroom makeover

I have a blog?

Obviously, I've been a tad bit neglectful to my little slice of cyberspace over the past 2 1/2 months.

I've had great intentions, but lacked the follow-through.

I'm back though. I'm not promising to regularly be around, but I'm going to do my best. Between my job, family, 365 project, and a secret something I have in the works I've been a tad bit busy... Bear with me.

That  being said...

After seven months I finally got tired of looking at this room.

I decided it was time to do something about it. We had a full gallon of the same color we used in the master bedroom, and bathroom (Porpoise by Behr) hanging out unopened in the shed. I decided to make good use of this weekend and get cracking. I figured this would be a simple, no nonsense, in-and-out kind of job, but no. There are eight... yes that's right, eight walls in Lukas' bedroom. That's 8 walls worth of cutting in I had to do, which made this quick job super tedious, and slightly labor intensive. All that being said it was well worth it to have a blank slate to work with.

Without further ado...

 Obviously, I need to hang curtains, but I'm rather impressed the difference a coat of paint can make. For those of you wondering I always buy the highest quality paint I can get. I try to buy paint that has primer in it, and I can more often than not get away with one coat. If one coat can cover my obnoxious polka dots, it can probably cover just about anything else you throw its way.

This room has come a LONG way in a weekend. The trim is still in really rough shape, so that will be getting a coat of paint in the near future, but I'm not about to start that today. Trim or no trim, a certain little boy approves and that's a win in my book!

I'll try and get a 7 or 8 month update done so you guys can see the progress. I'm constantly amazed by how far this house has come. Until next time!

XOXO,
   Victoria