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Bare walls vs. Me 0-1

July 29, 2013 · by: Athina 12 Comments

Updating the bedroom #3

Ever since I left my parents’ house to live/study/work in Athens I’ve lived in a number of apartments. I never had any major problems adjusting these environments to my taste but there’s one little thing I’ve never managed to tackle in between moves: wall art! I always seem to be very particular about what is going to go up on my walls and I usually spend long periods of time just letting them be, waiting for that “a-ha” moment when my eye will fall upon the perfect little something for the space. This means I get to live with bare walls for years until it’s move time again and then I have other, new spaces to ponder upon —not that there’s anything wrong with bare walls in really small apartments, with open shelving and other furniture leaning against them! Oh, and when I say particular I don’t necessarily mean expensive just, you know, particular as in I’d rather go blank than put anything arbitrary, or blah, or so and so! The “a-ha” moments are so sparse though…

In a recent trip to IKEA however my eyes fell upon this little set of posters:

TRILLING poster set (IKEA)

Each measures…

TRILLING poster set (IKEA)

…and they just happen to be some of our favorite destinations in the world. So, I popped then into some Ribba frames and here they are!

TRILLING poster set (IKEA)

TRILLING poster set (IKEA)

Here’s the same space without them from an older post, just for reference…

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This little update cost us 42$ (12,00$ for the set of posters + 9,99$ X 3 for the frames) and less than 10 minutes to hang. I did use screw-in anchors with picture-frame hooks instead of plain nails for these because they’re on the heavy side (something like 4 lbs each), they hang over our heads and earthquakes are pretty common around here, so hail to my power drill and thank.you.very.much!


Ένα είναι το ατέρμονο ερώτημα κάθε blogger που ασχολείται με το σπίτι & τη διακόσμηση: τί σκ$%@ να κρεμάσω στους τοίχους μου; #provlimatapouexeiokosmos Και να σου οι χειροτεχνίες, να σου οι ζωγραφικές, να οι κατασκευές και τα shadowboxes… Εγώ πάλι, μέχρι να το αποφασίσω, μένω συνηθέστερα με τους τοίχους άδειους 4-6 χρόνια (μέχρι να μου κάτσει η επόμενη μετακόμιση δηλαδή) και καθόλου δεν με νοιάζει. Προτιμώ έναν «λευκό καμβά» που αφήνει διακοσμητικά περιθώρια στα αντικείμενα & τα έπιπλα που τον περιβάλλουν και δύσκολα θα κρεμάσω στον τοίχο μου κάτι που δεν θα «μου κάνει κλικ», μόνο και μόνο για να μη μείνει άδειος –καλώς να μείνει, ειδικά όταν μιλάμε για μικρά διαμερίσματα. Βέβαια όταν κάτι σου κάνει κλικ, σου στοιχίζει λίγο και σε κάνει να χαμογελάς, ε τότε παίρνεις το Black ‘n Decker σου και αρχίζεις το τρύπημα!

Οι κορνίζες Ribba είναι από την ΙΚΕΑ, στοιχίζουν 9,50 € η μία και έχουν μέγεθος 42 cm (πλάτος) Χ 52 cm (ύψος). Τα poster επίσης από την ΙΚΕΑ, από τη σειρά Trilling με κόστος 9,99 € το σετ των τριών και διαστάσεις  40 cm Χ 50 cm (τα συγκεκριμένα δεν υπάρχουν πια αλλά στην ίδια σειρά θα βρείτε άλλα σετ). Επειδή έχουν αρκετό βάρος (η κάθε κορνίζα ζυγίζει γύρω στα 2 kg) επέλεξα να τα κρεμάσω σε γαντζάκια για κάδρα με πλαστικά βύσματα (ούπα), αντί σε απλά καρφάκια για να έχουμε… το κεφάλι μας ήσυχο, πραγματικά!

Disclosure of Material Connection: This post contains no affiliate links. I’m merely linking to things we use to facilitate our house (and love them!) so as to help to my readers track an item they might be interested in and/or explore said items’ prices. IKEA has absolutely no idea about it and I have not received any compensation for writing this post.

