Home Is Where The Art Is

I have been moving in to a new house.

This is not news, I know.

Since the day we moved in, I have had a one-track mind:

::: hang pictures :::

In my head, it doesn't really feel like home until there are pictures on the walls.

As of today, we are 95% done.

All of the empty boxes were broken down and stored.

The kitchen table is finally cleared of clutter!

So I thought I'd give you a peek at how it's shaping-up around here.

{the following is the result a combination of minimal lighting and even less photography skills}

• living room •

Please note the portrait of the woman by the front door.

We rescued her from the Mariners Resource Center

She is still nameless {we are taking suggestions}

for now, I've been calling her Glory

{and repeatedly asking her not to haunt our house}

board games and blankets in the gifted red chest

topped with a gifted TV

{and one more shot of "Glory"}

• kitchen •

Inspired by Monica Geller, I have taken the cabinet doors off in all but one of my apartments.

The clock is gifted as well.

These pictures were a gift from my friend Wendy.

Three places I love: Africa, New York and London.

She hand-painted them from pictures she found online.

The black wall is our one-more-coat-required-soon-to-be chalkboard wall

• my room •

the frame is from my grandparents' storage

the lamp was my great-grandpa's

I hope my craft table will sit on this wall soon...

It has been in storage for three years.

I know this is probably too many pictures for one wall,

but how can I choose which to hang and which to store?

Why not just hang everything I love?

the New Yorker was a graduation gift from my dad...

it has been in every house we've lived in since I was born.

the Up picture was hand-painted by my friend Alanna {I have some talented friends}

the other two are from Urban Outfitters

{Two of my three roommates--in four years--have banished the Whale to my room...fine by me!}

• not pictured: roommate's room, laundry room, back patio •

I have a few more design ideas, so there are more pictures of this place on the horizon.

{Ideally, I'll figure out the lighting/camera situation before then.}