Have you ever ever been shopping on-line solely to seek out one thing that appears prefer it was made only for you at an incredible worth, however you had no concept the place you’d put it? After all you’ve. You’re studying a weblog known as Addicted 2 Adorning. I might wager that no less than 95% of you’ve performed that. 😀
Effectively, 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 seek out inspiration for the partitions in our soon-to-be bed room, and one specific mural stopped me in my scroll — the Paradise Mural (affiliate hyperlink). Simply take a look at this!
I imply, the very last thing I would like is one other venture added to my “to do” listing proper now, however I couldn’t go this up. This mural could as properly have had my identify written on it. This mural is attractive and excellent in each manner. It’s 10 ft excessive and 20 ft large, and it’s on sale for $264.60. If you happen to’ve ever shopped for murals, you understand that murals that measurement are usually no less than $600, if not far 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 on the lookout for concepts and inspiration for our bed room partitions, however I can’t and received’t put that mural in a room proper subsequent to the lavatory wherein this mural is the star of the present…
In terms of the bed room, I used to be on the lookout for 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 seek out one other place for this one.
I’ve narrowed it down to a few spots. The primary and most blatant choice is the entryway wall.
If I exploit 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 chicken footage (in all probability the longer term eating room), and I’d cling a quite simple one thing above the credenza, like one massive mirror.
The second spot that got here to thoughts is the hallway. I believe it could be lovely and dramatic, however it could additionally make this space fairly darkish.
Additionally, I believe 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 longer term 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 can be closed as much as flip this right into a strong wall, and the TV will go right here. This wall can 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 choice. In a current put up, somebody talked about the choice of constructing banquette seating within the eating room. I actually like that concept, so I’ve been trying to find an eating areas with banquette seating to get inspiration. That’s after I got here throughout this amazing space from Michelle Berwick Design.
I 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 might give me a respectable cause to shift the desk and chairs over (as an alternative 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 excited about it.
So proper now, I’m leaning in the 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 assume that’s the most effective spot for it. It’ll make fairly an impression when folks enter our home!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and enhance 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 the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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