99.9% of my posts will be about family life and the star of our little show - SIENA!  :o)  However, I happen to have a love for all things decorating.  I don’t consider myself a professional by any means and usually steal ideas from other people, stores, magazines clippings, etc.  I love to tinker with our house (even though it’s a rental) and while I don’t have a ton of time to dedicate to it, it is fun to dream about and tinker with now and again.  Poor Ryan gets hauled in to these projects time and time again - usually because I need his hammer and drill expertise!  :o)  He is so good to humor his decor-addicted wife.  I thought I would share a couple of “wall projects” we recently tackled!

Our new photo wall - displaying photos of our adventures in Colorado, milestones (engagement, wedding, Siena), and photos of our little family.  If I’m feeling blue, this is the perfect wall to go study for awhile, as each photo brings a smile to my face and heart.  We started with a bunch of mixed frames I picked up at Wal-mart, then I arranged them on the floor as I wanted them on the wall.  Then it was time to hang them.  This is where Ryan comes in.  He took a photo of my photo arrangement and using his mad math skills, figured out how to mathematically hang them on the wall correctly.  Ain’t he great?  I’m so pleased with the results!  This whole project cost $40 - not bad!

BEFORE:

DURING: (as you can see by the Fall pumpkins and green grass, that we’ve been working on this since forever)

FINISHED PROJECT!

Picked up a couple new pillows at Marshall’s too.  I’m aware of the photo-less frame at the bottom - it’s waiting for that perfect family photo…and may be waiting for awhile.  :o)  And YES, my house is ALWAYS this clean, picked up, and toy-free.  Not.  Let’s just say I took these photos during Siena’s nap time.  :o)

We needed some wall art over Siena’s toy cabinet and it hit me just last week what we needed - birdies!  I’ve always had a fondness for God’s little winged critters and have many around the house in the form of a sculpture, pillow, etc.  Why not put some on the wall?  I found my photos for free online and enlisted my talented hubby to use photo software to cutout the backgrounds and make them just white to help brighten this corner of the room and make them a bit more contemporary.   Completed with white mats, I think they turned out pretty good!  Sure makes me smile!  And, even better, the price tag makes me smile - a $15 project!

I unpacked yet another box the other day and found my old M&M lights from when I was a kid.  I thought they would look happy hung up in Siena’s bathroom - and she agreed!  It doesn’t matter if she has only a quick stop in the bathroom - she insists on having them plugged in!!  :o)

We’ve had fun adding a little “pretty” to our duplex!