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  1. angelswhisper2011 says

    August 3, 2013 at 01:35

    Lovely paintings. I hope they’re hanging firmly..MOL 😀

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    • Athina says

      August 3, 2013 at 13:04

      Hehe, I did my best to make sure they are!!!

      Reply
  2. Kouzounas Kitchen says

    July 30, 2013 at 07:59

    Telia! I love the picture frames! Super cute idea. Great post Athina. I see you kicking butt on the Featured Thursday Recipes!! Good job!!!! 🙂

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    • Athina says

      July 30, 2013 at 08:07

      Haha… I never expected a halva to do such a great job! It’s been fun Krystina, feel free to feature any other recipes from the blog you might like… Kalo Vradi 🙂

      Reply
      • Kouzounas Kitchen says

        July 30, 2013 at 08:16

        Lol Yes that is true. Your halva is taking over lol! Yes I was thinking to feature one of your recipes again. Thank you for that.
        I have you on skype now, maybe I can tell u the great recipe and youtube idea soon. 🙂
        Kalimeraaaa!

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  3. metaphrasi says

    July 29, 2013 at 20:58

    Τέλεια! Ταξιδιάρικα και μίνιμαλ! Και έριξα και μια ψήφο για το καλό 🙂

    Καλή εβδομάδα!

    Reply
    • Athina says

      July 29, 2013 at 21:05

      Μα με έκαναν να σκάσω τέτοιο πλατύ χαμόγελο αυτοί οι μίνιμαλ “κυριούληδες” στο διάδρομο του καταστήματος, που δεν μπορούσα να τους αφήσω πίσω!… Ευχαριστώ πολύ για την… “ψήφο εμπιστοσύνης”! Καλή εβδομάδα 🙂

      Reply
  4. Sinfully Tempting says

    July 29, 2013 at 19:54

    I know what you mean by that “a-ha!” moment. I am the exact same way. I have left many walls bare in our home simply because nothing I see really stands out, and I refuse to put up just anything, just to take up space. My husband doesn’t get it, though. He cannot understand why any old piece of art work will not do, lol.

    As I was reading your post, it made me remember a sign I saw once outside of a local art shop: “Bare walls are a sign of poverty” …hahaha. Obviously I disagree, since more often than not bare walls mean nothing more than “I cannot find anything worth putting on those bare walls!” 😀

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    • Athina says

      July 29, 2013 at 20:57

      Haha, Jeannette my husband doesn’t get it either but he doesn’t mind those bare walls too! He actually thought it was a decorating trend that I had been pulling on all those years because, in all honesty, in all eleven years we’ve been living together this is actually the.first.time I’ve managed to put something up there, LOL!

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      • Sinfully Tempting says

        July 29, 2013 at 21:14

        LOL!

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  5. emmi says

    July 29, 2013 at 15:54

    Τώρα που το λες έχω το ιδιο προβλημα με τους δικους μου τοιχους 🙂 Πολύ ωραία το έφτιαξες!!! Μπράβο ρε συ Αθηνά! Μου φτιάχνεις τη μέρα κάθε φορά με τα γραπτά σου!
    By the way, την καλύτερη συνταγή εσύ την έβαλες. 😉

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    • Athina says

      July 29, 2013 at 16:17

      Χαχαχαχαχαχα! Εμμάκι μου σε ευχαριστώ πάρα πολύ! Χαίρομαι που το εισπράττεις έτσι γιατί μπορεί να δημοσιεύω όσα δημοσιεύω εκ πεποιθήσεως και σε πείσμα των καιρών αλλά πάντα έχω στο πίσω μέρος του μυαλού μου ότι ο κόσμος καίγεται κι εγώ… χτενίζομαι!!! Όταν αποφάσισα ότι αυτό το μπλογκ θα είναι αυτό που λέμε “my happy place” αυτός ήταν ο σκοπός μου: να με κάνει να ξεφεύγω, να χαμογελάω και να το περνάω και στους άλλους 🙂 Όταν λοιπόν μου λέτε πως έχω καταφέρει ακριβώς αυτό, χαίρομαι όσο δεν φαντάζεσαι 🙂 🙂 🙂

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