Blinding Heights
A few weeks ago I mentioned that I was having some photos printed onto canvas, and then last week, some more printed as enlargements. This was a move to finally put something on the walls at home so that it doesn't look like crazy people live here. Of course, crazy people do live here, but I don't want to give the game away as people first walk in.
Our home has soft and neutral colors, with warm white floors and walls in a soft egg shell color that changes its tone depending on whatever light source there is, from cool grey to a very warm orange. This works really well with our variable lighting, allowing us to change the mood of the room quite dramatically, when it is dark at least. In the summer when the days are so long we don't need that much light, but in the winter it can make the place much cozier, which is very welcome.
But, the problem with not having anything on the walls is that there is no height in the room, as the seats are low, the tables are low and the ceilings are low. This means that when standing, there is nothing to break up the scene, no layers at eye level. I bought a boom light for the lounge a few years ago, and when we made the kitchen we added hanging lights over the counter top to break up the space, but in the dining and living room, it just felt flat and uninspired.
While I have nothing against images and posters bought from the likes of Ikea that look great, but are mass produced, I wanted to have pictures that mean something to me. So, all of these are taken by me and from one of our trips, with pictures from last year in Croatia, over ten years ago in Paris, and on our honeymoon in Italy. In the kitchen, there is a picture of my wife's steaming tea cup from Tallinn in 2012. No matter which image it is, I remember taking it, and the scene that surrounded me when I did so.
You can't buy experience.
And while I might forget much of the trip experiences I have been on, what I rarely miss are the points where I take images, which generally are at times that are meaningful to me and I want to remember. There is something about taking the shot itself that I connect with and then, I connect again with it when I spend time sorting, choosing and editing the selected photos. And then I connect with the moment again when I share it with my family and we discuss the experience. And then occasionally through the years, as I come across them, or my wife gets a reminder on one of those apps she uses.
Home is a place where we should feel comfortable and a place that reminds us of preference in the past and possibility for the future. It should be inspiring and sometimes, a little reminiscing can be a guiding force toward building and creating something new, or heading out on an adventure based on the reminder of how good it used to be. It can have pieces of us, a trail that winds through a story of life lived. Not all pages will be written, and many that are will be lost along the way.
We have an old house.
Bit by bit, it is becoming a home.
Taraz
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For an “old house” as you say, it looks very good. The pastel colours and the light coming in through the windows match. The choice of the different framed subjects look perfect.
I would have in the living room, an ultra flat screen with no border resembling a painting and reflecting a moving aquarium (a small video), perhaps with an audio track of falling rain.
We don't have any screens in the downstairs loungeroom at all. We have an upstairs area for watching TV or doing that kind of thing. But, we have speakers spread throughout the house and there is normally some music playing somewhere.
Good, perfect. But, the screen I'm referring to would be another picture on the wall that would simulate an aquarium, I particularly like it and it relaxes me...
My walls are empty still, 6 years after I moved. I may get inspired and do some framing around.
You really should! It makes a difference :)
I always love the crazy people vibe kinda familiar. Man that was a perfect piece on the wall. I'm thinking Iron Man probably lives here
Way to turn your house from crazy to "nice but crazy if you know us" hahaha nice one brother. Your home must feel so cozy with all those personal photos. It looks absolutely lovely and I'm not too big on portraits but you just gave me the desire for more right now hahaha
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STOPI'd like to do this with some of our prints. Even if it doesn't fit the aesthetic of our home, I could always put some up in my office. I have block walls and it is white cold and spartan in there.
Yay for finally getting pictures up! Looks almost designer home nice 🙃 That’s still somewhere on my todo list 😅
Even without the artworks, your house doesn’t look like where crazy people live. It looks really good and the artworks have a way of making it more beautiful
I actually think the concept of hanging frames on the wall in your house is really nice but not everyone does it. Your house looks very beautiful and it like that of a crazy person.
Also, this doesn’t even look like an old house
It looks modern
The photos look great, and the placement are nice. I think you did a good job of matching them with the theme of the room. Seeing the pictures and being constantly reminded of the good experiences should help brighten up your day a lot.
Your house is amazing. It does not look old to me at all. Your pictures on the wall really look great.
Our walls are full of all sorts of pictures and things. In fact it might be a little too much. But like you said, it is memories. We have collected a lot over the years through gifts and what not.
I got imagining as I read...
It's actually more fun to have one's own snapped photos to the wall than those bought on the street.
A nice idea of decorating the house👍
Those paintings on the wall give another life to that old house. Right mind with right actions creat brilliant results. I love this renewal process