letters and a desk

i'm always looking for new projects and crafts to do for my home.

i want my home decor to convey our family, our likes, our creative juices.

i'm always inspired by many things; other bloggers, pinterest, store window displays, you name it.

i found these wall letters at anthropologie a few months back.

i think i saw them somewhere in nie nie's house a while ago as well.

i love the idea of our initials on the wall.

however, i wasn't ready to spend $15 per letter.

actually, i shouldn't say that.

i was ready.

i did spend over $15 per letter.

and then proceeded to return them the very next day.

i just couldn't justify it.

i still wanted that 'look' so i thought i'd replicate it in a much more cost effective way.

enter hobby lobby!

(i LOVE that store! why, oh why don't we have it in canada?!)

i picked up all the letters i needed and they were priced at $1.99 each!

yup!  less than 2 bucks per letter!

then i went to my local scrapbook store and chose some pretty paper.

here's what the letters looked like before i added the paper to the front:

and here's what they looked like after:

 then i put some 3M sticky strips on the back and stuck them to the wall, like this:

once i had them on the wall, 

i moved my couch over because i had to move the side table over, 

so the table lamp didn't block my new letters.

then i noticed there was a big empty space to the left of the couch.

i remembered this cute little kid's desk i bought at the thrift store a couple of months back.

i first thought that i'd spray paint it and it's sat in my garage ever since.

today, i realized i wanted to keep it the way it is, rusty and weathered.

methinks there's gonna be a whole lot of 'school' playing in the living room.

and i'm just fine with it!