Wall Art

Happy Monday everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

We had a productive weekend and got another bathroom project finished, I am very excited about it and I will share it later on in the week.

Today I thought I would share my artwork I created using the free downloads from the Paint Place.

I can't remember who I got these from originally but a few bloggers have shared this site before.

You can find them here.

I chose the prints I wanted to use and re sized them as required.

I printed one on plain paper and I printed the other one on an old sheet of music. I bought a music book from the 2nd hand charity store specifically to use for craft projects.

I embellished both prints using items from my scrap booking and card making supply.

They didn't take long to make and I did one each evening after work.

We had the frames from a previous trip to Ikea and I had all the craft supplies.

I had this blank wall that was just begging for adornment.

Please ignore the lack of pelmet, another project that we are yet to finish!

I spread the frames out on the floor and played around with them until I found a layout that I was happy with and that fit the space. We will put some New Zealand photos in the empty frames. Just waiting on WH to finish editing them.

I am thinking that I may cut the dividers out of the matting in the long frame and use the frame for a panoramic photo. The top wall hanging was given to us by WH's lovely parents when we bought this house.

It is a beautiful saying and a great reminder to have.

Thanks to everyone who stops by to read my ramblings and thank you to all of the lovely people who leave such encouraging comments. I enjoy reading them all and appreciate that you take the time to leave them.

I am looking forward to catching up with everyone through the week.

Have a great Monday!

xx

Bedroom Wall Project

I finally got around to finishing another project that I had been wanting to do for a while. If you remember, last holidays I managed to cover a chair that sits in our bedroom. This spot where the chair sits is visible from our kitchen/living/dining area and the wall looked unfinished. I had been looking at it for quite a while planning what I wanted to do there. Due to Nick starting to work for himself and needing to rearrange our study in order to accommodate a bigger work bench etc I had some pictures that required relocating. It just so happened that Nick also had some pictures/photos that had been gifts and were just sitting beside the bed waiting to be given a permanent (well as permanent as possible in our house) home. The result......

I am pleased with how it turned out. It took some time finding the perfect layout, I played around with different configurations before I started putting holes in the wall. I placed the pictures on the bed and just kept moving them around until I found a layout I was happy with. I made sure I measured the space I had to work with on the wall and ensured that I kept within that size as I rearranged the layout on the bed. Once I was satisfied with the outcome I turned each frame over and measured where I needed to make a hole for the hook, starting from the top left I measured first how far in from the window I needed to come and then how far down from the ceiling. I marked it all out on the wall with a pencil first and then when I was pretty confident that my measurements worked I picked up the hammer and started making my holes. I wish I could say that I was spot on but alas... I did need to make a few minor adjustments.

Another project done! I am getting more motivated to pick up the paintbrush again soon and finish some more projects. Hopefully we may get some more accomplished this long weekend.

Photo source: McCarthy Designs

More Before and After

Before

The paint job was so bad, on this wall the previous owners must have had a entertainment unit sitting against the wall and when they painted the skirting board they have painted up to a point on either side and left what they couldn't reach....

After

The pretty new wall with a proper paint job. It took me weeks/months to convince my husband that a photo wall would look good. He still likes to tease me about my need to cover every inch of wall space with stuff. He often looks up at the ceiling and wonders out loud how long it will be before I start putting things up there.

When we bought our house there were a few feature walls and one feature room that had been painted using a suede effect. While I have always liked the effect I didn't realise what a pain it was to remove when you wanted a change. The suede effect paint has a textured finish that requires sanding before you can repaint. Well that was fun, particularly in the 'blue room', every wall was painted in the suede paint and we had to sand it all and the undercoat the room as it was such a dark colour. What a mess, I had blue stuff coming out of my nose when I blew it. Yuck! Yes in the last photo I am vacuuming the wall....

Photos: McCarthy Designs