A good buy

One of the decorating tips I've picked up from the many, many hours of HGTV I've been watching lately is that accessories in a room make a bigger impact when you use multiples. For example, a group or series of frames makes more of a statement than one frame by itself. The same goes for whatever else....wreaths, candle holders, lamps.... The problem with this tip is that I usually can't bring myself to spend the money it takes to buy 2,3, or more of the same thing. Even if you can find something that is a great price, the bargain is pretty much useless if you've got to buy multiples to make it worth using.

One day at good ol' Wal-Mart I was poking around the picture frames and saw some for $3. The first ones I saw weren't that great, but then I saw some black ones that were 8x10 and black. They have them in 8x10 and 5x7 and would be great for a big frame collage. I got three for now, but I have every intention of going back and getting many more to use in other rooms.




This is a corner in our very, very unfinished bedroom. Just imagine that the walls are porcelain blue, and there is a chair rail with beadboard on the bottom half of the wall...oh, and that I've taken the generic photos out the frames and put in some very cool, artsy pictures.