Our Gallery Wall

Everyone is doing it....

Here is my take on 

"Our Wall" 

Because of my OCD, it wasnt as fun planning the layout as I thought it would be....

#1 - I do not have a stairway wall like I used to

{insert bummer voice here...wa wa waaaa} 

#2 - I still do not have all of our "possessions" unpacked

(meaning alot of our framed photos)

#3 - I am NEVER happy with anything when it comes to decorating

(why do you think Martha Stewart keeps buying and decorating new houses?!) 

See my layout on our living room floor?

( FYI - I really heart our Pottery Barn area rug that I bought for $100 back in the day...) 

That was the final, happy result that I came to.

Or so I thought. 

The Stig... 

(you can see his foot to the right of the photo) 

sat in his chair

for about 1.5 hrs watching me on the floor 

arranging.......

  rearranging...

sighing.

grunting. 

I think he gave me 1 or 2 sideways glances.

You know those glances....

The ones that tell me without speaking 

that I look like I am a crazy person. 

 I took a picture of the final layout

so that I could use it as a reference to start hammering 

100 holes into our newly built/drywalled/textured/painted walls. 

Oh yeah - this chick thought ahead!

"Uhhh....who suddenly put a thermostat on the wall???!!!"

"What do you mean it has been there this WHOLE time?"

 " (#^*%^GRE*^%#$! "

{insert LOTS of sailor words here}

And so the whole process started again! 

I used thumbtacks and tape instead of nails - just in case.

just in case the Stig decided to nail 100 holes in me like I did to the wall

 As you can see, I have yet to put our own personal photos in.

(Yeah - I wish I had sticks for legs!!) 

One day.

One day....so that when strangers come into our house, they will know what the

people that live there look like. 

:)

But I am really sorta totally diggin "our wall".

And if you can't see what the vintage word cards say,

they spell out:

"Look"

"at"

"the"

"story"

"of"

"us" 

 Pretty dang coolio if I do say so myself.

Which, 

by the way, 

I do.

:) 

XOX,

 

** ps - letter "S" and the custom ribbon badge

(which says "Stig Lo")

made by the amazing Jeanne !!