A little indoor project
While Ayden has been dreaming of the garden and all of it's potential, I've been looking at the spaces indoors that could use a bit of a revamp. While there are many areas I wish to upgrade, there are certain areas that are a bit higher on the priority list. One such area, is the space above the couch. This is what it looked like before:
We bought this painting off of marketplace when we first moved into our house. I didn't want to spend too much money or time trying to think of a gallery wall and we had so many other things we needed to buy for the house that trying to make the space look nice wasn't top priority. And I love this painting. I love the style, I love the vibe, me and Ayden both love that it looks like the lonely mountain from the Hobbit, and it worked as a great filler of space.
However, Ayden has mentioned to me a few times over the years that he wished there were more photos of us and our lives in our house so it felt more like our home, not just someone's. And while I love this painting, it is taking up precious real estate in our small home. So work needed to be done.
I'm definitely not an interior designer in any sense of the word. It took me over a year to do the first little project in our house(our bedroom) and even though that turned out really good, change is quite intimidating. Especially when it can turn out bad. But nothing a little planning and some painter's tape can't help fix!
Plans and Materials
Since we are on a tight budget at the moment, I perused ikea online to see what was available shelving wise. I also had to make sure the shelves weren't too deep since the last thing you want to do when plopping on the couch after a long day is give yourself a minor concussion from hitting your head on a shelf.
After finding what was available and which sizes the shelves were in, I took pieces of tape the size of the shelving and placed it on the wall. Then I had to find out what size frames they had available and mix and match the placement of the tape frames until it came out just right.
Then it came time to build! While I don't have photos of the placement of the shelves, I have photos of what the other residents of our home were thinking while it was happening.
Strider was not happy with the fact that noise was being made and objects moved around, he needed to retreat to the safety of mom and dad's bed. The cats couldn't care less but wished I didn't bother them with my presence.
After only an hour of work (and a couple of days until I actually went and got the photos for the frames), this is the result!
