bedroom sparkle

recently I posted a project idea on the drawing board for making a change to our bedroom look, that for me, had grown generic.  In this personal space, I wanted to feature something unique to us by highlighting objects we most love.  I replaced the curtain panels previously behind the headboard with a wall hanging made from strands of beads, seashells and chandelier prisms, wrapped around a driftwood branch.

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for us, this wall hanging is a celebration of both found and reclaimed treasures.

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The seashells and driftwood are collected pieces and the chandelier prisms are from a lighting fixture that was in my childhood home.  Additional buttons, beads and fragments of jewelry make it even more personal..

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This is what the room looked like a week ago.  The drapery panel was completely OK, but it seemed slightly at odds with our personal preferences in this evolving space.

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This was a fairly simple project, but time consuming because of the scale.  To make this piece I used standard jewelry/bead wire from the craft store and tied the top of each vertical strand to the branch.  The swag is a continuous strand of bead wire, tied to the branch at both ends and wrapped around the middle.

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Driftwood can be brittle, so drilling through the wood compromises its stability further.  To attach this piece to the wall, I tied a sturdy piece of twine around the middle and made a double loop at the end to serve as a hook.   Then hooked the twine loop over a screw secured in a drywall anchor.

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It’s truly the focal point of this room.  However, lately, we were fortunate enough to receive an antique trunk as a gift from one of Cristybella’s dearest friends and it is a beautiful addition that complements our dialed back style perfectly.

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My next task in this room will be to refinish or disguise  the damaged tabletop of my cheap old desk.  Still working out a strategy for that!

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Thank you for reading, I so appreciate your company and I truly appreciate the imaginative creativity you share ~ it all inspires me!

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