Well, one of my very favorite people in the world is officially on bed rest. Ick! Though whatever it takes to keep that little man in there, cooking, for a little longer will just have to do. Her doctor told her that if she wasn't bored, she was doing too much. Well, no matter how restful she is, we can't have boredom, now, can we? Therefore, I have decided to challenge myself (and any of you other bloggers out there) to post once a day for the next two weeks, not counting the weekend when I fully expect her husband to be doing a lot of singing and dancing to entertain her. Now, I can't promise that these will all be the most enlightening posts, but I figure since I am guaranteed a captive audience of at least one, I might as well go for it. The rest of you bloggers, leave the poor girl a comment with a link to your site so she can spend the day wandering from site to site....and if you don't have a blog, feel free to leave a comment with a handy tip for entertaining someone on bed rest or a link to your favorite site to read/shop/or spend hours on, your favorite book or movie, etc, etc....
My contribution for today = my new wall display. I am so excited about this I can't stand it! You see, most of my current wall art involved some serious effort in the "getting it just right" category and I am loathe to change them because I LOVE them just the way they are. HOWEVER, I was also pining for somewhere to put current photos in a more relaxed (read: inexpensive) way that I wouldn't feel bad about changing out with the seasons. Here's what I came up with....
My original plan was the magnetic knife holder strips from IKEA. Sadly, I was too lazy to actually get to an IKEA. Luckily, I am married to the handiest man alive. See, there are 2 main differences between my Home Depot modification and the IKEA idea. The IKEA ones come in 20 inch strips so I would have had to have 2 for each row BUT (and I'm only pretty sure about this part) I think the IKEA ones come pre-drilled. SuperJohn had to drill holes in these with his fancy drill press. (Just so you know, "it's all about having the right tools" is commonly heard around here.)
And here's what it looks like now....
I LOVE this! It is easy, casual, kind of loosey goosey and pretty darn inexpensive. I am so excited to get to see these photos every day and to be able to change them out every so often...though I have to say, the sunny pool photos may make a reappearance during the dead of next winter when I am longing for some sun.
The beauty of this idea is that you can make it fit whatever wall you've got. Someone I know has a nice long wall in her kitchen and we talked about doing just one long strip across the top of it. I think she could put up a variety of print sizes for a little more interest and she will be able to keep her's high enough that the little sticky fingers at her house won't be able to reach them.
I would love to see/hear all your fabulous photo wall art display ideas....send them my way and I will share here for everyone to enjoy!