Learning To Live

These masks I bought in Venice. I fell in love with all the Carnival masks and knew I had to have a big one to hang over my fireplace for the redesign of my place. This was the entire inspiration for my room - it gave me a color palate - red being my accent color. The large frame came from my parents basement, the small frames from St. Vinnie's. I colored the cloth on the large frame red to match better, and hung them. My original plan was to hang other photos from our trip around the masks, but that was before they were framed. Now I think that would be too busy. And just as I was typing this I got the inspiration to frame photos and hang them between the red dvd holders that are behind the TV... (Remember to click on the photo if you want to see it larger)

Well, now I'm home. We got in late (LATE LATE LATE) on Thursday night... and then spent one night here at my house. Then Friday morning we went to my parents' house to unpack and give Mom gifts and show Mom photos. I had a nice rest, and am maybe adjusting to US time again. I still feel like I'm on Munich time, and that's why I wake up EVERY MORNING at 5am and can't get back to sleep. It's annoying as hell. Today my parents brought me home and we began my summer project: OPERATION RE-DECORATE THE HOUSE. We started by putting a twin bed that had stashed in the guest room into the den (really hard to explain how that worked unless you have seen it). This meant taking everything out of the den (minus desk and piano) and moving it into my bedroom or the dining room for me to sort through this summer. I also plan on buying some things I can display things on in the living room. I also have many art projects planned. It's going to be a lot of work, but sinc...