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Well, we survived the storm! Our house is intact and no harm done. My heart and prayers goes out to all of those whose houses were damaged or destroyed. Steve has been working his behind off the past few days to get the people of CT’s power restored. Make sure to thank the line crews and utility workers coming out to your area… they are working as fast as they can!
On another, more trivial, note… frames.
I started a little gallery going up our stairs in September. I was relatively happy with how it turned out and always intended to keep it growing.
So on my latest trip to the great Ikea last week, I picked up a few new frames…
Now THAT is more like it! I added 4 new frames… and it made all the difference in the world. Now my baby gallery is almost a full grown gallery.
An idea I have been toying with since the beginning of the project is painting the frames a uniform color. I kept them all unique to begin with because I didn’t want to jump into it too quickly… but I think my mind is made up that it needs to be done.
Now the question is what color… white or dark brown? I absolutely love YHL’s wall of white frames against their light gray wall. Eventually I am planning to paint the hallway a shade of muddled light gray, so white frames would really pop. On the other hand, a lot of the frames/accents in our house are dark, but maybe it would blend better with dark brown? I am just afraid that a whole lot of dark frames would really make the wall… dark. What do you all think?
Happy November!
~C+S
Marie Sadler said:
Hi,
Love the photos! Personally, I like all different frames – thee something wonderful life never being the same and so goes the frames. Great look and wonderful idea to have a collection.
Mom
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 14:36:17 +0000 To: mariesadler@hotmail.com
Stacey said:
Love the growing gallery! Everything hung so perfectly… I would have screwed that up BIG TIME. We’re talking LOTS of extra nail holes. OOOPS! I guess you planned it out so well. I love it.
I love the YHL white frames but yours look great too. A collection of different types is always nice. If you did paint them white you could also mix in (here and there) some natural wood frames. You know, light wood, no color, no stain… just a mix of natural wood and white. Against a darker shade of paint might be really pretty.
Again, though… yours looks wonderful just as it is! Beautiful arrangement.
A Merry Journey said:
Thanks Stacy!
Danielle said:
I am a fan of dark frames, many in my house are black. If you are going to paint your trim white and walls grey, then you can go with either. If your walls are going to be a bit more grey than the other blog, then I would go with white, it would pop nicely and also match the trim.
Christine @ Casa-de-Christine said:
Your gallery wall is looking great! I have one started too with all white frames and I love how white and bright it is. That’s just my two cents though!
A Merry Journey said:
Thanks Christine! I’m leaning towards the white too!!
Gabbi @ Retro Ranch Reno said:
I’m a sucker for white frames! I love my mini-gallery wall of white frames in our dining area.
PS-HUGE thanks for all the people who worked/and are still working to re-store power!! That was quite an awful week living in the dark!