New Art in the Living Room

<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo DSC_0392.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/DSC_0392.jpg" /></div><br />Over the weekend I hung up some more art in the <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-new-carved-mirror-is-up.html" target="_blank">living room</a>. I had left the wall shared with <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2012/11/diy-shaker-style-cabinets-part-2.html" target="_blank">the kitchen</a> pretty uncovered up until now because there's a <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2013/01/how-to-strip-vintage-furniture.html" target="_blank">gallery wall</a> in the room already and I didn't want to overpower the space. But mostly the <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2011/10/touching-up-vintage-painting.html" target="_blank">lady portrait painting</a> and an abstract photographic print I had hung up for a few months just felt lonely and too sparse to me. Here's the  before shot:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo DSC_0226.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/DSC_0226.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo DSC_0263-1.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/DSC_0263-1.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo DSC_0254.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/DSC_0254.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br />I had a meeting with <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/500038/little-green-notebook" target="_blank">Bloglovin'</a> on Friday morning at Cafeteria, which is right by my favorite Housing Works location. So if course I had to pop in just to see what they had, and there was a treasure trove that day! Thrift stores in NYC are usually not so fruitful and they are really ridiculously expensive, but some times you can luck out. One of the things I brought home was this exhibition print. I fell in love with the shade of green from across the store and was so glad to see the print was only $15.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo DSC_0243.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/DSC_0243.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I had been wanting to add something in this tone to the walls to pick up on the color of <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2013/01/baker-sofa-upholstery.html" target="_blank">the green sofa</a>, so this was a happy find. I hung it up almost all the way up to the moulding and put back up the lady and the photo print right below the new print. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo DSC_0315-1.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/DSC_0315-1.jpg" /></div><br />I also hung a piece of art I bought a couple years ago at the flea. <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2012/10/flea-market-art.html" target="_blank">I talked more about it here</a>, but a lot of times you can find vendors who have purchased a deceased artist's entire estate. It's a good time to buy up a few pieces of an artist you like for almost nothing. I bought a lot from this artist's estate. This one was a rice paper and ink drawing called "If Not Sound, Then, Music is Feeling."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo DSC_0381.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/DSC_0381.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Right next to <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2013/01/hanging-guitars.html" target="_blank">Michael's guitars</a> felt like a good place to hang it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo DSC_0304-1.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/DSC_0304-1.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br />I like how the four pieces play off each other. And I'm happy with how the kitchen pass-through is less of a focus on that wall now.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo DSC_0296.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/DSC_0296.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo DSC_0392.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/DSC_0392.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>We're getting there! Slowly but surely the bargains are finding their way to me :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo 5DSC_0292.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/5DSC_0292.jpg" /></div>

New Art in the Living Room

Over the weekend I hung up some more art in the living room . I had left the wall shared with the kitchen pretty uncovered up until now bec...

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Faux Brick Hardboard Wall Panels

<div style="text-align: left;">I took a trip to IKEA recently and noticed the badly patched seam in this brick wall on one of their displays and thought, "oh, that's not brick then. duh."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_1553.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/IMG_1553.jpg" /></div><br />Looks like they could have filled the gaps a little better? But I did like the effect of the texture from the "bricks."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_1552.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/IMG_1552.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Later I did some digging around the web and I discovered these <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_13964-46498-288_0__?productId=1015475&Ntt=faux+brick+panel&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Dfaux%2Bbrick%2Bpanel&facetInfo=" target="_blank">faux brick hardboard sheets</a> at Lowes. I wonder why I've never noticed these before in the lumber aisle? About $26 for a 4x8' sheet is so affordable! And the reviews are all really positive.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo ScreenShot2013-03-21at15950PM.png" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/ScreenShot2013-03-21at15950PM.png" /></div><br />I think with a little effort and some plaster you could make the walls of your bathroom or laundry room look crusty and old like this:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo hallieburtonbath.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/hallieburtonbath.jpg" /></div><br />Or if you're on a super-tight budget, I bet you could use the sheets in your kitchen even (painted flat black or white like the IKEA room above, but seamed better, of course!). Have you ever tried the faux brick hardboards? I'm dying to use them somewhere now!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo 700_lambeth-kitchen-aga-1.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/700_lambeth-kitchen-aga-1.jpg" /></div>(<i>WHOA</i>, FLOORS! ^^^)

Faux Brick Hardboard Wall Panels

I took a trip to IKEA recently and noticed the badly patched seam in this brick wall on one of their displays and thought, "oh, that...

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Giveaway: Instagram Magnets from StickyGram

<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo stickygramlgn10.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/stickygramlgn10.jpg" /></div><br />This week's give away is an exciting one! Have you heard of <a href="http://stickygram.com/" target="_blank">StickyGram</a> yet? For all you <a href="http://instagram.com/jennykomenda" target="_blank">Instagram</a> lovers (uh, that would be most of you, right?), StickyGram makes it incredibly easy to import and order magnet sheets of your favorite instagram images.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo sitckygram12.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/sitckygram12.jpg" /></div><br />The printed out magnets are about the same size as the images appear on your phone and they come in sheets of nine photos. I was super impressed with the quality of the printing when I got my order in.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo stickygramlgn8.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/stickygramlgn8.jpg" /></div><br />Since our boring white fridge is a bit of an eyesore for me, I was over-the-moon excited about plastering that thing in pictures of my favorite people and places.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo stickygram1.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/stickygram1.jpg" /></div><br />I'm sure you can image how much my kids enjoy them too. I think they stood in front of the fridge for about an hour looking at all of the <a href="http://stickygram.com/" target="_blank">photo magnets</a> the day I put them up. :) I think it's a fun way to display family photos without being too formal and serious about the thing. Plus, (and this is why Instagram is as popular as it is) candid shots featuring real life are so much more interesting than posed photos, don't you think?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo stickygramlgn5.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/stickygramlgn5.jpg" /></div><br /><a href="http://stickygram.com/" target="_blank">StickyGram</a> is giving away three full sheets of magnets today for one reader. To enter, please leave a comment on this post. Contest ends at midnight on Monday March 25. Open to everyone, every where - <a href="http://stickygram.com/" target="_blank">StickyGram</a> ships worldwide! Good luck!<br /><i><br /></i><i>PS Follow me on <a href="http://instagram.com/jennykomenda" target="_blank">instagram at @jennykomenda</a></i>

Giveaway: Instagram Magnets from StickyGram

This week's give away is an exciting one! Have you heard of StickyGram  yet? For all you Instagram lovers (uh, that would be most of yo...

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