new life. and new art.

remember this shelf?
and this post?

i'm embarrassed to say that nothing has happened since. sure, the christmas decor is all gone, but up until a few days ago, the shelf was in disarray. it was terrible, but i was just never inspired to do anything with it. i think it's because i'm still waiting to paint this room, so i didn't want to put the effort in, if we were just going to take it down right away.

enter pinterest.

i saw sherry from young house love pin this print to one of her boards:

source: paintmeapicture

and a light went off in my head. hey - i can do that! so i immediately went into photoshop, and 10 minutes later, had this:

can you tell where that is? i'll give you one guess.

and that kick-started my whole let's-tackle-the-living-room project. so the shelf is done. i'll take a picture someday. now back to the rest of the room. now that dh is done school, i think it's more realistic for us to finally do this. i just have to pick some paint (which, knowing me, can take forever). find a tv wall mount. find fabric to recover the pillows. find a chair. find a new light fixture.

baby steps.

my goal is the end of the summer. because, let's be honest. we both have full time jobs, one of us is training for 2 marathons (hint: it isn't me), pets, volunteer commitments, 3 weddings and life to live. and even then i wonder if the end of summer is totally realistic. but i know we can do it!

....i hope.