The Shack, Part 2

Here's what I worked up for my closet- this is a valance I found on clearance a year ago, and I thought it might make a cute table runner- but hadn't used it yet. It works great with these hooks I found for .50 for hanging up necklaces etc.Then for the bathroom, I knew I wanted to do a dramatic color, since it would be the only room in the house I could get "dramatic" with- it's small, has a white floor, counter top and shower, etc, so I could do something dark. I absolutely love purple. I have a deep purple necklace I wear all the time and thought I'd go after that...with a whole room. It was also a part of the Serafina print, you know, of course, because all my favorite colors are in there. So anyway, and moving on, I chose SW 6272 Plum Brown, which is very similar to this room, which I really dug when I saw it in Pottery Barn. I have to stop showing you the pictures from Pottery Barn- they put my rooms to shame.

I really love how it turned out. It was a very rainy and dark day, so I didn't have any good natural light, so the pictures are not so hot- some are downright terrible. But trust me, it's the same color as the picture above, and I really love it.

I love how dramatic the change was.

These are some of my favorite love letters...

I wanted mostly black and white accents in the room, because the plum stands on it's own and adding too much other stuff makes it look overdone. I chose this icy picture I took by the lake a couple of years ago, and I did three of the same one, just because. I've always wanted to do that.

Yep, I totally didn't want to buy new frames. And I certainly didn't want to buy new mats. So, I put mats on the pictures themselves and had them printed on glossy paper. I swear they look like they're in a clip frame to me just the same. I stuck a little poster putty behind every corner to discourage curling from moisture, since it was in a bathroom. They are nailed up with a single silver finishing nail. I really like the way it turned out. Very simple and uncomplicated.

And that, my friends, is our Love Shack.