Master Wall Project

So today I went nutso on my master bedroom wall. I had these images dancing in my head all night long and barely slept a wink. I was bright eyed and bushy tailed at 6am (which is rare for little ol' me-especially with the midnight feedings consuming my nights and totally losing out on that beauty rest) filled to the brim with excitement about my little weekday project on this fine Wednesday.

Not only are shoes and handbags a bit of a "problem" for me but also hats and scarves. I simply cannot get enough. In my profession...errr obsession...its the marriage between a functional and fun to look at. I like organization and beauty! I'm a marriage counselor no less. Listening to both sides, weighing the options, taking some notes, and finding a common ground. In this case---wall!

Our house is not small, but it's not fully equipped with adequate storage space or any built-ins that I could incorporate my love for say ... handbags, shoes, scarves, hats, etc, etc. into easily. So? We make art-esque pieces while supplying the storage space for an easy, eye pleasing solution.

I started by hanging curtains on the window. No window is dressed to impress without proper attire. It's a double rod so eventually I will incorporate my accent color in a couple panels on the back rod, only exposing enough for that added pop of color. In the meantime the neutral shade does wonders for the window, covers the mini blinds :/ and adds that perfect ambient lighting to take the bedroom from simple to sexy!

Then I hung a square (rectangular if you want to get picky) woven basket on the left side to house my nicely rolled scarves. The scarves were always "housed" in this basket. That's another one of my "problems" that I can't seem to get enough of. I have baskets for absolutely everything. They are on top of counters filled with freshly pressed linens for guests, lining the stairs leading to our family room filled with books for any occasion, placed in cabinets to hold assorted tea bags and/or spices that weren't purchases in plastic or glass bottles, on shelves in my bathroom to fill with beauty products, in my linen closet to store my perfectly folded pillowcases...you get the picture I'm painting right? I'm no Picasso nor Van Gogh but I am tHiS close to cutting my fucking ear off and calling it a damn day!

So?!.. woven basket hung on wall, filled with scarves. Got it?

Then I took these tin pieces I had lying about, attached a couple hooks to the bottom, hung them on the opposing side of the window to hang my collection of hats. Nothing is as good as being able to hang your hat (on a hook no less) after a hard days night.

I stood back, examined the masterpiece, looking for some tweaking needing to be done. My husband walked in, stopped in his tracks and said, "Wow! I love it!" :)

I'm not completely finished up quite yet. I added a cute shelf underneath the tins (also made of a metal material-so it looks fantastic). I added a basket on top (go figure right) for some belts and whatnots I have still boxed up just begging me to find them a warm place to crash. The juxtaposition between the hard, cold feel of metal and the woven, homey feel of the baskets really satisfies this design diva. I like mixing old with new, soft with hard, rough with smooth to make an eclectic and warm surrounding.

I'll put some of my favorite reading material and other gizmo's and gadget's to complete the look but I haven't got there quite yet. I'm certain I'll stumble across something spectacular as I'm shopping for those accent window treatments for the double rod.

Btw..side note..I don't even believe in single rods much any longer. Don't get me wrong, a single is better than nothing at all. However, I find the double rod adds that layered look I'm always referring to and makes it so simple to add that pop of color behind any neutral. It's perfect.

And my art would not be complete without adding my signature :) While spacing off in Industrial Tech class what seems to be decades ago, I found some thin wire somewhere and instead of paying attention, I managed to form my name in cursive and even more surprisingly, have managed to keep track of this dainty little piece for so very long. I think it found it's place in this house.

Now if I could figure out what to do with all these shoes and handbags.