Now that the kitchen is painted, I need to focus on decor. I hung the 2 Ikea shelves & put some stuff up there. I could use better accessories, but I'm waiting to see what color our back splash tile ends up being. Anyway, I have 1 big blank wall (top picture) right now & it's bugging me. For anyone who's been in our house, it's the wall that separates the kitchen from the living room. Also worth noting, there is a pocket door that goes into that wall, so it's mostly hollow & probably couldn't hold anything heavy like additional cabinets or shelves. Plus, the refrigerator opens onto that wall & takes up a good bit of space when the doors are open.
I'm thinking since I already have shelves on 1 wall, I should hang some art on the other wall. Si? My friend Alexis tagged a poster in Reader that I'm pretty smitten with. I'm torn between this Brooklyn screen print in navy & this NYC screen print in orange. I'm leaning towards Brooklyn. Thoughts? Too masculine? Too 'I used to live in NYC'?
I thought about trying to find something more kitcheny, but sometimes I'm annoyed at kitchen art in a kitchen. Like framed pictures of spoons, etc. It's too cliche I guess. I don't know. Although I am interested in finding the word "eat". Making It Lovely has this metal "eat" sign in her kitchen & I covet it. Just no pictures of utensils, fruit, or chef caricatures.
Help me!
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I like Brooklyn. Not too masculine, good memories, especially Williamsburg, and you're right about the fact that all that wall can handle is art.
i just got the ORK philadelphia poster. here are some good things that came up when i searched for "eat print" on etsy:
http://tinyurl.com/y8s2g54
http://tinyurl.com/yau8s8b
http://tinyurl.com/ycgzxhx
http://tinyurl.com/ydrab2x
http://tinyurl.com/yc9rtms
http://tinyurl.com/yaooy6u
and this one DOES have a dog but it made me laugh: http://tinyurl.com/ycjg439
ooh heres some more!
http://tinyurl.com/y96a4oa
http://tinyurl.com/yd5rd32
http://tinyurl.com/ybl54yl
http://tinyurl.com/y8uazvu
http://tinyurl.com/ycxrdrg
these might be my favorite:
http://tinyurl.com/ye78h7a
http://tinyurl.com/yel9nuu
http://tinyurl.com/y9mytyy
this is so weird. i JUST posted all of those then came across this: http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/scavenger-nyc/10-etsy-finds-for-your-kitchen-097348
Wow! Go, Alexis!
Man, Alexis is on it! haha
Ok, so when I first saw your kitchen reno I loved the crisp white shelves and for some reason, just assumed that you were going to do a framed print on either side of the shelves in white Ribba Ikea frames...don't know why I assumed this, it was just in my head. I envisioned them kinda large, like 12" x 16", screenprints or something similar with primarily orange on one print and primarily blue in the other...kinda like the image that alexis posted that was a screenprint that said let them eat cake. i'll help look too! sorry such a long comment!!
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