Living Room Tweaking

For months,

almost a year really,

this poor neglected wall in my living room has been screaming out for some attention!

Sad, looking isn't it...

The problem hasn't been that I was without idea's.  Oh, no - - idea's I've had, yet for some reason or another they have all been rejected.  I think perhaps I had been waiting on some furniture inspiration.

  Notice the lack of a coffee table and the lone chair on that great big wall.  

When the kids were small and crawling around, removing the coffee table seemed like such a great idea.  It gave the room so much more space for toys and playing.

And as much as I love the red ticking stripe wing chair, it somehow seems out of place.  I've been hoping to add more seating to the room, but I can't seem to figure out what, or how.

All this rambling on and on does have a point and I'm very excited to share the results of this weekends projects.  

I tackled that blank wall - Aren't you proud of me?

It now looks like this. 

I simply framed up a few of my favorite photos.  Added a small table and placed my favorite over sized lantern on it.

The mirror in the middle has been a project on my mind for a while.

It started out as this . . .

A simple bundle of lath strips from the home improvement store.

And a sheet of particle board and old mirror.

I centered the mirror on the particle board and glued it down with a combo of construction glue for a long term hold and hot glue from my glue gun for a quick hold so I could keep moving.

Next I laid out the lath and cut it to size.  Then removed one at a time and glued it down in the same manner as the mirror.

Next I gave it two coat of cottage white paint and dry brushed on a little black to highlight the texture of the wood.

I'm enjoying all the cracks between the lath. I was hoping for a few more but this will do.

I'm actually thinking of cutting it into a circle shape to help break up all the squares going on.

What do you think?   Is it worth a shot, or should I leave it the way it is?

All in all I'm liking the change but I'm not crazy about it, if that makes sense. 

It is an improvement over the blank wall, which I'm thankful for!

And it will work until some furnature inspiration hits me.

Until tomorrow,

Robin

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