Me and My Big Ideas

After a month of planning, ordering, acquiring, and worrying, I decided to take the plunge and put up the picture wall.  The idea was to decorate a rather large wall in our living room.  I've been putting it off, waiting for Keith to feel up to the challenge.  Today, I decided to just do it myself. 

 First, of course, I gathered my materials.  Notice the lack of a laser level...I went old school:  pencil and 24 inch yellow level.  (Thanks, Dad!)

 Then, I carefully measured and hung my first picture.  Unfortunately, the super-bargain frames from Target had hangers that were very user-unfriendly. 

 It was at about this point in the process that I remembered (realized?) that picture frames and the actual pictures are two different sizes.  Doh!  Improvise, adapt, overcome.  After realizing this, I revised my plan & remeasured, and hanging the large pictures went rather smoothly.  The 8x10s gave me fits, however.  Keith will not be happy when he sees the marks and holes behind those pictures. 

 The final product - straight on

The final product - as viewed from the front door.