Channeling SRM

Full-time styling on a dime maven and part-time niece Styling with Renee Michelle must have take possession of Wife and I recently. One result of our remodel is going to be a mother of a big wall that will be opposite the entrance way and the stairs going upstairs. We were talking that this needed a real focal piece. But with all we are putting out for the addition, that doesn't leave a lot of moola for things like 'art'.

So I was telling Mrs. de-I that something woven like a tapestry, wall hanging, rug type thing would be great. She of course gives me the evil eye because all decorating aspects of our house are truly the purview of The Tasteful One - which isn't me. But then suddenly she stops and says,

"Do you remember that rug I got when I was a student in Mexico (remember just before the Spanish came in and wiped out the Aztecs)? "

"Well, vaguely dear."

"Let me see if I can find it."

So she does and this thing that has been following us around for literally 35 years will finally find its place and home.

We have also had wonderful results in the past taking relatively inexpensive items like posters and cards and getting good framing for them. The results have been far better and less expensive than trying to get lower priced art. So we then went out to our favorite framing store and ordered a poster for $55 that we will have framed (the framing will cost more than the poster by far) and will provide another focal piece.