Have you ever ever been shopping on-line solely to search out one thing that appears prefer it was made only for you at an incredible value, however you had no thought the place you’d put it? After all you might have. You’re studying a weblog referred to as Addicted 2 Adorning. I’d wager that at the very least 95% of you might have accomplished that. 😀
Properly, that’s precisely what I did. I used to be simply shopping the Anthropologie web site, wanting particularly at wallpaper and murals, as I do on a reasonably common foundation simply because. However this time, I hoped to search out inspiration for the partitions in our soon-to-be bed room, and one explicit mural stopped me in my scroll — the Paradise Mural (affiliate hyperlink). Simply take a look at this!
I imply, the very last thing I want is one other mission added to my “to do” record proper now, however I couldn’t cross this up. This mural could as properly have had my identify written on it. This mural is beautiful and ideal in each approach. It’s 10 toes excessive and 20 toes large, and it’s on sale for $264.60. When you’ve ever shopped for murals, that murals that measurement are usually at the very least $600, if not rather more. And typically they’re a lot extra. So I had to purchase it, proper?! 😀
After all, I purchased it with no particular plan of the place to make use of it. I used to be in search of concepts and inspiration for our bed room partitions, however I can’t and gained’t put that mural in a room proper subsequent to the lavatory during which this mural is the star of the present…
Relating to the bed room, I used to be in search of one thing that’s extra of a geometrical sample that may complement the floral mural within the subsequent room. Including one other floral mural isn’t within the plan. So I’ve to search out one other place for this one.
I’ve narrowed it down to 3 spots. The primary and most blatant possibility is the entryway wall.
If I take advantage of it there, I’d do away with the ottomans (I can hear a few of you cheering proper now 😀 ) and the pillows. I’d discover one other place for the mirrors and the fowl footage (most likely the long run eating room), and I’d hold a quite simple one thing above the credenza, like one giant mirror.
The second spot that got here to thoughts is the hallway. I feel it could be lovely and dramatic, however it could additionally make this space fairly darkish.
Additionally, I feel it could look horrible subsequent to the lavatory as soon as I add the brand new wallpaper to the lavatory partitions. (And sure, I’ll be eradicating the tile accent.)
One other concept that got here to thoughts is to attend till we flip the pantry into the laundry room, with the doorway into the laundry room on the wall shared with the long run kitchen, relatively than its present doorway within the wall shared with the breakfast room. Proper now, the TV in that room hangs on the aspect wall — the wall shared with my studio…
However after the kitchen is added and the doorway to the pantry (future laundry room) is moved, the present doorway will likely be closed as much as flip this right into a strong wall, and the TV will go right here. This wall will likely be virtually the precise dimensions because the entryway wall. These are the one two massive, strong partitions accessible in the home.
There may be really one different possibility. In a latest put up, somebody talked about the choice of constructing banquette seating within the eating room. I actually like that concept, so I’ve been looking for an taking a look at eating areas with banquette seating to get inspiration. That’s after I got here throughout this amazing space from Michelle Berwick Design.
I really like that a lot that I discovered the wallpaper and ordered a pattern, but when I did one thing like this in our eating space, I might use the mural there. Clearly, I might solely use a portion of it because it’s so massive, however I’m positive I might pick a favourite portion to make use of there.
I’m nonetheless unsure that banquette seating will work in our future eating space, however I actually love the thought. It will give me a reputable motive to shift the desk and chairs over (as a substitute of sitting proper smack dab within the middle, as my want for symmetry would necessitate) to present extra respiratory room between the eating desk/chairs and the furnishings within the TV room. However I’m nonetheless fascinated by it.
So proper now, I’m leaning in direction of utilizing it within the entryway, principally as a result of I don’t need to wait till after our kitchen is completed to place that mural up. 😀 But additionally, I actually do suppose that’s one of the best spot for it. It’ll make fairly an affect when individuals enter our home!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and embellish the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
