Gallery Wall

I am a bit frantic 

preparing my home 

to look it's best for 

an upcoming housewalk event.

Good side...It's like having a party

...things get done that have 

been on my list, 

and so that is what is going on 

in my house now.  

Also reminds me of my college days...

sitting up all night 

writing the paper that was

due the following morning 

when it was assigned weeks before.

Anyway...here is the wall I 

decided to tackle on my list...

This is a game table area

 in my living room.

So I took my 4 year old to IKEA, 

 played house in ALL 

the room settings, 

then 2 hours later(for real), 

I got to play with the frames. 

 I like to lay things out on the 

floor to plan my layout.

I actually had no idea 

what I was going to frame, 

but thought I would 

rummage through the house.

Besides, if I was going to 

buy the frames, I was not going 

to spend any more money.

Then I started to dig 

through things and... 

I came up with this pile...

a watercolor form a local artist,

old wallpaper,

scrap book paper, and 

a sketch/painting by a local artist

 I was looking to bring in some 

blue since I have 

so many autumn colors.

The watercolor leaves painting

was the item to connect the 

dots with my colors

since it has the blue I wanted 

and the room's colors.

I started building my gallery wall 

and assessing as I went along.

I started with this 

sweet wallpaper print.

It came from a book 

of discontinued papers.

 ...taped it to the matting and framed it

 Then came this sketch that 

reminds me of coral.

 Put the first two framed items

 next to each other

to assess and was 

happy so I kept going.

 Then my watercolor that I knew 

would look better with a mat so was 

eager to see it done.

 ...loved it so much more framed

 Then I layered two pieces 

of scrapbook paper.

One felt too plain.

 Lastly, I had this piece 

of discontinued wallpaper...

 but had to play with what part 

of the pattern I liked best.

Then it was time for 

the moment of truth...

hammer and nails....

and here is what I ended up with....