I have a bad habit of buying art and never hanging it. At the moment, under the guest bed there are no fewer than 6 paintings waiting to be framed and hung. As we all know framing is an expensive endeavor and I somehow can never pull the trigger especially in the light that most of the paintings I have are under $100 from auctions and flea markets.
So the pictures sit in “art purgatory” until I either use them in a client’s home (which has happened twice now) or I gift one to a friend for a special occasion. I was afraid that the paintings I picked up at the last auction were going to suffer the same fate so I grabbed the bull by the horns. I decided that switch out the small gallery of framed fabric remnants in the music room for the large “Modern Family” piece I picked up earlier this month at the auction.
I am quite smitten with the change and think the painting is the perfect piece for the room. The colors are spot on and I love the quirky subjects – it was destined to be …or at least that is how I think of it.
One painting hung and about 15 to go…….
So tell me, what do you keep buying and not using? Jeans? Dishes? Small tropical islands? Shoot me a comment or a tweet and let me know! Okay back to homework……
Courtney Out Loud 
I may have a small problem with serving/baking dishes
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I even bought a hutch, primed it and painted it black and now all my vintage Pyrex pieces have a new home.
So, to me, your paintings are pretty much allowed.
I love your new painting! It looks great in the space.
Beautiful room, Courtney! I love the painted framing around the painting and 2-toned blue paint on the wall! Very nice!!!!!!!!! I pretty much use everything I buy these days. Money is super, super, super tight, so I have to only buy those things I know I’m going to use sometime in the not-too-distant future. Ticks me off!
Perfect spot for that painting!
Lately I’ve been buying craft supplies. Someday I’ll get to use them! I just have to catch up on my paying job first.