Sunday, July 7, 2013

Preview: Bedroom Gallery Wall

I have been wanting to do a gallery wall in my bedroom for a while. We are very limited on space in our bedroom, but I still think it can be romantic. I've never done a gallery wall before and I want it to look collected and eclectic but I still want it to look like it "goes" together. 
Here are some of my inspirations from Pinterest. (I'm not sure of the source on the first one because the pin leads to nowhere.) 

Here's another- I like the many different things -besides frames-  in this one.  
Source: 
http://www.thehomesihavemade.com/2013/01/entryway-gallery-wall-entry-update.html?m=1

And this one is interesting because there is no art, just a few shells. I don't really like those gallery walls you see with just a bunch of empty vintage frames (first of all that would take you a fortune and twenty years to collect them- even though everything on Pinterest seems like you could buy it for three dollars at the thrift store and that's just not true)

Source: http://theinspiredroom.net/2011/03/08/love-fun-simple-gallery-wall-idea/

I'm  nervous that I will have either too many or to few items in the collection. Here are the things I'm including so far: 

1- the Mr and Mrs sign we had on our table at our wedding
2- a painting of a trumpet that I made for Tehran for his birthday even before we were officially dating 
3- two framed pictures from the wedding
4- a self portrait watercolor OR framed peacock feathers (can't decide yet) 
5- a round mirror from the thrift store, repainted white. 
6. A picturesque scene from our honeymoon with a twist ( more on that in the future) 

Here is my little round mirror: 
It was $1.99 at Salvation Army. I've had it for a while. I hate it when people say they got things for a couple bucks and you know that at your thrift store that mirror would have been $45 instead of $4.00. So I also offer proof: 


The next thing is my frame for either my peacock feathers or my self-portrait in water colors: it was also $1.99. I'm glad that this guy is oval. That should break up the shapes a little bit. 


Can't wait to get everything painted and hung on the wall! 


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