Italia!

Remember the cool picture frames C made while I was out of town? Well, we've finally put them to use.

Here's our boring stairway wall before:



And here it is after:



Quite the improvement, don't you think?

Chris built the frames to match the size we wanted for these prints, which came from a Paper Source calendar featuring vintage Italy travel ads. Total cost of the project is pretty cool:
- $25 calendar
- $25 for glass for the frames
- $0 for the reclaimed oak the frames are built from (yay for old stair treads!)
- $32 for 4 mats

Making a grand total of . . . . $82! If we consider the calendar used up for this project, that's only $20 and change per picture.

BUT . . . I have some plans for the remaining prints so let's count all twelve prints, taking our cost to . . . . $16 per picture! That's pretty hard to beat, and one of many reasons it's so nice to have a handy husband.

We've loved the Firenze print in particular ever since our honeymoon when we got to see Florence's amazing cathedral in person.





Ahh, memories . . . .

Anyway, our last step: painting the big white patch on the wall leftover from our messy plaster job a few months ago. Ugh, memories. I guess they can't all be good.