Well as I have said over and over again without showing you before, I have re-done our living room on the CHEAP! One area I am very happy with is my gallery wall. This is a room that has many functions and requires a lot of furniture so there is not a lot of wall space left for my pretties. So after seeing all the beautiful displays at The Inspired Room gallery wall party and at Nester's, I decided to take the plunge.
Everything up here has meaning to me. It was also all bought very inexpensively, I made it or it was something that I had that I re-did.
The large mirror was from an auction at a mansion that was built by Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary of war. It was originally gold. I paid $7.50 for it. It was especially nice because my husband and I went to the auction for our anniversary……without the kids!
This was a frame that I picked up at a yard sale for .50 cents that I painted. It had no back so I cut a piece of cardboard to fit it and cut a piece of a worn vintage tablecloth for the inside. The mirrored bird came in a set of three with three words as well for $7.50 they were on clearance at Marshalls.
The vintage postcard is of Thousands Islands. My husband and I had our honeymoon there. I made the rope ball. The shelf used to be gold, it came from the thrift store. I got a pair of them for .99 cents.
This is a quote from my favorite author, Jane Austin. The frame is from the thrift store. It was 2.99.
The clock was the one we had. I took a vintage history book I bought at an estate sale for $1.00 and decoupaged a few of the pages to it. The ironstone platter was $2.00 at a yard sale and I cut out the vinyl with my Cricut.
The vintage letter “B” came in a set of 3 (another larger B and a R) for $5.00. It came from the flea market in Brooklyn that Nate Berkus mentions here. I made the small mirror with a thrift store mirror, some paint and a stencil. All the framed pictures of my children I have bought at yard sales for under a dollar each and then painted.
More vintage postcards. These are of New York City. Our favorite vacation destination. The quilt was $15.00 at a estate sale. They are hanging from an old crib rail. You can read more about what I did with the rest of the crib here and here.
This is the page of a map of Europe that I got in an atlas for $1.00.
Well I hope you like my gallery wall as much as I do.
Linking up to:
Thrfty Thursday at Tales from Bloggeritaville
http://www.theshabbychiccottage.net/2011/06/my-office-and-guest-house-sneak-peek.html
Beyond the Picket Fence under $100 party
Everything up here has meaning to me. It was also all bought very inexpensively, I made it or it was something that I had that I re-did.
The large mirror was from an auction at a mansion that was built by Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary of war. It was originally gold. I paid $7.50 for it. It was especially nice because my husband and I went to the auction for our anniversary……without the kids!
This was a frame that I picked up at a yard sale for .50 cents that I painted. It had no back so I cut a piece of cardboard to fit it and cut a piece of a worn vintage tablecloth for the inside. The mirrored bird came in a set of three with three words as well for $7.50 they were on clearance at Marshalls.
The vintage postcard is of Thousands Islands. My husband and I had our honeymoon there. I made the rope ball. The shelf used to be gold, it came from the thrift store. I got a pair of them for .99 cents.
This is a quote from my favorite author, Jane Austin. The frame is from the thrift store. It was 2.99.
The clock was the one we had. I took a vintage history book I bought at an estate sale for $1.00 and decoupaged a few of the pages to it. The ironstone platter was $2.00 at a yard sale and I cut out the vinyl with my Cricut.
The vintage letter “B” came in a set of 3 (another larger B and a R) for $5.00. It came from the flea market in Brooklyn that Nate Berkus mentions here. I made the small mirror with a thrift store mirror, some paint and a stencil. All the framed pictures of my children I have bought at yard sales for under a dollar each and then painted.
More vintage postcards. These are of New York City. Our favorite vacation destination. The quilt was $15.00 at a estate sale. They are hanging from an old crib rail. You can read more about what I did with the rest of the crib here and here.
This is the page of a map of Europe that I got in an atlas for $1.00.
Well I hope you like my gallery wall as much as I do.
Linking up to:
Thrfty Thursday at Tales from Bloggeritaville
http://www.theshabbychiccottage.net/2011/06/my-office-and-guest-house-sneak-peek.html
Beyond the Picket Fence under $100 party
Interesting collection...I especially like the idea of the tablecloth in the turquoise frame. Lovely!
ReplyDeleteI think my favorite part of this wonderful gallery wall is the vintage postcards with the crib rail.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my blog. The color I used is called Glimmer Mist. But, since it's very expensive. I make my own using a small spray bottle, liquid watercolor from Dick Blick (cheap and lasts forever) water and perfect pearls. I have a lifetime supply for the cost of three purchased bottles. You can also add reinker to a spray bottle of water for the same effect.
Nice to "meet" you, Michelle.
Warmly,
Nicole