Rock and Roll

My family has a collection of old albums.  Some are mine. I know, I know.  I was gonna marry Andy Gibb, but so were some of my friends!  One even named her horse Shadow Dancer.

Some are Granddad's (my dad). I listened to a lot of Michael Martin Murphey when I was a kid.  He is pretty awesome!

Some are Uncle Jim's (my brother).

Some are Juan's.

This one is likely Meme's (my mom).

I think this one belonged to Granddad's dad.

Because I have some music loving boys, I wanted to do something for them with this multi-generational collection.  We mounted a new flat screen television (thanks Uncle Jim) on the third floor which is a space devoted to all things male.  I decided upon an art wall around the television  with framed albums.

The guys chose the albums they wanted to frame.  The one that looks blank is AC/DC Back In Black.

I cut out templates out of old wrapping paper to try different layouts and taped them to the wall.  This is the one I settled on after some consultation with my friend Robin.  (What can I say, I like to watch HGTV while I work.)

I started with the center frame on the bottom and moved out and up from there when hanging the albums.  

I bought this new level with a ruler on the side to help with the project.  I marked the distance from the center of one frame to the next with tape on the level.  Since the frames were square, this worked both horizontally and vertically.

I ended up with this.

I would love to add this diy console from lizmarieblog.com .  Maybe I can get Cookie (sixteen year old baby) to help me build it.  She has it styled so beautifully too.

How awesome is this?  I can't wait until Liz Marie posts the tutorial!  We too have a very long wall and need something long and budget friendly to fill it.

I'm SO not a carpenter.  I'll have to muster up some bravery for this project!

K~

New Life For An Old Luggage Rack

My hubby, A.K.A. "Juan", travels a lot.  When he packs, he uses this old luggage rack we bought at the Container Store many years ago.

Notice the nice "chew" marks this girl added to it when she was in the teething stage?

(Orphan Annie or Annie Girl)

 He leaves it sitting in our bathroom to await his return while he's gone.  Here's the problem...  I stay home and have to look at it in our bathroom.  I'm working on the master bedroom and bathroom.  This luggage rack just didn't do it for me.  Then, one day while at Frisco Mercantile, inspiration struck!  I saw some old books covered in upholstery webbing.  And, I stopped by the booth that sells Annie Sloan chalk paint as usual.  I went home, saw the luggage rack and knew something had to change.

  I got the ball rolling by ordering this upholstery webbing off Amazon.  

While I waited for the webbing to arrive, I pulled the old nylon straps off the luggage rack, gave it a coat of Annie Sloan Graphite and a second coat of French Linen.  I sanded lightly and applied a coat of clear wax and a coat of dark wax.

I used my trusty staple gun to attach the webbing to the luggage rack.  Here is the result...

Fancy photo editing complements of Instagram.  I'm soonerborn on Instagram if you want to follow me there.   While I'm not happy when Juan goes out of town, I do have his pretty luggage rack to look at while he's gone.  And, as long as it is functional, he doesn't mind!

Thanks for stopping by!

K~