Friday, August 3, 2012

Hanging Artwork

The first thing I do when we're about to pack up a house is to take all the artwork off the walls. Without the artwork and pictures, the house just doesn't feel like it's "mine" anymore. So the boxes get packed faster and I'm much less nostalgic.

Done that a few times. It works really well for me.

So why is it that it's taken more than a year to get some pictures up in our new house? I know that artwork is what makes my house feel like a home. Whatever my problem, I've finally gotten around to hanging a few things. Already this place is feeling more homey.

These pictures are so calming...


Parks and landscapes. These black-and-whites also have a slight greenish tint to them. Works perfectly with the grey-green walls. I even got to use my fancy laser level that Doug got me when I first started staging. 



I even hung our family picture. Shocker. I think it's been at least four years since I've had a family picture in my home. These are my favorite people, I swear. I just don't like looking at myself every time I walk into a room. Or having other people look at my picture. Weird. Yup, that's me.

Funny story - I hung the kids' individual pictures down the stairwell. The next morning, Sophia started "talking" to them. She even tried to get through the banister to touch them. This went on for a good fifteen, twenty minutes. More than once that day. She really loves having the pictures up there - and having me identify everyone.

Going down the stairway...a little askew due to the kids "loving" them
A long time ago (when we had real cable), I used to watch "The Stagers" on HGTV. Loved it. One of the stagers noted that, if he had to choose between furniture or artwork (not being able to use both), he would always choose artwork. That statement has made me think a lot over the years. At first, I wasn't so sure I agreed with him. Now, though, I think I know what he means.

Furniture makes a house functional - no matter how beautiful it is, furniture is really meant to be used. Artwork makes a house beautiful, gives you something to look at when you're sitting on said furniture, and really personalizes a space. An empty space can still be beautiful with artwork. With only furniture, a home can still look relatively empty. Case in point: most of my house.


Yes, I really need to work on that wall and those chairs. Oh yes, and the couch. It's kind of funny that my front room houses all my current projects. Once they're done, though, I can hang art in there, too. Looking forward to it!

1 comment:

  1. That is so cute about Sophie!! I talk to my family pictures sometimes too... ;)

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