Monthly Archives: May 2016

Tuesday May 31st, 2016

How a kid’s drawing can make you change the deco! (part 2)

Part two! (if you haven’t read the first part, find it here )

So, where were we? Yes, so I was trying to find a spot for my nephews masterpieces. I thought about it and decided to put them above my home office. BUT it was a complete mess… so move A, I finally cleaned up the chaos and move B, started decorating. (all of these things happened in 3 hours on Thursday night)

Here it is. 🙂 In the center, above the screen you can see Leonardo.

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The second one, the one with Jack Skellington, took its rightful place in the Tim Burton Display Cabinet.

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You see, the home office is the first thing you see when you enter the house. So, when it’s a mess it messes you up too! And, since I am speaking about a messy and bad mood… After I was done with the home office and was so excited it about it, I suddenly turned around and saw…………………….

THIS.

(well, when tidied up it looked OK but it was tidied up around 3 times a year…I don’t wanna lie to you, it had to go)

before

My decisions were fast (and a little furious). Remove the old hanger from behind the door. Paint wall half white. DIY simple bench. And placement of white little hangers on the black part of the wall. I started Friday night with the wall painting and was done with the whole project by Saturday evening. Not bad, right?

after

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Apart from the fact that we now have more space, one of the advantages of this change is that I am forced to tidy up my stuff, and not just leave everything everywhere!

Monday May 30th, 2016

How a kid’s drawing can make you change the deco! (part 1)

All changes start from something small. At least my home changes. For example, I make a small deco item, then I don’t know where to put it and then I turn the house upside down just to find a place for my new item.

That’s exactly what happened with this project. All began with the idea I had of framing my nephews’ drawings. So, Yorgos is 6 years old, and he drew 2 things for me on the trip I took to New York a little while back (My brother lives there with his family).

Naturally the first drawing is Leonardo for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO WRITE THIS) and the second one is Jack Skellington from Nightmare before Christmas (that, I asked for – I showed him my tattoo and said “draw Jack for me!”)

 

ninjaturtles

JackSkellington

I cut them with a pair of scissors roughly and stuck them on black background and then in a frame.

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And after I made them and was so proud for my nephew I freaked. “NOW WHERE WILL I PUT THESE WORKS OF ART???”

…to be continued with the epic before & after of the house entry way.