Mara
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Hehe F&I ...I have two favorite jean jackets...I wear them all summer long!
I am wearing one right now!
The grout is 'antique white' so we could probably bleach, but our house guy didn't really recommend trying the bleach thing since who knows what may happen to the file (though that was recommended by a friend)...they gave us extra grout so we may try to scrape out most of what is there in those lines and then regrout 3-4 lines. We'll see!
Nic...right now not a whole lot hangs on the walls. For me, wall stuff goes up last. That way, minimal holes are made (which is the part that Greg likes!!). But to me it's not 100% lived in until there's stuff on the walls.
There are some wall hangings in various rooms which were not displayed in these pictures (office has a huge Mackenzie Thorpe picture; stairwell has 3 large black wood Pottery Barn multi-picture collages staggered along it; entry wall has a PB 9 picture huge mahogany frame), but most of the walls are bare...while I figure out what 'final' decor is going where and also what I want to have on the walls. I don't just want to put things up 'just because'. So I've got all the wall art in a closet somewhere.
However, I've been surfing around art.com for some ideas and have found some great things.
One of the things I think I am going to do for upstairs hallway is 3 pictures that all have the same sepia feel to them, all of bridges!
I'll attach a picture collage I made of the separate pictures to be sure they all 'go' well enough to share the upstairs hallway.
For over the fireplace I want a huge Pottery Barn silver gilt mirror I saw ...just have to find the time to go get it and put it up etc. Also, my matron of honor has a hubby that likes to woodwork, so we asked him to make us a real mantel (we just have a built in wall fireplace); so that will be our wedding gift from them.
In the living room, I really like how clean it looks with nothing on the wall with the big plant..so I think the fireplace mirror may be the only decor for that area.
The family room I am having a hard time with because as you can see, the walls are small and choppy. I much rather prefer large expanses of walls to cover with alot of smaller prints or one large one. So I have to figure out what I want to do in there. That may be the last room since it's the most irritating in terms of wall space.
Plus it's pretty comfy as is right now.
The master bedroom...the wall behind the bed. I want to put up a multi-picture collage of black frames with white matte. I am thinking mostly black and white photographs, interspersed with a few color shots. Maybe some that are more neutral like buildings or similar and then some personal ones. We'll see.
That one requires a bit more thought as well.
In the stairway hall which has a very tall ceiling (spans the height of the house), Greg bought this cool Chat Noir vintage print that we want to frame up and put on the main wall. It would fit perfectly. It's absolutely huge though, so the frame and matting etc will be very costly...so we've got to work that in too.
Figure the artwork will be a slow thing..I don't just want to buy things to slap it up. I am very particular about artwork. I don't necessarily need to spend $1k to get some original print, but if its a reprint or similar, I want it to be something unique that I haven't seen elsewhere, and have it really done up right with mattes and great frames. I love some of the more popular Monets and similar, but since EVERYONE and their sister has them in their house, Iwouldn't really want to put one of those up. I prefer more 'off the beaten path' type things...and I really love funky photography. One of my old VP's was a photographer and she had traveled to Cuba and gotten some amazing shots, my favorite was this photo of a blue door and in the middle was a red mail slot. It just read Mail. The colors in the picture were amazing and I loved the red mail slot!! I wanted to buy the print, and always meant to..just never got around to it then the company folded, etc and she and I lost touch.
Anyway there's a long art-related ramble for you!!
I'll post a picture of the bridge pictures I am considering for our long upstairs hallway.
The grout is 'antique white' so we could probably bleach, but our house guy didn't really recommend trying the bleach thing since who knows what may happen to the file (though that was recommended by a friend)...they gave us extra grout so we may try to scrape out most of what is there in those lines and then regrout 3-4 lines. We'll see!
Nic...right now not a whole lot hangs on the walls. For me, wall stuff goes up last. That way, minimal holes are made (which is the part that Greg likes!!). But to me it's not 100% lived in until there's stuff on the walls.
There are some wall hangings in various rooms which were not displayed in these pictures (office has a huge Mackenzie Thorpe picture; stairwell has 3 large black wood Pottery Barn multi-picture collages staggered along it; entry wall has a PB 9 picture huge mahogany frame), but most of the walls are bare...while I figure out what 'final' decor is going where and also what I want to have on the walls. I don't just want to put things up 'just because'. So I've got all the wall art in a closet somewhere.
One of the things I think I am going to do for upstairs hallway is 3 pictures that all have the same sepia feel to them, all of bridges!
For over the fireplace I want a huge Pottery Barn silver gilt mirror I saw ...just have to find the time to go get it and put it up etc. Also, my matron of honor has a hubby that likes to woodwork, so we asked him to make us a real mantel (we just have a built in wall fireplace); so that will be our wedding gift from them.
The family room I am having a hard time with because as you can see, the walls are small and choppy. I much rather prefer large expanses of walls to cover with alot of smaller prints or one large one. So I have to figure out what I want to do in there. That may be the last room since it's the most irritating in terms of wall space.
The master bedroom...the wall behind the bed. I want to put up a multi-picture collage of black frames with white matte. I am thinking mostly black and white photographs, interspersed with a few color shots. Maybe some that are more neutral like buildings or similar and then some personal ones. We'll see.
In the stairway hall which has a very tall ceiling (spans the height of the house), Greg bought this cool Chat Noir vintage print that we want to frame up and put on the main wall. It would fit perfectly. It's absolutely huge though, so the frame and matting etc will be very costly...so we've got to work that in too.
Figure the artwork will be a slow thing..I don't just want to buy things to slap it up. I am very particular about artwork. I don't necessarily need to spend $1k to get some original print, but if its a reprint or similar, I want it to be something unique that I haven't seen elsewhere, and have it really done up right with mattes and great frames. I love some of the more popular Monets and similar, but since EVERYONE and their sister has them in their house, Iwouldn't really want to put one of those up. I prefer more 'off the beaten path' type things...and I really love funky photography. One of my old VP's was a photographer and she had traveled to Cuba and gotten some amazing shots, my favorite was this photo of a blue door and in the middle was a red mail slot. It just read Mail. The colors in the picture were amazing and I loved the red mail slot!! I wanted to buy the print, and always meant to..just never got around to it then the company folded, etc and she and I lost touch.
Anyway there's a long art-related ramble for you!!
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