We moved into our home in April of 2015 just over 9 months ago and I can no longer handle the barren empty walls in it. With 90% of our belongings still in storage back in Omaha, NE, I have been making due with minimal home decor and trinkets. Well, after visiting a friends home last month, I realized how empty my home was. It is missing that warm homey feel only drapes, wall decor and trinkets on shelves can bring.
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Since it was Christmas time when this overwhelming sense of empty walls hit, I immediately started using paper and my printer to add little touches of homeyness to the walls. I grabbed a few sheets of Christmas themed scrapbook paper and made a chain 12 feet long and hung it on the wall over our TV and then with a few dollar store frames, I printed a few Christmas prints on my HP Printer.
Then using HP’s Snapshots App and the new HP Social Snaps sticker backed paper, I printed a dozen of my favorite photographs of my kids.
Once I had everything printed, I hung it all up on another one of my white walls. I love how it turned out. I keep calling it my Family Wall of Fame. The two little ones love going over to it and pointing out each of their siblings. Being how the elder 4 children are grown and out of the house, it is one way I can keep them a part of our daily life with the younger ones.
Now that Christmas is over, and I have to take down the paper chain, change out the prints in the frames and figure out how else I can decorate my home to make it feel cozier without breaking the bank and repurchasing all the items I have in storage. I think between framed printables, HP Sticker Paper, Kirklands and Pier 1 Imports, I will hopefully be able to turn my house into home….
Then using HP’s Snapshots App and the new HP Social Snaps sticker backed paper, I printed a dozen of my favorite photographs of my kids.
Once I had everything printed, I hung it all up on another one of my white walls. I love how it turned out. I keep calling it my Family Wall of Fame. The two little ones love going over to it and pointing out each of their siblings. Being how the elder 4 children are grown and out of the house, it is one way I can keep them a part of our daily life with the younger ones.
Now that Christmas is over, and I have to take down the paper chain, change out the prints in the frames and figure out how else I can decorate my home to make it feel cozier without breaking the bank and repurchasing all the items I have in storage. I think between framed printables, HP Sticker Paper, Kirklands and Pier 1 Imports, I will hopefully be able to turn my house into home….