I framed the pictures this week while searching Netflix for romantic comedies. I didn’t find any good movies, but the pictures look nice. There is something about scribble-scrabble little kid drawings that look so sweet when framed. I used IKEA frames, nothing fancy, and I put them up without measuring. I guesstimated the entire thing and only moved one nail, and I did that only because I wouldn’t be able to access my laundry rack without hitting the frame if I didn’t. I’m normally insanely particular about hanging pictures but, first, this is a laundry room and it shouldn’t be too precious. The whole overly-decorated laundry room-turned-palace trend can sometimes be too much. Sometimes a laundry room is just a laundry room, especially when your washer and dryer are 14 years old, you know? Second, perfect is the enemy of done. (Volatire, paraphrasing, you know what I mean.)
[Unnecessary blogger clarification: the walls aren’t olive green–it’s just the lighting. They’re dark gray/green like the rest of the house.]
This is the picture Mikey drew in the 2nd grade that he found so displeasing not too long ago. I put it up high to lessen the affront to paleontologists everywhere but he still glared at it when he saw it today. Whatever. I love it and think it’s great.
I also did some work in the boys room per their request. I bought Nico a Denver Broncos banner and hung it by his bed. Mikey, well. Mikey is a long-time Dallas Cowboys fan (he’s wanted to be a Paleontologist since he was 3–he’s nothing if not steadfast once he makes a commitment) and he had to have this piece of…awesome. It’s going above the closet where everyone can see it. Yay! It’s exactly the mood I was going for. Next week I’m going to buy them alarm clocks that play Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines.
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Thanks to you and Martine of DaintyMom.com, I was inspired to prettify the blank wall I stare at each day from where I sit in my home office. It may not be much but it made my daily work-at-home life a little more fun because of what I see… :)
Here’s the link:http://eaturbanana.blogspot.com/2013/06/useful-beautiful-at-home.html
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I love that picture, as well–the colors, the dinosaur . . . he has such character. And a big mouth. Maybe that’s why I like him. I can relate. Hmm.
And that Man Cave sign! :) Good times . . .
The sign. Oh, the sign!
The pictures look great! I like the brown frames on that wall with the color coming from the pictures. Mikey’s sign? Well…what IS there to say about that sign? :) Good for you for letting them take part in decorating their rooms. When I finally let my girls do that, they also took ownership of the state of their rooms and it was the best change ever!
There is nothing to say about that sign. It speaks for itself.
I can only imagine how thrilled you were to purchase that man cave sign! But love that you set aside your personal design preferences for the little guy. And LOVE the Blurred Lines reference – ha!
You know the man cave sign and the Broncos banner will be their favorite part about the room, right? Not the weeks I spent making their quilts, not the hours I spent finding the perfect pictures for over their beds, not the months and months I spent scouring craiglist for furniture. Oh, well. They love it and it makes them happy. That’s all that counts. :)
For now, probably, but they’ll love those quilts forever. My husband still has a quilt his mom made for him when he was five. He might kill me to admit it, but he still uses that quilt while watching TV each fall.
I keep telling myself that. I would love for that to be the case!
Ah, I wish I still had such artists living in my home! Know just what you mean about that kind of art. And I love you even more than I already did for not having a precious laundry room. It’s good to know I can come here and will never see perfectly matching baskets with chalkboard labels in your laundry room.
I don’t have time for matching baskets with chalkboard labels. Well, I’m sure I have the time…I just don’t have the desire, ergo I don’t make the time.
Do you like my collection of Trader Joe’s bags? I’m saving them to make book covers when school starts. Huzzah! I can’t believe I’m actually on top of something for once.
I was wondering what that was! Thought it was some kind of abstract sculptural art. ;-)
Okay, I know I just shouldn’t but Blurred Lines is one of my favorite guilty pleasures lately. Once it’s over I realize I’m too old to be up until 3a.m. shaking booty on a dance floor, and I sigh a little.
I hate that I like that song!
Those pictures = perfection. Love the new additions :)
Thanks, Mary! :)
Those dino pictures are awesome. I hung pictures in Miss Eight’s room last week, but haven’t written a post or taken any photos. Today is her birthday, and we’re doing birthday stuff instead.
(A Netflix movie I happened upon and really enjoyed: Cheerful Weather for the Wedding. Check it out. Also, watched Scapegoat last night and am now in love.)
Sigh. Scapegoat. I might have to watch that one again. I’ll check out Cheerful. :)
Love the addition of the pictures to your laundry room! My laundry room is in the basement, in an unfinished portion…so just cement walls and no natural light. It would be an insult to anyone to display any of their artwork in that room. Ha! I do get laundry room envy when I see all the beautiful pictures on the internet, as I know mine will never look like that, but again, I’m not sure I want it to. I don’t want it to be a place I want to hang out and spend time…it’s strictly get in and get out. Although I would love a new washer and dryer. Mine are 17 years old!
There’s no natural light in my laundry room, either! To take that picture I had to turn on all the lights and open the kitchen door. I can’t believe there is someone out there with a washer and dryer older than mine!
I love the imperfect dinosaur. The colors are great. It reminds me of a watercolor of a Venice canal my mother-in-law has hanging in a hallway. My husband painted it as a child and every time he sees it he remarks on how his proportions were off, but his mother loves it.
Proportions. That sounds like something ridiculous Mikey would comment on. These perfectionists of ours! :)
man cave! bahahahahaha… you are a wonderful mom for allowing that bit of fantabulous into the house. ;) I love the framed artwork. Such a great idea.
If that heinous sign doesn’t give me bonus points, nothing will.
I always framed both of my children’s artwork. They went to a Waldorf school so we had lovely water colors. My daughter is an exceptional artist so her paintings were really nice. I still have one up in out bedroom.
Your laundry room is far closer to pinterest perfection than mine, which is in the basement with wood-paneled walls, no ceiling and the old kitchen cabinets hung haphazardly around the room for storage. One day I’d love to at least paint it so it isn’t so dark but, as much as I hate doing laundry, it just seems like a waste of effort.
And why is it that kids always have to wreck your carefully planned and beautiful room plans? I re-did little man’s for his birthday last year and it was lovely for about a month, at which point Grandpa gave him approximately one gajillion Angry Birds wall decals for Christmas. Sigh. At least the poster of DaVinci’s inventions he insisted on buying himself brings the caliber up slightly.
(Note: as a Coloradan, I do have to give Nico a shout-out for being a Broncos fan, though!)