So both of these updates were long over due and the materials sat around for far too long. Pretty sure that by the end of this post there will be a lesson learned! The first one Brian and I did a month or two ago and I forgot to post pics. I had been wanting to do some uppercase living since I first heard about it when we lived in Spokane, but neither house felt right since I knew they were not "long term" homes for us. Last Mother's Day Brian got me a gift cert. to get whatever I wanted from UL. I picked a saying for the girls' bathroom mirror "Yes, you are fairest of them all." "Bon Appetit" for the kitchen. and for the living room "A double with "FAMILY" large underneath and "where life begins and love never ends" on top. We got the bathroom and kitchen ones up right away, but the "family" one just sat there taunting me...it seemed like such a daunting task since we worked together to put up Bon Appetit and it was about 18" long. The family one is over 3 feet long...I wasn't sure how it was going to go!
Lots of nerve racking time spent wishing it was up, but too scared to just buckle down and do it!
Finally one Saturday we decided we better get it up now or never. It was actually really easy to put up and the largeness just meant a little more to peel and moving the ladder down to remove the backing.
Before...see it was around Christmas time :-)
Brian adhering the second layer to the first...this part was making me nervous
Tada! Doesn't it look great?
I love how it turned out and am sooo happy that we finally took the time to get it up!
The second project was a bit more expensive and time consuming, but I think it looks wonderful completed. :-) Again this took a substantial amount of time to get up on the wall. We had family photos taken back at the end of Oct. This was by the RIDICULOUSLY expensive lady we found through living social...didn't end up being much of a deal, but she took fabulous pics and how were we to say no to some sweet pics of our girls? So after spending a small fortune on pics, another small one of the frames, hours of arranging them until I found the perfect configuration, (or at least one that didn't say "oh"or "ho"....haha. Brian pointed out that the H and oval frame were spelling oh and ho in a few of my configurations. Whoops!!!) and then sometime yesterday...they are up and look GREAT!!!
before a blank canvas!
Template configuration
Brian hammering the nails...No I don't need help hammering, this was just his contribution to the project :)
All done, view from landing/hallway What do you think of the "H" I am not sure if I am a fan of the gold or not....thoughts?
View from front door.
I love that these two projects add so much of "us" to our home. While there are still about 8 million things I want to do with our house, these little things help me bide my time until I can get the big guns out and do an actual remodel...Oh, I can't wait for that day!! Stay tuned for the dining room reveal one more thing is needed before I will be ready to unveil that baby!
***Lesson Learned*** Procrastination stinks....just do it already!
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