Getting The Hang Of It

I've been on a mission to tackle our bare walls for quite a few months now and I am happy to say I've been making some progress. After hanging art in the bathroom, guest room, and kitchen I've moved on to the most daunting room for me: the living room. Something about all those bare walls and all the options out there for what to put on them (hello Pinterest) is quite overwhelming. The same goes for the dining room but I've actually got something up my sleeve for that...

But back to the living room. I made a little progress a few weeks ago with the addition of a mirror above our TV console and with that I was headed in the right direction. If you don't remember, we have a pair of floating shelves that were supposed to be used in the kitchen until we nixed the idea and went with a plate rack instead. Enter said floating shelves and we now have a lovely addition to our living room walls that cost us nothing.

First off I took a couple strips of masking tape and marked the walls where I wanted the shelves to be:

Then I used some paper to mark the approximate height to fit a frame and make sure my tape was far enough apart. Woohoo. It was.

Then it was as easy as hanging the shelves and finding some things to put on them! A couple random items and frames I had at hand worked well enough but I foresee this corner going through more changes than a thirteen year old girl.

Yeah, we're getting there. One step at a time.