If you've been reading for a while, you know that I've been in love with this picture of India Hicks's dining room forever. We didn't have a place to put a wall of picture ledges in our last house, but here, there are two short walls on either side of the back window in the dining room.
I love the way this came out. I bought a four large turquoise 17x14 frames from Ikea ($3.99 each) and three Ribba picture ledges ($14.99 each), but other than that, I didn't buy anything for this project. All of the frames were previously owned, and we re-used the picture ledges that were previously used as book ledges in the kids' room of our old apartment.
We put up five ledges on each side, 18 inches apart. Because of the large space between each shelf, I tried to put one extra-large frame, at least 11x14, on each shelf, and fill in with more 8x10s and 5x7s. I did not have any 17x14 pictures, however, and didn't want to spend a lot of money on expensive mats. Instead, I put some of the kids' art in the bigger frames. It adds some nice color and the kids love seeing their artwork displayed.
Princess loves to stand in front of the pictures and tell me who is in each picture, and she tells stories about each picture, which is the cutest thing ever. Every few days I like to rotate some new pictures down to the bottom two shelves where she can see them.
This room is coming along nicely. I have a few things that are still in need of paint--the china cabinet, a different chandelier, and the art for over the sideboard. But its slowly coming together, and I love that this back wall is what I see when I sit on my sofa in the living room.
I love the way this came out. I bought a four large turquoise 17x14 frames from Ikea ($3.99 each) and three Ribba picture ledges ($14.99 each), but other than that, I didn't buy anything for this project. All of the frames were previously owned, and we re-used the picture ledges that were previously used as book ledges in the kids' room of our old apartment.
We put up five ledges on each side, 18 inches apart. Because of the large space between each shelf, I tried to put one extra-large frame, at least 11x14, on each shelf, and fill in with more 8x10s and 5x7s. I did not have any 17x14 pictures, however, and didn't want to spend a lot of money on expensive mats. Instead, I put some of the kids' art in the bigger frames. It adds some nice color and the kids love seeing their artwork displayed.
Princess loves to stand in front of the pictures and tell me who is in each picture, and she tells stories about each picture, which is the cutest thing ever. Every few days I like to rotate some new pictures down to the bottom two shelves where she can see them.
This room is coming along nicely. I have a few things that are still in need of paint--the china cabinet, a different chandelier, and the art for over the sideboard. But its slowly coming together, and I love that this back wall is what I see when I sit on my sofa in the living room.
