Wall o' Frames

I've been trying to give my apartment some much-needed attention lately. Part of it is that I've lived there long enough now to really have a sense of how I want to use the space and what's been working and what hasn't.  And part of it is probably a reaction to the change in light and air these days, some bone-deep drive to ready my cave for hunkering down over the winter. I've been rearranging furniture and artwork, sorting through my closet and books, cleaning and fixing minor things that need fixing. I got some new plants and repotted them last night. For whatever reason, herbs don't thrive under my care but ornamental plants do. So I ditched my dying sage and rosemary and basil and replaced them with jade plants and oxalis and lavender (which is probably technically an herb, but I'm not planning to eat it so am hoping that will be enough to make it want to live).

All of this rearrangement has freed up a fair amount of space in my living room, including one whole wall that doesn't have anything on it anymore. It'll take some time and lucky scavenging to carry out the plan I have for it, but it'll be worth it.

I love the painted, empty frames shown on the cover of the current Blueprint. (sorry about the small pic — I couldn't find anything larger online)

And I love the mix of shapes on this wallpaper from Lisa Bengtsson, even though it's a bit too busy for me to live with.

This embellishment of it, from Oh Joy!, is just delightful.

So my plan is to find an assortment of frames, paint them all glossy black and then hang Other Things, both two- and three-dimensional, in a couple of them. I'll start checking out the thrift shops around here in the next few days...

Comments

[Becky]

I've been trying to figure out what to do with my bedroom wall, and I've been here over a year! I plan on doing something like these swatch portraits from purl bee - http://www.purlbee.com/swatch-portraits/2007/3/2/swatch-portraits-materials.html
I've seen similar things with frames too, but the embroidery hoops seem much easier!

[Gina]

Fantastic! Just be sure to photograph the progression.

[Becky]

I love that idea! Happy thrift-store-frame-hunting!