After our 2nd day of moving in to our
new home, I decided to relax
by soaking in the tub
and strolling through the internet for some
remodeling inspiration for my house.
Relaxation doesn’t come natural to me.
If I’m not doing something, I get antsy.
So, at 12:30 am
I get out of the tub, head out to my new office
and started a remodeling project.
Did I mention, my office
is not inside my home?
It’s outside…in a separate building.
I’ll be showing you my new office/workshop
later this week, but here’s the
project that just could not
wait until daylight.
My office is an a super old outbuilding.
The walls are unfinished wood planks.
(forgive the hazy cell phone photo).
There are oodles of dead bugs,
and dust from decades ago.
It only has 2 electric outlets and they’re outdated,
but, I love wood – especially really aged wood,
so this is like having an old log cabin to me.
Just look at those rafters.
Airtight? No.
But almost as pretty
as gazing up at the stars at night.
What I don’t like
is graffiti on old wood.
There are several walls with similar artwork.
It’s been bugging me all day.
So, I chose this section of the wall to get it out of my system.
I rummaged through my box of
battered old books and selected
dictionary pages, Bible pages & hymn book pages,
because the 3 shades of aged white papers
compliment each other beautifully.
My only tool?
Spray adhesive.
I didn’t try to put them up perfectly
and didn’t even hammer in the
nail points that are coming through
from the outside of the building.
I just started spraying
and slapping them up,
Because I need to go to sleep
sometime before dawn.
Once I was finished,
I selected some similarly aged
bliss to decorate it with.
An hour later, I was done – start to finish.
Another hour to take photos
and write this post, so it’s now after 2:30,
but I can sleep better now.
This is my kind of graffiti…
and it gives me a little extra insulation, right?
While I’m sleeping in today,
you can enjoy some more
graphics taken from
my 1880’s magazines stash.
Enjoy!
Gun Advertisement
Lovely Engraving, entitled, “The Waif”
Instant Art – Print & Frame It!
Courting Couple – taken from a perfume advertisement
See “Antique Graphics” on my sidebar
for more lovely images from the past.
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Blessings,
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I love it! What a fun place for an office.
its perfect!!!!
Look what a difference some paper and pretties can make. Gorgeous!
xoxo
Kathleen
How inspirational! Love what you’ve done with the space. I am a new follower from Blue Cricket Design. Vicky from http://www.messforless.net
Love what you’ve done so far. I’m loving your style.
Hugs,
Patti
You’re an inspiration! I couldn’t hit the follow button fast enough… “:o) I can not wait to see what else you do if you did this in such a short time. Thank you for sharing your new space with us!
What a great space! You transformed that wall beautifully and now the graffiti is a thing of the past. Nice, nice job! I can’t wait to see what you do with the rest of the space.
:)Lynn
That looks fantastic! Wow, I thought I had a lot of energy. What a fun project to do, even if it was the middle of the night. I would be inspired to create in this setting. Beautiful.
WOW! You’re a genius! Love how that looks!
Tania
What a cozy, fun place to be inspired in! You found the perfect solution for the wall, it looks great!
Rebecca
Antsy, huh? We have that in common, Angie. I have a hard time being still myself. It drives my hubby bonkers. But I ALWAYS seem to have things to do. 😉
Your new office is fabulous, by the way. It must have been so much fun decorating to hide the graffiti. Thanks for linking it to Time Travel Thursday again this week.
Blessings,
Liz @ The Brambleberry Cottage
http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/
I love what you did and would love to do the same but havnt got an old wall.If I did it on a wall when we build I may get in trouble lol,Thans for the pics too
Looks like a wall in my house! However I have to tear that wall down so we can move, but I definitly plan on redoing it in the new apartmet. I L-O-V-E your new work space. Its where I would pick to create too! Our new apartment has a small den that will become my new creative space. I CAN’T WAIT!!
smiles,
The Joyful thrifter
I love it! Can’t wait to see what you do with the entire space. I’m a fan of sheet music being a voice teacher. Well done. Found you via At the Picket Fence. Toodles, Kathryn http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2011/10/chest.html
What a sweet office you created for yourself. There is nothing worse than graffiti, it sure does ruin things. Thanks for shring the graphics.
Hugs,
Ellen
YOU are a tornado that can’t be stopped. Love this look and congrats on the new home. We need to meet sometime in Quincy!
Looks great…I could definitely get inspired in that space 🙂 Laurel@chippingwithcharm
What an inspiring work space. andrea@townandprairie
One hour to put that together is just remarkable. It looks terrific!
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