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Jul. 8th, 2013
We... or I should say, mostly my hubby... spent a good chunk of the long holiday weekend refinishing our two big wooden decks. Before and after photos to follow in a future post, as soon as we put all the plants and furniture back.
On one of the many trips to the home improvement store (it took WAY more stain than we expected, always does), I picked up a home-decorating magazine, because I'm always looking for new ideas to help my boring fireplace and I was struck by the word "BUDGET", which is another thing I'm always mindful of when decorating. My first glance didn't take in many details, just that it was a nicely arranged collection of globes and framed maps that I thought I might try recreating somehow:
But once I got it home and gave it a more thorough look, I *really* liked the mantel arrangement:
Though according to the article, she uses the quote as a tribute to her love of traveling, she nonetheless has good taste in quotes. *g* I'm wondering if I can somehow recreate that blocked quote, only overlaying it on a map of Middle-earth instead of a road map, and do it in a way that looks professional instead of something I cheesed together with my computer printer.
Hmmm.
On one of the many trips to the home improvement store (it took WAY more stain than we expected, always does), I picked up a home-decorating magazine, because I'm always looking for new ideas to help my boring fireplace and I was struck by the word "BUDGET", which is another thing I'm always mindful of when decorating. My first glance didn't take in many details, just that it was a nicely arranged collection of globes and framed maps that I thought I might try recreating somehow:
But once I got it home and gave it a more thorough look, I *really* liked the mantel arrangement:
Though according to the article, she uses the quote as a tribute to her love of traveling, she nonetheless has good taste in quotes. *g* I'm wondering if I can somehow recreate that blocked quote, only overlaying it on a map of Middle-earth instead of a road map, and do it in a way that looks professional instead of something I cheesed together with my computer printer.
Hmmm.