Week two of the One Room Challenge finds me carrying out a plan I actually set in motion over a year ago, the hanging of a gallery wall.  I’ve been collecting pieces, both new and old, for awhile now knowing they’d eventually find a home on the 16 x 12 foot wall a top my stairs.  This space will be the first time I’ve actually put together a large gallery wall, but I’ve been gathering inspiration, designer opinions and Pins for years now and through all of my research I’ve come to the conclusion that gallery walls fall into two distinct areas; completely uniform or a crazy-eclectic-collected mess.  I’m going for the later, a mix of prints, photographs, original commissions all in different frames, mixed with a few 3-d objects and even a little bit of lighting.  I’ve begun the process of blue taping everything out, but am not quite ready to begin, so in the interim I thought I’d share a glimpse into the art that’s inspiring my wall.  Truly, MKR

Week four of the One Room Challenge is all about the waiting game.  Waiting for the furniture to arrive.  Waiting for the drapes to be complete.  Waiting for my rugs to be rolled out.  Basically everything has been moved out of my office and nothing has been moved in.  And it’s no ones fault but my own as we all know I’m a procrastinator for life, but lets just say I’m so ready to move out of the kitchen (my interim office) and back into my actual office.   But since it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen till next week at the earliest I thought I’d take this time to plan out my gallery wall.  Truth be told I’m not even sure I’m going to create a full blown gallery wall, but if I do it will look a little something like this.  Simple, a few small pops of color, prints mixed with photos mixed with paintings mixed with memorabilia, and a whole slew of different and interesting frames.  It’s been fun to work with Minted as I’ve always used them for paper, but this was my first time really diving into their art marketplace which is both well curated and well priced.  I’m anxious to see how the pieces work into the design as art always seems to be the most personal tell of the designer themselves.  truly, MKR

...AS PICTURED…Embrace by R Studio, Minted c/o  ||  Calculation by Stephanie Nowotarski, Minted c/o  ||  Too Many Heads by Gail Schechter, Minted c/o  ||  Botanical Study by Kate Wong, Minted c/o  ||  Juju Hat, Waiting On Martha  ||  Rolling Stones Ticket, fromt he night the Mr. and I met  ||  Point of View by R Studio,  Minted c/o  ||  Gestural figures by Becky Nimoy, Minted c/o  ||  Grass with Seeds by Jorey Hurley, Minted c/o  ||  Over the Shoulder Nude, Inslee

 The Players…Abby M. Interiors  ||  Because It’s Awesome   ||  Bijou & Boheme  ||  Chinoiserie Chic  ||  The Decorista  ||  Design Chic  ||  The Design Daredevil  ||  Design Darling  ||  Design Indulgence  ||  Design Manifest  ||  House of Turquoise  ||  Jana Bek Design  ||  Jill Sorensen  ||  Maddie G. Designs  ||  Mimosa Lane  ||  A Piece of Toast  ||  The Pink Pagoda  ||  Stone Textile  ||  The Zhush  ||  Trademarked by Calling it Home