MY GIANT GALLERY WALL

The wall in our stairwell has been bothering me since we moved in to our home.

I initially hung a few of our travel prints there, but was never quite happy with the look.

A few months ago, I took them all down.

The wall sat naked for quite some time and every time I went up or down the stairs 

(about 50 times a day), I cringed. 

I recently ran into Pottery Barn and noticed these large, square, gold frames hiding in the corner.  

I picked them up and noticed they were on sale for $31.99.  Not too bad since they were 18"x18".

To make a long story short, I bought four that day (and they happened to be on clearance for $21.99)

I then proceeded to call all over the country to hunt down nine more (five for me and four for a client).

Where there's a will, there's a way!  

The smaller square frames came from Ikea and I'll tell you all about those at the end of the post.

Now for some pretty pictures....

 I risked my life on a ladder and hung everyone of these all by myself. 

The frames are filled with prints/postcards/artwork from places we have traveled to 

or hope to travel to someday.

I really wanted to fill up the wall, but keep some frames open for future adventures. 

So I printed out maps or artwork from destinations we hope to visit someday

and I added "Adventure Awaits" to the bottom.

I have two more small frames to add here, but my 5 foot 3 self couldn't quite reach.

I'll con my husband into doing it someday soon.

The frames came without mats.  I simply turned over the cover sheets 

to show the sheets and taped the art on top.

Someday I'll have mats cut for them.

I would love to eventually fill up the wall over the window and the wall to the left of the window.

I love that you can see them from the foyer.

I never could find the Pottery Barn frames on their website. 

But I found these 12x12 frames at Ikea.

Of course, I had to add some rub n buff to them.

Ten of them, in fact.

Now, instead of cringing, I get excited every time I walk up and down these stairs.

Each time I pass by, I think back on all the fun adventures we have taken over the years

or I dream about the adventures that await us.

I finally got my camera back.  It was in the repair shop for almost six weeks 

and it ended up costing more than a week's worth of groceries to have it repaired. 

I sure wasn't happy about that, but I am thrilled that I can stop using my Iphone as my camera. 

Have a fabulous weekend!