front hall decor

Given our schedules and priorities, Napoleon and I have made basically zero progress with decorating the new house. I'm ok with it, because it has given us the opportunity to really think about what we want displayed, and how we should spend our money.

I was recently able to finish one project that I'm really excited about though...so excited, in fact, that even though it was supposed to be a wedding present to Napoleon (and really to me too), I couldn't wait and showed it to him. And of course we immediately hung it up.

I was inspired by this post from Young House Love and this post from Our Fifth House.

I scavenged on Etsy and found Blimpcat Studio, who agreed to custom make prints from these photos I sent of the two homes Napoleon and I have lived in together:

In just a few short days, she sent me a proof of her handiwork. I died!:

So stinkin' cute. I got frames on sale at Michael's and made captions for each photo, and then hot glued in the original key we had from each place. The final masterpieces:

Here's a wider view of our front hall, where we decided to display them. As you can tell, the house is bare. We have our work cut out for us!