Hello my Friend!

I’m soooo dying for Fall weather.  I’ve even been wearing jeans and thin long sleeved shirts lately–just hoping this gross hot Summer in Florida will end sooner (is sooner a word?) this year.  Tough luck I know.  Since our house is pretty much done being re-decorated (boo), that means I haven’t been to HomeGoods in FOR-ever.

I stopped by today to grab a utensil (seriously, for a utensil) and lo and behold, what did I find??!! Jackpot.

Right there in the middle of a random aisle was an easel chalboard–in white.  

I was in serious heaven and snatched it up in a quick sec.  Remember I was telling you in a previous post that I’ve been on the hunt for an old piece of art with a cool frame—that I was going to re-vamp and paint with chalkboard paint?  Well, this is a whole lot easier–and cooler…love that it’s an easel and a tad dinged up.

I’m envisioning using it to display menus at parties here at the house, decorating it fun for holidays, writing out cool quotes, etc.  Yippee!!!

Since it seemed to be a lucky day in good ol HomeGoods, I went to check out the framed art section (I’ve scored some great pieces in the past).  The office is still the only “work-in-progress” room in the house.  I’ve been waiting to find the perfect art to use as inspiration.  Well, today, that was accomplished.

After some major digging, I uncovered these little gems.  They spoke to me.  Travel is going to be the theme–I know, I know, not exactly shocking…pretty fitting for us.   They even go perfect with the curtains.  Hello NYC and London.

The brainstorming began in that moment.  I’d seen lots of framed maps on Pinterest, but wasn’t sure where I was going to end up putting a “map gallery”.  I was actually thinking of doing a ton of them going down the staircase, but now…they’ll be home in the office.

I have a lot of unused white and black shelves that have been lying on the floor with no place to go.  I like the idea of mixing up a wall using both the black and white, so the ideas were flowing…

How easy will it be to frame maps of all of the places that we’ve been to and love, like this (image from Pinterest and 33 Shades of Green)!

I’ll probably end up doing something similar to this arrangement from Jedi Craft Girl, but having it all be maps…

So, yay, I have some other projects to tackle–now that there’s a TRAVEL direction for the room.

Oh—on another note Halloween is coming. HomeGoods told me so!!

They have the best decor.

Ummm….Cinnamon Applesauce?  Yum.

Man, I’m a sucka for decorations.  Halloween is one of our favs in this house.

Nice “the Witch is in” sign…that could be used inappropriately I’m sure.  I’ll pass haha.

I wish this countdown Crow was in silver–not gold.  Super cute idea.

In case you’re wondering..I did get that lone utensil I went in for =)