9.11.2011

{renovate} living room updates

Happy Monday! I have a fun update to share with you guys this morning.

Little by little, I've been working on creating our living room. First, we added colorful lamps earlier this spring, and then the huge ceiling drum shade. We're loving how this side of the room is looking.

But what about the other side? When I first started decorating our living room, I created a small gallery wall. At the time I knew I wanted to create a much bigger gallery, but I didn't actually have the artwork to accomplish it. So, for the last couple years I've been collecting art here and there and setting it aside. Earlier this summer I set about hanging all the art I've collected. As a reminder, up until July (seriously, some projects take us forever!), our gallery wall looked like this:


And as of this weekend, it looks like this:
I am so excited about our new wall! It's been a really long time coming, and I think it adds so much quirky, eclectic dimension to the room :). Plus, I think it really show off who we are, because we took so much time to collect things we love.



But that's not all! The other small update in the room is our fireplace area. Here was it looked like earlier this year:


I have been searching for a huge affordable mirror for months - less than $100. Of course, I'd be willing refinish it, etc. Do you guys know how expensive mirrors are?! After searching garage sales and vintages store all summer, I finally found the mirror I was looking for. Less than $100 and all I had to do was clean it.

I found it a couple weeks ago at Noun, an adorable Portland store. We had already installed the mirror on the gallery wall, and together they bounce so much light around the room. I love having two mirrors in the room now.

And, it reflects the new wall really well :). It's the small things, right?

I'll be back Wednesday with more information about the art on the gallery wall + an easy how-to for creating your own gallery wall! :) (Update: you can find complete instructions for hanging your own gallery wall here.)

I'm also linking this up to Cottage and Vine's living room link-up and View Along the Ways Roomspiration link up. Please come over and check out all the awesome living rooms!



27 comments:

  1. wow, jenn it looks great! i LOVE the gallery wall, great mix of artwork. you're right - it totally shows who you guys are and what you love. A1 job.

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  2. Jenn it is awesome - your gallery wall rocks! It's the perfect collection of personal items. Great great work.

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  3. The room looks great! I esp love the lamps. The gallery looks really good. I just started collecting artwork to create one in my home. Your wall inspires me.

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  4. Love it Jenn! It looks so great on that wall and I can't wait to read about some of the artwork on there!

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  5. Jenn, you inspire me! I have been too afraid to commit to a gallery wall in my house. I have laid is out on the floor a hundred times and end up shying away from it. Yours looks amazing!
    Cathy

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  6. I love it. I really need to start looking through my artwork stuff and figure out where I should be hanging all the stuff I've been collecting.

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  7. SO LOVELY! It loks ecclectic and fun, but really put together and professional!

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  8. I really love the gallery wall! I like the collected look of it! I always worry about gallery walls looking too contrived, but taking time like you did certainly pays off!

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  9. Gallery walls can be tricky, but your looks great. You were wise to collect pieces over time and I agree that it is a nice eclectic touch in your room.

    Thanks so much for sharing your room in the "Room to Room" series Jenn!

    -Rene

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  10. Looks great! I LOVE your gallery wall. I love the eclectic-ness of it...I am working on one myself:)

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  11. The gallery wall is just plain fantastic. So well done. Congrats and enjoy every bit of it!

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  12. I love the gallery wall! We have a large wall in our home that I've been trying to figure out what to do with -- we can't afford a large piece of artwork, so maybe we should just start collecting a variety of smaller things that we like! Thanks for linking up to Roomspiration today!

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  13. Don't you just love how gallery walls give you a glimpse into people's lives?! Yours turned out awesome!

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  14. I think you and I could be BFFs. I love your decorating style. Your gallery wall looks great--love the mix of "art." Your mantle loos great too. I'm your newest follower and look forward to checking out more of your blog:)

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  15. Wow Jenn, I am so impressed...your gallery wall is AH-MAZING! What a great way to personalize your living room.....so happy I found your blog through Roomspiration.

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  16. I am in love with your gallery wall. It looks so personal and so amazing. Great job!

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  17. The gallery wall looks AWESOME! Perfectly spaced and arranged. LOVE it! Love your style!

    Thanks for linking up to the roomspiration party today!

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  18. Found you over at Roomspiration. Love your gallery wall. It looks great.

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  19. Found you as a fellow Blue Door Blogger and wanted to take a moment to tell you how much I love your gallery wall update. We've had ours up for a couple of years now but I think it's time to change things up a bit and this post was the inspiration I need to start going through our saved & found items to do a switcharoo.

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  20. Jenn, I love how your gallery wall turned out! your living room could be in a magazine!
    I wanted to let you know I featured your project on my blog today. Great job!!
    Meredith
    http://welcometoheardmont.com

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  21. Hey i just found your blog through Welcome to Heardmont and i LOVE it! You living room is perfect and so inspiring i love it!

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  22. Wow - it looks great! Every detail seems to fit just right, and I LOVE all the candles in the fireplace :)

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  23. That gallery wall may be my favorite I've ever seen. Thanks for sharing!

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  24. You're gallery wall is AMAZING!! Well done.

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  25. Love it! I really enjoy the fact that you've included elements of both you and Chris; there's a good mix of masculine and feminine :)

    LrnM Design

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