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My name is Taryn. I'm in my twenties. I come from the land down under. I'm married. I work full time. I like pretty things. My favourite food is watermelon. I hate dancing. I like to talk. I tend to contradict myself. I hate snails. I like you for reading my blog. Layout: vehemencyEmail: here Twitter: here Bloglovin: here SHOP TARYN K: here Archives
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29 April 2012, 2:22 PM
I'm in bed have an afternoon lay down before I'm meant to go meet a friend for afternoon tea and just remembered I had a bit of a baby room update to post.
I found this inspiration pic somewhere on Pinterest or tumblr and wanted to replicate the frames for Baby Ks room, but I'm generally not very crafty or artistic, so I wasn't really sure how it would turn out - and although it isn't quite as good as I hoped, I'm still happy with it.
I started by buying a bunch of cheap frames from The Reject Shop for about $4 each and painted them all white. I still had some leftover touch up paint for our door frames that was just taking up space, so I used that (not sure what I'll do now if one of the doors needs touching up, but we'll cross that bridge later). I also found some frames that I've bought/been given over the years that don't really suit my taste anymore as they are and painted them too. That was the easy part.
Arranging the frames as they would go on the wall was kinda difficult for me as, like i said, I'm not naturally a very artistic person. I eventually found a layout I was happy with, then just had to find the prints to go in them. I mapped out the layout on the wall using a very simple method - probably not the most efficient way to do it, but it worked. I used the largest frame in the bottom left hand corner as my guide to measure from and worked out the distance I needed between each picture hook. I then taped up blue painters tape as an outline on the wall and using a spirit level marked out the hook placements. Then I realised I didn't have enough hooks. So plans went on hold a couple days until I remembered to pick some up from the supermarket.
I ended up using the Command 3M wire hooks that come in packs of 3 for around $6. I like them mostly because I don't have a drill and because I don't like to commit to actual holes in the wall. I wouldn't recommend applying them for the first time in hot weather or on freshly painted walls though, as the glue can melt and down will come hook, paint and all. Happened in my study. Not particularly a good time.
So finished product looks a little something like this:
Like I said, I'm quite happy with it, even though it's not quite as effective as the inspiration pictures I found. At least I have a layout and the frames now, so I can switch up the prints whenever I want.
DIY - such fun.
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