Making A Photo Collage Wall

I wanted to share what I have been doing lately around my house. I have to tell you I am going crazy looking at my blank off-white walls. This week something happened. I finally snapped. Yesterday I took a trip to Hobby Lobby for what I call,"Shopping Therapy". I purchased a few picture frames to form a collage wall in our stairway.
The cashier at Hobby Lobby says to me,"Got some photos to frame huh?"
I said,"Actually, I do things backwards. I buy the frames first, then pick out pictures to go in them." The cashier just laughed.
Then I thought to myself,"This guy has got to think I am weird. I need to think before I say things out loud."
I headed home with my frames and ended up with a pile at the buttom of my steps...
All these frames totaled up to around $30. I had some of them already. I purchased black 12x12 and 11x14 frames for $5 each at Hobby Lobby! I plan to spray paint a few of them bright colors and the rest white. I started with using wrapping paper cutouts on the wall to plan a layout...
This is my first attempt at a collage wall up a staircase. I am pretty excited about it! Cody on the other hand, not so much. LOL He knows he will be helping his SHORT wife hang them. Here is another layout that I love...
All the frames above, except the bigger silver frames are from the dollar store! They are perfect for filling in little gaps for a wall collage of frames! I also found this frame on clearance at KMART...
I love it! It cost me $4.00! Isn't is nice? I do plan to spray paint it HOT PINK! (Sorry Cody) I think once I paint it pink and put some pretty black and white photos in it, it will look beautiful! Lastly, I started to prime my Hexagon Table that I bought a few months ago...
I still haven't decided on a color yet. I am leaning towards a bright pink or turquoise. The weather is supposed to be nice this weekend, so I hope to get a lot of painting done. I am trying to stay motivated with my decorating around the house. It's hard now that I got a job and a schedule to live by. I am motivated though and can't wait to just push on with my projects!!! Hope everyone is having a great week!

P.S. It's also my goal to blog everyday this month! Hopefully I didn't just jinx myself!

Doug Meyer Interior Design

Have you heard of the designer Doug Meyer? I hadn't till now. His designs remind me of candy stores! So much color going on!
Decorati Access
The English Room
Decorati Room
HGTV
Papillon Lines
I hope you enjoyed this eyecandy!!! Check out Doug Meyer's website {HERE}.

NEW BLOG PAGE - Tour My Home(s)

I am trying to make some changes to the blog for 2012. I want to be more organized for my readers. My Mod Style is going to have a 5 year anniversary soon! I want to make it better for YOU! One thing I just designed was a page called, "Tour My Home(s)". It's a quick way to take TOURS of places I have lived and go back to read old posts about those places. Here is a look...





The actual page has all the links and a story to go along with it! You can use this icon below, located on my sidebar categories to view the full page.


Please feel free to give me feedback on your favorite My Mod Style posts and what you would like to see on my blog this year!
Thanks,
Jessie

My Love For Magazine Collage Walls

I have always LOVED collage walls made from magazine cutouts! I have been debating whether or not I want to do a wall somewhere in my home! Here are a few photos I found inspiring....Bright Bazaar
Vi.sualize & Design Ties

Lushaliscious Here is a flashback to some wall collages I have done in the past. My old bedroom as a teenage back in 1996! See my original blog post {HERE}

My Front Entry Way in my old home from 2009, original blog post {HERE}

I love collages because are like putting a puzzle together. They are easy to take down also, so great for people who live in rentals! Plus it's great to just try it for while and if you hate it you just take it down. That's probably what I will do.

Decor Love - Chevron

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14You either LOVE IT or you HATE IT. I still love Chevron and probably still will when everyone else stops decorating with it! I can't get enough of it!

WATER FOR ELEPHANTS

Have you seen Water for Elephants? Cody and I watched it last month and we were both shocked at how GOOD we both thought it was!! I think we thought it was going to be a huge chick flick! It wasn't though. It's a sweet love story, but also a very inspiring story about following your dreams.
Of course I love Robert Pattinson! I enjoyed seeing him in something besides Twilight! I think a lot of people don't like him because they hate Twilight, which is sad. He really is a good actor and he proves that in Water for Elephants.

This movie isn't just a love story. Really it's more about how the old time Circuses were run. It's definitely a tearjerker, so be ready with some Kleenex. Reese Witherspoon is also amazing in the movie. It's rare for me to find a movie with both an actor and actress in it that I actually love.

Water for Elephants is a great movie! I plan to read the book soon now that I have a job with an 1 hour lunch break!!