Painted Branches // Dining Room Decor

So, knowing me, I always love to change things up. Pretty much all the time, especially when I'm sitting around the apartment doing absolutely nothing. That's pretty much when I come up with ideas to do things, i.e. move furniture around, change artwork, decorate pillows, make blankets.. whatever comes to mind, I'll do. Cody has come to the point of when he comes home, he just asks what I have changed or what new project have I decided to start doing. In a weird way, I like it. It keeps my creative juices flowing, but being 8 months pregnant, sometimes I find myself in a bad 'I can't lift this' situation. So, I've been having to take a little bit of a chill pill on rearranging furniture. But, that hasn't stopped me from moving things from one place to the next. 

ANYWAYS, I was out walking our dogs the other day and I just decided that I wanted to take a few branches inside and paint them, especially since I have paint and brushes sitting around not being used...so technically it was a free project for me. This branch is the only one that I decided to keep because all of the other ones turned out just not right. This piece works perfect in our dining room and definitely pulls the curtains in together.

What are some fun projects you have come up with while sitting at home?

Talent!

16/365: "Having a talent isn't worth much unless you know what to do with it."

I don't have much talent, or skill for that matter, but what I have learned about my talents, I love doing. I love to take pictures, paint and cook. I really like to paint pictures for my home; a lot of them are sayings and what now. I also want to use photos to decorate the walls. My goal is to capture our life and display it in our home, some how. 

Anyways, before I chase too many rabbits. I'm basically "translating" this to be about homing your talents and obviously figuring out how you are good with it and what you want to do with it. Over the course of this next year, I want to sharpen my photography skill and learn different ways to display our photos in our home. 

Cody does photography as well and I am really looking forward to be able to grow in our photography together.