All of which is to say, I finally put up the art! After a careful selection process, in which we basically decided to weed out everything that was a reproduction and keep only the originals, I spent a day laying the arrangement out on the floor, carefully measuring the whole thing, and slowly putting them up gallery-style in our dining room.
The dining room before - yellow, with green toile curtains and a very heavy dark wood curtain rod:
After:
One of the best parts? Somehow the art makes the room feel much bigger - maybe because it somehow gives that wall a sense of dimension?
At the same time, I finally created a display place for the kids' art around their little table in the living room. This time around I went with the pants-hanger approach - easy to swap pieces out, but still looks very clean and tailored, which is a good thing for this public-ish space.
The living room before - the column was the same yellow as the dining room, and
there was a very heavy dark wood border under the stairs:
After:
Next on the project list? The bathroom remodel is going splendidly and should be finished Friday, and after that we'll tackle the office!
