This bland bathroom wall had been blank long enough.
I chose meaningful pictures and painted interesting frames.
The first one was the most simple.
It's a hand painted watercolor of Sacre-Coeur in Paris.
The others took more deliberate planning.
I silhouetted each item before putting any holes in the wall.
It worked like a freaking charm.
I immediately loved 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Vermeer
when I saw the original painting in Den Haag.
The center painting is another by Vermeer.
It is a view of Delft, one of my favorite cities in Holland.
The candlesticks on the right are "Delft Blue,"
a sampling of the world-famous earthenware produced in Delft.
I got to visit parts of Europe 10 years ago
when I visited my oldest brother during his PhD research.
This is a great reminder of a great trip.
I was so proud of myself for recognizing the Girl with a Pearl Earring painting until I realized it was because of Scarlett Johannson. But I'm pretty sure I just redeemed myself by misspelling Scarlett Johannson.
ReplyDeleteHahaha! Oh Yeah! I never saw that movie. You should come over and we can watch it together ... while painting something:)
DeleteAnd just when I think you have topped yourself, you go and do it again! Really girl, what an awesome idea! I knew about cutting paper for pictures but never for shelves or candlesticks. Ahhhmaaazzing!!! I love how it all came together. Very nice. Very nice!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I learned the picture trick from that younghouselove.com couple (I study their blog all the time). I just figured that if I wanted a preview of how it all would look, candlestickes and all, I should do it for everything I was planning on using. It really helped with making sure the shelves were straight - no guessing.
DeleteP.S. Could you please make the pictures bigger when you post? I'd like to see all the projects in their amazing glory as big as possible. :)
ReplyDeleteYou're nice:) I've thought about it, but I have so many issues with posting pictures as is, I sometimes don't want to mess with it. If you click on the picture it should enlarge - at least it does for me. Let me know if it works.
DeleteI am continually amazed at you are able to combine different things and have them "match" in theme or color or.....I don't know how you do it and I WISH I DID. I love how you combine candles with other things in several places in your home. I'd like to do it here, if I could figure it out.
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