Hallways seem to be the ugly step-sister in the house fairy tale. At least, that is how it seems in our home. While we don’t really have much by way of a hall, I have tried to make what we do have a bit more fun. Luckily we got a wall decal from Graphique de France (for review on our product review site), so I wanted to share the outcome with you here! The photo is the view from our kitchen.
It’s a lot more fun to look up and see the Eiffel Tower than a boring white wall. And it was very quick and easy to put up too! A really fun and simple way to make a change, but without a big commitment too (they are removable, and reusable). Even though our walls aren’t flat and have orange peel texture on them, the decal still stuck really well.
Sure, it’s not the same as being in Paris and seeing the real Eiffel Tower, but it is fun!
After a lot of looking, and bringing home sample tiles, we made a choice for our backsplash. White subway tiles! Every photo we looked at in various magazines and online showed white subway tiles as backsplashes for kitchens similar to our own. The funny thing is, we never even considered them at first! What do you think of subway tiles?
Hopefully we will be tiling soon. We just have one more choice to make, and that is if we are going to do an accent tile to break up all the white or not. We found two choices that we think are pretty cool, but we just aren’t sure if we have the space to pull it off and make it look good. Whatever we decide though, we are getting closer to having our kitchen back in total working order. Photos to come.
The weather here has been somewhat spring like, which of course makes me with spring could arrive even sooner. When I saw this image, the tile really resonated with me, as I too am wishing for spring.
My uncle recently sent my mom an old Lionel train set from their youth. The train was his, but he hadn’t run it for nearly 50 years. My parents have been building some train sets, and just happened to have some O scale track. So of course we had to find out, would the old train still run?
The so-called “man cave” is something that we will NEVER have in our house. Why? We just don’t need one. The term makes is sound like men are the only people in the world who can enjoy a room with a huge television, and other fun things like pool tables and air hockey. I have never been able to figure it out.
Maybe people would assume that our family room was my husband’s man cave, but honestly it’s a room we use (and designed) together. Yes, it has over-sized reclining leather sofas, a massive television, and lots of fun video games. But we both love those things!
I do think that it’s good for both spouses to have a space of their own though. For us it’s our offices, each very different. Mine is a organized and bright, while he likes things messy and dark. It is very nice to have space that isn’t shared, and I realize that it’s a bit of a luxury (one that we planned for when purchasing our home). Even a small space would work though, I know many creative people who have carved out spaces for themselves in closets even!
What about you and your partner/spouse? Do you decorate together? Do you have spaces that the other person isn’t allowed to touch? And if it’s called a “man cave”, what do you call the female version?
Life is my laboratory! Exploring all the fun things that life has to offer, and sharing them with you. I share my world with my husband, our adorable pets, and our ever growing flock of pink flamingos. Need to get in touch? Feel free to email me!
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