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Evergreen decor: gallery walls

Evergreen decor: gallery walls

Gallery walls never really go out of style, and for good reason! They’re the perfect way to display disparate photos, mementos, and pieces of art, and there’s no one “right” way to do them, so you’re truly only bound by your own creativity (and maybe a lease…)

Adding 3-D items like hats, musical instruments, baskets, fabric, vintage clothing, jewelry, bags, etc, gives your gallery wall extra punch, and a less formal feel.

Inspiration via Apartment Therapy:

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What if you can’t or don’t want to put holes in your walls? Try T-pins in drywall (insert at an angle; not for heavy items), washi tape, or picture clips attached to the wall with T-pins. (Affiliate links.)

Using T-pins to hang art & other items on the wall is a trick I learned while doing craft shows years ago. They make tiny, almost invisible holes, and are super easy to insert into drywall – perfect for a gallery wall if you’re renting, or just like to change things up a lot, like me…

Inspiration via House Beautiful

Other options:

Do you have love gallery walls? Do you have a gallery wall in your home? Leave a comment, we’d love to hear about it!

xo

Where I’d Stay: London Boho Artists’ Home Airbnb

Where I’d Stay: London Boho Artists’ Home Airbnb

This is where I’d want to stay in London (and by stay I might mean forever)…down the keyboard sidewalk, up the steps, and through the purple front door:

I think this is the lounge/living-room-turned-guest-suite, but it looks like a magnificent full time bedroom to me.

This kitchen!!

The London artist’s boho home is filled with family treasures, travel mementos, and original art.

View from the back:

Listing here.

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Thrift Store Traveler

Thrift Store Traveler

One of my favorite things to do when I travel is find and peruse the local thrift shops and flea markets. The stuff’s just different everywhere you go, even if it’s only as far as a town an hour away, or sometimes, even a different area of your own city.

It’s such an interesting way to look at a place/culture, and in my experience, I’ve found that the very best souvenirs are thrifted.

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Every time I look at the mismatched “pair” of hand crafted pottery sheep I found on two separate trips to Scotland, I’m treated to a memory collage of the many sheep I saw there, the ever-damp air, finding the first figurine in a charity shop off a little cobblestone alley and knowing instantly that I was going to buy it and what memories it would conjure, and then the next trip finding the second one in a different charity shop in a different city, and having a little deja-vu moment to add to the collage. Isn’t that what we want from a souvenir?

VintageInteriorxx of Yellow Coffee Pot‘s great finds and gorgeous photos are enough to make you want to book a flight to Finland for the sole purpose of thrifting. This kitchen of hers is incredible!

Finnish blogger @kirppur takes us along she thrifts all over, too! I see several things here that would come home with me in my suitcase.

PRO TIPS: 1) The less you pack going, the more room you’ll have in your suitcase for goodies when you return. 2) I have, on numerous occasions, packed only carry-on for both domestic & overseas flights, then bought a thrifted suitcase to check on the way back, filled with thrifted treasures.

So what about you? Are you a thrift store traveler? What’s your favorite away-from-home find?

xo