I cautioned you that I was truly thrilled to go all out for our very first “real” Christmas in our new house, so it’s no surprise that I got giddy as well as chose to deal with an unexpected-ish area for holiday-ifaction. Was that sufficient hyphenated-not-real words for you? anyway that area = the hallway. I really changed out 22 frames (almost two dozen!) in our bit hallway frame collection to make things a bit much more festive. as well as it was free. Yeee-haw. Over the top? Maybe. however it makes us smile as well as was zero dollars. Holla. Let’s get on with the tour…
When you look at the hallway from a distance, the modification isn’t excessively obvious, which we like (one of our preferred things about the frame wall in general is that it draws people in, so you have to get better to see what each product is truly about). however if you get a bit better you begin to pick up on a few of the things that we changed out (you can see many of the original frame wall art here)…
… like exactly how the paint deck that utilized to hang on the pig hook was swapped with a bit yarn owl ornament that I snagged on clearance after the holidays last year at Target (to the tune of 25 cents).
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I likewise popped two old snowflake ornaments into those two shadow box frames on the left. as well as that remove tree in the frame on the best is a page from Martha Stewart magazine (framing pages from mags, catalogs, or calendars for your own personal pleasure is completely fine – you just can’t revenue off of those images, for example: trying to offer them as your own styles on etsy).
If you scoot a bit even more to the best of the wall, you’ll see a few other frames that we modified with new holiday-ish stuff.
The frame with the shine ornaments as well as eco-friendly trees is really a Martha Stewart ad for her shine line (also broken out of her magazine). as well as the blue star made up of ornaments to the best of that is a page from a West Elm catalog.
Beneath the shine ad we have a page from Pottery Barn with some joyful shakers as well as the frame best above our console table has some West Elm plates that state Cheers, Joy, as well as peace (all great holiday reminders).
Here’s a close up of the West Elm page full of ornamets in the shape of a star. It’s my favorite:
I likewise framed a few much more West Elm pages, such as this collection of holiday mugs as well as ornaments (backed with a piece of eco-friendly paper that we already had) as well as this page full of numbered as well as lettered plates…
… including a plate that states “Cookies for Santa.” Oh as well as don’t mind that carbon monoxide detector above (I’ve been implying to stick it somewhere a bit less noticeable).
These are the frames with plexiglass as well as heavy responsibility velcro to keep them risk-free for Clara because they’re down at her level (more on that here). as well as because she likes Santa (more on that here) I figured she’d like the Santa cookies plate down where she might admire it. The decision in her words: “I like you, Santa!” as well as when she walks by it, in some cases we hear her mumble “buh-bye Santa.” So sweet.
Here’s the rest of that wall from afar. See, not as well obvious… up until you get closer…
… as well as notice things like two huge jingle bells that I hung in a backwards canvas (I like the raw wood frame that’s typically hidden when it’s dealing with the “right” way). as for exactly how I hung the canvas backwards (which I did back when we originally hung all of these frames), I just hammered one of these bit metal tooth-hook things for hanging photos (from Michael’s) into the front (now back) of the frame so I might hang it over a nail. There’s likewise a picture of stacked firewood with some holiday pillows piled on top from a Pottery Barn catalog.
Now let’s relocation over to the other side of the wall. right here we have a lot of holiday swaps going on.
Like the piece of cardstock that I printed with the words “Happy holidays, y’all!” with some red hearts above as well as below it, as well as a swatch of red wrapping paper that I stuck behind an already-framed peacock feather. I likewise slipped two little silver ornaments into a shadow box (which already had a calendar with our anniversary circled inside of it) as well as added one more bit 25 cent yarn ornament (this time it’s a bunny) above it.
In the bottom best of that plan I likewise worked in a page from West Elm full of graphic numbered ornaments with fun shapes that Clara likes on them (like a swan as well as a goose). She points as well as states “honk honk!” (every youngster ought to have a reason to method their goose impression, right?).
Here’s the other side of that wall with six much more frame switches.
Like a Banana Republic ad (with a wonderful pooch using a bow tie sitting under some mistletoe) as well as a funny Christmas sweatshirt ornament that I tapedinto one more backwards canvas. On the best we have a felt ornament from Target last year (which practically appears like an elaborate paper cut-out when it’s framed).
I likewise made one more bit texty style that I printed out onto card stock (this one states “Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas”) as well as under that is an picture of holiday cookies from Woman’s Day magazine (donated by John’s mother after I found it as well as asked if I might have the mag after she was done).
And in the top left shadow box I stuck much more silver ornaments with some leftover wrapping paper as the background.
So there you have 22 quick frame switches, all of which can quickly be altered back to their pre-holiday look when January rolls around. I kept all of the original art behind the new additions in each frame, so I can just put it back in front of the holiday stuff (which’ll online behind it up until next Christmas when it moves ahead again). Oh as well as for anybody wondering where we got the frames, they’re all from Ikea, Target (on clearance), or thrift stores. We just saved them up over time as well as really had numerous of them when we moved right here (they utilized to hang randomly in almost every space at our very first house, so we believed it would be fun to hang them en masse in our hallway instead of spreading them out once again here).
Man, there’s something so satisfying about some totally free holiday festive-ness, particularly in an commonly overlooked area like a hallway. Did you men embellish any type of unforeseen areas like a restroom or a laundry space or a sunroom? Heck, even bit trees on bedroom windowsills can be truly cute. Oh yes as well as on the subject of better-late-than-never holiday stuff, I spent a long time making a page full of all of our seasonal/holiday jobs & concepts that can quickly be perused by picture. So you’ll ideally have fun sniffing around for some last minute ideas.
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Ho ho hope it helps!
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