For this month’s installment of my “Send Me a Picture” series, I asked several bloggers to share what they last hung on their wall. (After all, aren’t we always hanging and re-hanging things around our houses?)
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The Last Thing I Hung On My Wall
My latest addition to my shopping bag art wall in my bedroom - my Chanel bag. For me, the experience of shopping in a designer boutique is as exciting as the item itself and what better way to keep that feeling going than by displaying the bags that those beautiful items came home in. I may not wear the Chanel shoes everyday, but the bag acts as a wonderful memory of that day.
Lisa Roy, Lisa Roy blog
The last items I hung on my wall weren't really "hung" but are instead leaned up against the wall... You may have seen my blog sales for original art by both Sally King Benedict and Kate Long Stevenson. Well these are two pieces I got from those sales. The small abstract on the table is Kate's and the face painting is Sally's. I so love them both.
Chassity, Look Linger Love
The last thing I hung on my wall was a whole series of pictures to create a gallery wall in our family room. It is full of art created by my children, and from other artists, posters, photographs and a vintage "M" that was used in a gas station. It runs the whole length of the wall tying the sofa in with the small computer desk in the corner. It also helps balance out the large bookcase/TV centre across the room. There is no rhyme or reason to the arrangement, I just had fun playing with the shapes and sizes to create a pleasing arrangement, one that makes me smile every time I am in the room!
Barbara, hodge:podge
I leave the "serious art" to museums. I think art should reflect a bit of your personality and everyone knows I love monkeying around. I found this painting on eBay for ridiculously cheap and instantly fell in love with the artist's tongue-in-cheek reference to Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. I hung it as part of a small seating vignette in my guest room and it is consistently the thing that my overnight guests love the most about the room.
Courtney Lake, Courtney Out Loud
The last thing I hung on my wall was this trio of Lilian frames found on clearance at Pottery Barn. I loved the gold trim mixed with the rustic frame and linen matte and knew they would be perfect for our master bedroom work in progress. The artwork was torn from a book called Insects of Surinam by Maria Sibylla Merian.
Londen, Sixty-Fifth Avenue
The last thing I hung on my wall in our newest home was the start of a little gallery in my walk-in closet. I wanted to incorporate images of the people I love most in this world so I can start everyday with a reminder of how truly blessed I am. There are still a few frames to add so I can finish it off, like everything in this home it seems to be a work in progress, but so far I am loving it.
Melissa, Veranda Interiors
Want to share your own photo? Upload it to my Facebook page with a short description :)
You can see previous “Send Me a Picture” posts here.
PS—Announcing the winner of the Hart to Hart Digital Photography giveaway on my Facebook page later today. Go here to enter!










This is such a fun post. You really come up with fabulous idea! I especially loved the "primitive" painting of the baby Orangutan.
ReplyDeleteGreat inspiration! My daughter collects shopping bags. This is a fabulous idea!
ReplyDeleteLove the shopping bags! Just goes to show art can be found anywhere.
ReplyDeleteYes, a lot of wonderful inspiration here. What a great idea.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. Lots of inspiration and creative ideas for the walls.
ReplyDeleteYes, great post! My favorite has got to be the monkey in Courtney's home! I had to scroll back up to look at it. It certainly put a smile on my face!
ReplyDeleteThat shopping bag wall art is so amazing!
ReplyDeleteThese are fantastic ideas! I pinned the shopping bags to remember for my girls' rooms. I also love the way Veranda Interiors hung their collection. Chassity has fabulous taste in art. Her collection is incredible. Wish I had every one of those pieces in my house! Great post, Emily!
ReplyDeleteaw Emily - i love these posts. keep it up (please?)!!
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What a great post idea! I love all of the spaces!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to these posts! Such a great idea Emily. Just uploaded mine to fb.
ReplyDeleteOBSESSED with the bags in the frames!! Would LOVE to do this over or around a makeup vanity!
ReplyDeleteThanks for having me share today Emily. Nice to be part of such an amazing group, love that there were a bunch of Canadians in the mix!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun post. Love Melissa's closet....and the shopping bag art...I have a few I can't part with just up on a shelf.
ReplyDeleteThank you for letting me share my closet and with such great company!! xx
ReplyDeleteI think a gallery wall or a single hung piece should be personal and there should be no rules about symmetry. These are all very personal and interesting in different ways.
ReplyDeleteThe shopping bag art is such a creative and awesome idea - that I never would have thought of. So cool!
ReplyDeleteI love this post! I especially love that you have included Canadian bloggers! As a Canadian blogger myself, I LOVE that. And, because I am mad about art - esp. DIY art - I am so curious to see what others have been hanging. Such a fun idea.
ReplyDeleteEmily, the post turned out so cute. Thanks so much for including me :) xx
ReplyDeleteThanks for including me! I am loving the sneak peek at everyone's home!
ReplyDeletecute idea. I saw someone post once that the bag idea was cute, but might not be as cute with Target and Old Navy bags:) so true.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic inspiration!
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I love this series! So much fun. Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to hang designer shopping bags! I usually use mine for gift bags for friends and family (who doesn't love a gift wrapped in Tiffany blue, after all?) but I think I might save them for myself now!
ReplyDeleteEmily,
ReplyDeleteMost of all I love the framed shopping bags. I will be pinning that to my idea board for sure and I will credit you and Lisa Roy.
Thanks for the inspiration.
pam
Great post Emily!! Shared it over on my FB wall... My fave here has to be Barbara @ hodge-podge gallery wall... but also loved Courtney's monkey! Precious.... :)
ReplyDeletexo Lynda
Once again a great post! Love it!
ReplyDeleteGreat post Emily! Love the photos of family and friends in the closet...so inspiring to start each day realizing what is MOST important!
ReplyDeleteLove this series! The collection of designer shopping bags is similar to what a friend of mine hung in her master bedroom closet.
ReplyDeleteI love this!! I've used your "collage" ideas in our master bedroom. Thanks for the inspiration!!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing what people are doing in their homes. Real living at it's best. Great post idea!
ReplyDeleteThe shopping bag art is so charming, and what a wonderful way to re-purpose a souvenir from a great purchase.
ReplyDeleteI love the shopping bags gallery. My hubby and I have a bag from our favorite places to eat in California. Now I know what frame to frame them in. Wonderful blog ya got here!
ReplyDeleteThanks for including my shopping bags! This series is so much fun - I always love to see the art that people hang - it is always the finishing touch to a room :)
ReplyDeleteI think the art that is displayed in a home is what gives the house a soul. I love how each person has displayed things that have so much personality! Great post!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the framed shopping bags and chassity's entire styled table!
ReplyDeleteOf course that fabulous vignette I couldn't stop starring at is Chassity's! that girl has serious style! and I love Courtney's monkey art...but I love some funky.
ReplyDeleteThose onesies you received about the bows are hilarious... I have noticed your love of the big hair bow! :)
Fabulous! Crazy about Chassity's style!
ReplyDeleteshopping bags...why didn't i ever think of that!
ReplyDeletehave a great weekend!
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ReplyDeleteLove this series! I always look at the one House Beautiful always does in each issue. So fun to see what everyone comes up with!
ReplyDeleteI like this article very much. I always wanted to do something like that but haven't tried yet, now I'm going to try it for sure. thank you for this post. craighorman
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this article. I was wondering of this type of article but never thought that I'll get it from here. I'll try for sure. craighorman
ReplyDeleteThese are fantastic ideas! These are all very personal inspiring printed bags i must kept my cosmetics in it.
ReplyDeleteLove the first one, the shopping bags. I'm getting the original blue prints from my house framed. They are from 1960. xT
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