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Hammer Time

Guess what we’ve secretly been working on:

Hallway Frame Wall

Hint: Read this.

Hallway Frame Wall2

More details soon. Until then, feel free to sing this. We can’t stop (and Burger probably wants to kill us).

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  1. Samantha says

    Woah! I was totally caught off guard and had no idea what was going on…and then I remembered you were planning on a big photo frame collage :) Excited!

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  4. Jennifer says

    aha! a surprise late night post to feed my yhl addiction – woo hoo! It must be past my bedtime because I was pretty confused by your bizarre “artwork” until I realized that they were only flyers being used as placeholders while you figured out your frame arrangement. Yes, I can be a little slow sometimes…. Can’t wait to see the end result.

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  10. Sandy says

    WOW!!! You guys are just all over the place. We went from rugs to finials to wall art. Yes … I said wall “Art”. Go for it. Can’t wait to see the outcome.

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  15. lisa says

    hahaha. when i saw the picture, i thought, wouldn’t it be funny, if they framed each of those store advertisement pictures and hung them up just like that? would be a real conversation piece, while allowing others to check out the sales going on at the stores. haha

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  17. Laura says

    Can’t wait to see exactly what you guys have up your sleeves. I am wanting to do a gallery wall in my hallway of art and family photos. Did you buy the frames and then figure out the grid, or vice versa? By the way, your art above Karl really looks fab on the Moonshine wall. Big score with that project!

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      We have a million and one frames from our old house, so we cut templates from the newspaper to hang on the wall based on all the mixed and matched frames that we already own!

      xo,
      s

  18. Jessica says

    Awesome! Love all of your ideas and can’t wait to have a house of my own one day soon to try some of them out ;) Can’t wait to see it!!

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  20. NYer says

    loving the 10 o’clock post and the anticipation! Thanks!

    is “can’t touch this” what you’ll be saying to Clara?

    sweet dreams!

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      Haha, probably! We plan to secure the ones that she can reach to the wall, so maybe we’ll say “you can touch this, just be gentle” – haha.

      xo,
      s

    • Donita says

      I follow another blogger, that tells her kids they can touch with one finger. They learn very quickly, and at a young age. We tell our Grandbabies, thats not a toy, and show them the toys. They learned very quickly, and would shake their head and say “that not a toy, is it grammy?” LOL Kids are so smart.

    • Amy N says

      I used the “one finger” technique because a friend suggested it as a way to keep my son from playing with the Christmas ornaments on the tree. It has worked really well! Now that he’s almost three, he even asks “I can touch this with one finger, mommy?” :)

    • Lisa G says

      Love the way you are laying out the frames- can’t wait to see the finished look! We need to do this in our foyer also. Well, after I finally pick a paint color and paint it that is. I use the one finger touch with my son also- it works!

    • Meredith says

      The wall will be GORGEOUS!!!

      Don’t stress baby proofing. If kids grow up around important/precious/”dangerous” (mom’s sewing scissors, for instance) they get bored of adult stuff and don’t care. My friends who’s kids live in a baby-gated cage don’t know how to deal with real life at my house. I have had kids come over who run like tornadoes grabbing everything and anything and dumping/upending/flushing/emptying/drawing on everything they can get their hands on. Because they live in baby-gated soft rooms at home. And yes, I have little kids. I have a 2, 7 and 9 year old. I have another friend who keeps a candy dish out for guests. Friends come over and are amazed her own kids don’t go nutso eating it all. She said they did a couple times and now they couldn’t care less.

    • Sierra says

      Four kids later I have never tried the “one finger” thing and I’m ALL OVER it! lol I use the “look with your eyes” and if they can’t control themselves they have to keep their hands in their pockets.

      LOVE the templates newpapers! I can’t wait to see it all come together. :)

  21. Karen says

    Oh Lord! I’m very much into symmetry and balance, so that would drive me crazy. LOL It’s certainly going to be fun, tho. Can’t wait to see the finished product.

    My only thought is that maybe you should keep the outside frames in line with one another… to sort of frame the whole arrangement and make it less busy looking. But then again… that could be my OCD’ness coming out. LOL

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  25. Jen @ The Decor Scene says

    When I first open this and saw the pics, I thought “what the heck did they hang up”? LOL. But then it made sense once I realized what wall I was looking at. Love it so far. Can’t wait to see actual frames. ;)

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      Haha to sneaky squirrel. I love it! Clara saw the wall all crazy and colorful after waking up from a nap and was like “oooh, I want to rip that all down- let me get close enough!” – haha. She has a thing for paper- namely newspaper.

      xo,
      s

    • Shayna says

      When both my girls were Clara’s age they loved to rip pages out of old magazines. It would keep them busy, and in on place for a good half hour!

  35. Jen says

    OK, I must have been channeling you guys today! The hubs and I were doing home improvement projects (our house is going on the market) and I was blasting this song while we worked. (OK, that’s not strictly true– I had to take a dance break for this song).

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  36. Sandy says

    Wait! Does this late night post mean that we are not gonna get a post tomorrow morning???? I hope that I’m wrong. My coworker and I take turns checking to see if your post is out so we can then take our coffee break. Oh it’s so gonna throw us off if you don’t post. :(

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  37. Jennifer says

    2, 4, 6, 8 — you learned that planning’s really great! I *hate* the tedious task of making picture templates, but am always burned when I don’t. Good to see the Ribba experience paid off … and looking forward to the results!

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  38. Kristi says

    Ooh, can’t wait! I’ve been wanting to try it in our bedroom, but don’t know how to start. Y’all are the best! :)

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  39. Claire says

    My kids would destroy the lower pictures faster than we could get them up, haha. I’m sure that Clara is much better behaved than my three boys! Can’t wait to see the end result

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  40. Alisa says

    Loves it! Now that I see the placement of the gallery wall, I can understand why you opted to not put a ceramic dog petting chair in there ;)

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  43. Brooke says

    At first I was like wow that’s colorful! Then I was like Clara is too young to be making fun artwork…then remembered your gallery wall. It’s going to look awesome!

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  47. Emily says

    Lol, finally my last- minute, late-night FB check paid off! :-p

    Unrelated to frames, I keep seeing mini white ceramic animals in stores for Spring/Eater and thinking of you. Lol! :)

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  49. Beth says

    Um, perhaps you might find something lovely in our Etsy shop for those frames? We have lots of $15 letterpress prints…and some really awesome big prints. I’m partial to our “Things That Are…” series.

    http://www.1canoe2.etsy.com

    Love love love this blog…and it’s the first time I’ve commented!

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  50. Beth H. says

    Is it weird that I really like the way the ad’s look? I think its just the colors but I loved the “pictures” at first :] looks like a great set up. I want to do same thing at our house, just working on collecting enough art!

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