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You are here: Home / DIY / Nailed It! (to the Stairwell Wall, That Is)

Nailed It! (to the Stairwell Wall, That Is)

April 7, 2014 By Karen Cooper 4 Comments

You all are seriously the best – you gave me such great ideas and suggestions for the stairwell wall (for the original post, click here). After tinkering a bit, here’s the finished – no, really finished – wall:

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Nailed it!

Here’s what I did: I listened to you. Here’s what you suggested:

1. Add letters to the art; don’t just use the posters.

2. Use smaller art, rather than the big poster which could not be adjusted in its position on the wall.

3. Use a combination of things you love – letters, art, etc.

4. Use more color than just black and white frames.

Done! What I did was listen to your advice and my own heart – I found pieces I loved and wanted to see each day.

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My daughter and I made this burlap canvas sign when we hosted the Hometalk event at Michaels.

Beneath it is art my son made in nursery school:

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Under that is my favorite mother’s day card ever (if you want to see how I painted the back of the frame to fit the oddly shaped art, see this post):

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Then I got into letters and numbers. I added back in the Cs that I’ve collected – one from a thrift store and one from HomeGoods (the third one didn’t make the cut):

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The 7 tile is from Southern Accents Architectural Antiques – it’s a tile from an old building. And 7 is my favorite number (along with multiples of 7, too).

The ampersand is from a crafts store, framed with a thrift store frame (99 cents!) that was already painted teal. I may decide to paint or cover the ampersand in fabric; it blends with the wall a bit too much and makes it hard to see.

My beautiful friend Ellen gave me this card during my big decision-making process. I framed it in another thrift store, 99-cent, frame. It makes me happy:

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I kept the butterfly art, but moved the big Trees poster upstairs.

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Framed sage advice, from a fortune cookie:

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“More art in your life at this time will help you feel better.” I mean, when would it not??

What makes me feel better is that I finally love this wall.

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It has letters, numbers, an odd number of things, art, color, happiness.

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I wish I could tell you that I carefully measured and planned where to put everything, but I didn’t.

To put it together, I just put some things I loved on the floor and followed my gut on where to put them. I ended up only changing the location of one thing (the number tile). It helps to have a helper (in my case, my daughter) hold things up so you can step back and see how they look. I wanted to create a collected, eclectic look, so I didn’t want it to look too “planned” or symmetrical.

What do you think? Thank you for all your help!

 

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About Karen Cooper

Hi! I'm Karen. I call myself a “recovering lawyer” - I traded in my power suits for power tools and a life of DIY adventures. Join me for DIY, home decorating, repurposing and upcycling, and organizing projects and tips as I transform a 1929 Tudor bungalow into our home. I believe in merging old and new to make a house a home.

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Comments

  1. laura@top this top that says

    April 7, 2014 at 7:09 am

    perfect!

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      April 7, 2014 at 7:41 am

      Thanks!! Thank you for your help!!

      Reply
  2. Cheryl @ Artzzle says

    April 7, 2014 at 6:44 pm

    Looks super. Like the way you have blues going all through your grouping.

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      April 10, 2014 at 9:59 am

      Thanks! I have a thing for blue and green, as you know. Thanks, friend!

      Reply

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