What do you do when you have a photographer coming to take pictures of your house the next day for a feature you’ve known about for over a month? You quickly clean all of the stuff that belongs to anyone under the age of five off of your nightstands, pretty them up a little bit and very quickly make some art for the bare spot on the wall that’s been bugging you for months. Or, maybe that’s just me. . .
(Succulent stems from Hobby Lobby and a surprisingly good-looking aloe plant from Ross. Is it bad to use fake plants on your nightstand? I don’t think so. My motto is “fake is better than dead.”)
My husband’s table got a little sprucing up, too, but with less fluff:
Of all the things that Pottery Barn is trying to show me in their latest catalog, this simple little black and white circle drawing propped on a mantel keeps grabbing my attention. So, I grabbed a black fine/chisel Sharpie and started drawing circles (well, ovals if you want to be precise).
I also used my trick of taping around the edges to give it a cleaner look:
I love the succulents, they look fabulous and the new art is perfect. It looks amazing.
Fake is better than dead might just be my new motto haha! Love the quick sharpie art. So smart.
Beautiful! Can you share the fabric/source for the floral pillows on bed? Thank you
The fabric is Chiang Mai Dragon in mocha. I order the pillows from Ebay several years ago.
You’re the best! Cracks me up how a little quickie project can impact the room. I love your bedroom Emily, it is gorgeous. Hope youre having a great summer! Congrats on the feature! xo Nancy
Love your motto! And those plants look incredibly real!
Love the details Emily :) xo Kristin
Well, aren’t you smart? Love your new artwork! And if you hadn’t have said anything, I would have thought those plants were real!
I love the sharpie art! I recently made a B&W bubble art for our family room, which turned out to be great, but I didn’t think about using a sharpie marker. And yes, fake is better than dead. Good luck with the photo shoot!
Can I just say you are amazing?
Well, okay! :) Same to you, btw. I’d let you come redecorate my bedroom any day.
ha! Love the circle drawing! Everything looks better in a great frame :) Lovely bedroom, really love the mix of colors and style.
Your bedroom looks beautiful! I love that quick and easy artwork diy :)
Love it! :)
The diy art looks perfect! & your bedroom is beautiful. Good luck with the photo shoot. We’re working on creating a gallery wall in my daughter’s room – looks like we’ll be adding some sharpie circle art :) Thanks for the great idea.
A procrastinating girl after my own heart. That’s when I do my best work, how about you? It looks like it, everything looks beautiful! :)
Wow! as usual everything looks great!!
Looks very pretty!! I like the DIY art and agree about fake being better than dead (and have some Hobby Lobby succulents of my own for that very reason ;)