Jacquelyn's Space

The last few days I have been obsessed with order some art prints for my house. What started it was I ordered some Jane Austen prints to inspire me in my writing. Then I really got to looking at all the art at allposters.com. There is so much good stuff there. I love all kind of art–classic(al), Renaissance, folk, Americana, beachy, impressionism….I love it all. I would love to fill my walls with art. I don’t have a lot of wall space when I think about it. Drat you open concept!! I want to fill the main living areas with art and my photographs but I really have to be choosy and cannot hang everything I would like. That kind of leaves out some the classic, Renaissance, and impressionist art I’d like to have….it leaves out a lot of stuff….because I want to utilize my own pictures too.

I have some prints in my living room that have reading as the subject. Anything with a book I love. Oh shit! That reminds me of Mary Cassatt print I’d love to have. I’ll have to look it up… Oh my God! At allposters.com, they have 451 items of Mary Cassatt items!!

Or I could get more book stands and leave some of my art books open to the art I love and want to display. That’s an idea! Then I don’t have to worry about framing stuff. So the living room, which is basically my library, will be decorated with book prints/art.

Well, I have a vision for the kitchen and dining room, and our family room. It will be Michigan themed. I have ordered some really lovely Michigan travel posters I’ve been wanting. Then I can add my own photographs into the mix. The kitchen will be Mackinac focused since my husband already bought be a framed picture of the Grand Hotel and that is hanging in there. There is not a lot of room to hang anything in our family room as it is a three seasons room and is mostly windows. I will have to come up with some creative ideas in there. My husband hung up a picture of the Mackinac Bridge with Labor Day walkers on it that he had in his office at work. I like it but it really isn’t to my taste…but I want to make it work somehow. I could put up some of the pics I took when we walked the bridge. IDK…I will mull that idea over.

The master bedroom will be a lot of flower pictures for now. I may supplement with other subjects later. I may be able to utilize classical and Renaissance art in there if I so choose. It can be eclectic. The master bath will be mainly my own floral photography and butterflies. I did buy one cute print of a little girl getting into the tub. Couldn’t resist.

The guest bath is already done up in a beachy theme. I can add more (and more of my own work) but that isn’t a priority right now.

I have some cute stuff for the laundry room. I found some cute wall decor at the Dollar General that looks nice in there. Then I found a really cute tin sign at allposters.com that I love, as well as a beachy print. Eventually I may put more of my photography in the laundry room too. Not sure, there isn’t a lot of wall space in there. It is more of a hallway and we have cabinets over the washer and dryer and the damn furnace closet on the other side, and lots of cleaning implements hanging along one wall. Not a lot of place for art but I want to have art every where. A feast for the eyes in every room! LOL

The guest rooms are a puzzle. I had planned on do the office with all my scenic photography. But now I have those Jane Austen prints to hang. It will be an eclectic mix. Not sure what I want to do in the other guest room. I plan on painting it coral in color. There are lots of prints I like that have a childhood them…I’d love to that in there. But then again I have so many beautiful photographs that I took. Once I get the rest of the house all done up everywhere else then I will focus on the guest rooms more. I’m sure both will be a mix of stuff. I want lots of art, and lots of my own stuff.

I’d like to dedicate the hallways on each end of the house to family photos. I just need to go through all my pictures and all the family and ancestor pictures I’ve accumulated over the years. I will really have to get choosy on what I want to display. That is going to be difficult. Shoot, I still have to hang some wedding pictures! Then getting frames for everything! Yikes!! I have to put my husband to work making frames.

This is a huge project… and I still have to get my house organized. This is why I am overwhelmed. So many things I want but it all takes work. All I really want to do is to chill in my lovely, organized home, will all kinds of books and art, and relax and read.

Oh well, this is me visualizing, conceptualizing, and formulating my plan.