My new and improved Gallery Wall

Hey there friends...

Well like I mentioned in my last post when I showed you guys my new painting, this wall was getting changed yet AGAIN! In the last few years this wall had to go through at least five or six changes...which means I used A LOT of spackle and paint... otherwise it would have looked like swiss cheese!

This next shot was the most recent look...

...and now here's my new and improved gallery wall! (You can click on the pictures to enlarge them).

Everything you see here are things I already had except for the new painting of the boy with his dog. The frame I put it in I had and it fit perfectly...love it when things like that happen:)

When I saw the sun shining in I ran for my camera...we haven't had to many sunny days lately!

My mom helped me big time...two sets of eyes are always better then one! Before we even started to hang anything up we laid everything on the floor in front of the couch and then we began to play around with different arrangements. I highly recommend doing that...it makes the process much easier.

The little cypress tree I had from Christmas and I just filled the container with cranberries.
 Even though it's still looks good I'm getting tired of it so I don't think it will be around too much longer.

Love the simple look of this boxwood wreath in the weathered frame!

I changed the look on top of my table too by adding some live greenery in pretty pots along with a new magnifying glass I found in Marshall's right before Christmas.

Looking through the french doors from my dining room.

I love this new look and think this is the keeper!! It better be because we are having our hallway and living room painted next month by professionals so I don't plan on adding any more nail holes!

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A Boy & His Dog

 Hey there friends...Happy Monday!

I want to show you the new painting I just bought off of Etsy. You guys can probably tell by now I love any type of landscape print or painting and when I saw this one with the boy and his dog I knew I had to add it to my collection!

In this next shot you can see where it has been signed and dated by the artist.

 I have it resting up against the wall on my blue chest in the living room for now but that's not permanent. Not sure if I'm going to have it framed or hang it as is.

 It will be added to this wall... YEP it's changing again!! It's still going to be a gallery wall just a totally different look.

Have a great week and stay warm!! We are suppose to get hit with another arctic blast this week!!I don't know how much colder it could get then it already is!

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A little change in the Master

    Hey there friends...

I was shopping in my favorite store last week (Home Goods) and spotted this pretty wreath in the Christmas clearance section marked down to $9...in my cart it went!

 I really had no idea where I was going to put it...so I walked around the house trying it in different spots...then when I walked into our bedroom it hit me...let's hang it over the bed!

Here's the Before...

 I just did a little rearranging with the pictures.

 Now it looks like this...

 

 Sometimes it's the little changes that can make us the happiest!

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A Fiddle Leaf Fig & A Copper Bucket

Hey there friends Happy Monday...Hope you all had a great weekend!

While grocery shopping the other day I spotted this fiddle leaf fig in their nursery section...I know they're all the rage right now and knew I had the perfect spot for one so in my cart it went!

 Another new addition was this copper bucket my mom found for me in Home Goods...she knew I would love it!

 I placed the plant in a basket I already had near our fireplace in the family room.

I even changed up what I had on top of this cabinet...I added this wicker dome and simply filled it with apples...lovin it!

The view from my couch makes me smile:)

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A Country French Mantelscape

 My mantel usually stays the same...I only change it during the Fall and Christmas seasons. 
Here's how it looked for the past few years...

I still like this look but after taking the Christmas decorations down I was ready for a change.
Here's the new look...

 I loved the way the Christmas wreath looked hanging in the frame so I decided to leave the frame and add a boxwood wreath that I had in my hoarding room!

 I found these candlesticks in a decor shop before Christmas along with this demijohn.

 Love old tattered books...they were great for adding some height.

 Now for the other side...I think I bought every different size & shape candlestick they had!

 Love the rusty patina on these.

I couldn't bear to throw out the poinsettia in the basket...it still looks so beautiful! Although it might not last too much longer with the fireplace constantly on!!

    A new year...A new look!

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A tale of a table

 Hey there friends hope you all had a great weekend!
Last week I showed you guys the little piece I'm using in my kitchen that I made over using Maison Blanche paint in Wrought Iron...here's the other piece that received a makeover or should I say do-over!! (that happens a lot here!)

 I had this piece quite a few years now it came from Home Decorators...a piece like this I don't mind painting over...I think it actually looks better painted.
I couldn't find a picture of it in it's original state, but here it is with it's first makeover using AS chalk paint in Old White...

 It stayed that way for about a year then I whipped out the paint brush again and applied a coat of AS Coco and heavily distressed it...

 Well the itch hit me again and here it is now in Wrought Iron by Maison Blanche...

 This time I even changed out the knobs to these pretty ones I found in Hobby Lobby.

I just love seeing all the different layers of paint come through...and how all the details really pop.

 It's back in it's original home in our sitting room.

 Here it is in all it's different looks!

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