Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

"new" loveseat. the transformation begins...

Our living room is a hodge-podge of hand-me-down and bargain basement furniture. It works for us for now, but someday we will get our 'grown up' furniture.

Our living room used to have this chair-and-a-half:

It is down in the basement now. What was down in the basement before?
This loveseat with it's matching couch.
Mr. Free's parents generously gave this set to us when they replaced their family room furniture. We are hoping one day we will have two living spaces to furnish! Then we'd be set!

This week we will be putting up our art gallery hallway. I thought the ol' chair and a half would clash with is blue and brown country plaid. This purply-brown couch would be a much better backdrop.
Did I mention it's a bit bigger? And more comfy? And it's where Mr. Free and I held hands for the first time in his parent's basement watching Braveheart?
It's a much better fit. And the price was perfect. : )

Here is some art of a good friend of Mr. Free's that we are going to put above the loveseat. The pic is super blurry, so I apologize. BUT it will just keep you in anticipation until the art is revealed!
Yeah....that was my plan all along....right....

The artist's name is Morgan and she is in school with Mr. Free. She is incredibly talented and both Mr. Free and I are big fans of her work. Here's her art from their Senior Show.

Isn't it marvelous? Thank you Morgan for the art we will proudly display in our home, along with Mr. Free's of course!

So readers, now that we are incorporating much more color into our living space, any tips? The old palatte was based off of that ol chair and a half....browns and blues. Now we will have color all over the walls in the art! I want our living space to be much more vibrant! Any tips would be much appreciated!

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Art gallery hallway

Mr. Free just finished his Senior art show.
His work was awesome- rave reviews!
So now we have a bunch of his work all framed and ready to display!

Being the ever-so proud wife I am, I've been brainstorming the best places to display his creativity.
We thought doing a gallery-style display down our hallway would look pretty neat...
I perused the 'ol internet for some inspiration, and here's what I found...















I really hope Mr. Free will help with the hanging of them.....
I'm kind of known for just 'eye balling it' and making a bunch of holes in the wall....
I have the patience of a 2 year old I tell ya...


So...what do you think? Love it? Hate it?


I'll be sure to post pics once it's done! (Hopefully sooner than later...)

Monday, April 5, 2010

First Fridays recap...




If you're from Kansas City I hope you know what First Fridays are.
If not....
First Fridays are where the art galleries in the Crossroads district open up to the public and you can enjoy food and wine and browse the local art.
It is wonderful.
This month our good friends Trevor Hawkins and Justin Gardner had a showing of still footage from their short film 'We Will Make You Whole Again'.

Starring: Mr. Free

Here's a couple pics from the showing. (Can you spot Mr. Free???)



The premiere is just 8 days away! Here's a preview of Mr. Free on the big screen! So.weird.



Can I just say I'm so excited to go to a movie premiere?! AND be the wife of one of the stars!

When we go down for First Fridays, I always have to stop at Black Bamboo.
I love so many of their things! But they are way, way out of my price range.
I just go in to drool.
Here's some of my faves I saw this month:

Every time I see this I want it sooo bad. But, it's about as big as our whole house. Haha.







This chair is made from rubber. It smells weird, but is very comfy.


Aren't these stool beautiful?!!

So, there's my little recap. If you live in KC, you should definitely join in on the next First Fridays!!!

Does anyone in KC have a favorite gallery or store?
Non KC friends, do you have a 'First Friday' type event where you live???
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Friday, February 12, 2010

Mr. Free's Art

It's amazing to be married to an artist. The sad thing is that I don't utilize his gift around our home as often as I should. His art is very bold and colorful. I tend to decorate on the more muted side. I'm learning and experimenting with the best way to display his art around our home. Here's a few of my favorites:












Any ideas on how to incorporate more of Mr. Free's art into our beige, tan, chocolate and aqua home????