Experimenting in My Home

My home is never "finished."  It's an ever evolving place full of my experimentation.  When I get an itch to change things up, I don't need to go to the store, I just shop the house and steal from other rooms.  It's kind of a joke around here because NOTHING is safe.  Okay, well, maybe the pink tulle net over my daughter's bed, but that might just be it. =D Moving things around and trying them in different rooms is really fun! Sometimes I put it right back because it's a a bad fit, but other times I leave it for a day, a week (or 5) to see if I really like it.  

This morning I stole these from other places in the house and threw them together on this wall.  There used to be a black cabinet here but I moved that to the schoolroom.    The painted canvas is from the laundry room, the yellow canvas from our open shelving in the kitchen and the "French Fry" picture as I call it, was living on the kitchen counter. I felt like all of those colorful things needed to be grouped.  (I don't like the "sticker sneeze effect", as I call it, when things are randomly placed around.)  SO, I thought I would experiment and see if I like it.  

 Did you know that you don't have to use a nail to hang pictures on the wall?  It's my way of hanging things when I want to be non-committal.  Actually, several things on my gallery wall are hung with sewing pins.  (I used the ones with bigger heads.)  I have even hung a large chalkboard from a sewing pin.  No joke.  Just stick it in the wall and hang away.  Hooray for teensy tiny holes!

Oh, and we just scored this Eddie Bauer high chair off of craigslist for Lucy.  (At $30, it was a steal!  I'm so thankful for God's provision!)  Let's just hope Miss Lucy doesn't sling sweet potatoes up on these pictures!

Here's something else I'm trying out...a ladder in the living room.  It's supposed to go in the boy's room but somehow it ended up there.  I'm using it to store a quilt we love to use and our read-a-loud books for school.  

 It really needs more paint....anybody know of a great mustard yellow color?  (HELP!)

I've also been thinking of spray painting my white lamps or covering the shades in chevron fabric.  All I had was some grey stripe on hand, so with the help of clothes pins, I put it on to get an idea.  I wondered about yellow too so I put on some yellow stripe.   

When people tell me things they want to do in their home I try to encourage them that if they like it, "Go for it!"  Try new things, experiment and turn your home into a place that you love!


Do you experiment in your home?  What are you wanting to try out but just haven't yet?

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