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Hanging A Gallery Frame Wall In The Nursery

Some nursery tweak-age has occurred. And because we’re currently working away on the kitchen (stay tuned for those deets tomorrow morning if all goes well), we figured that we owed you the whole gallery-frame-change rundown (along with some well overdue what’s-in-that-frame answers). We’ve always loved the idea of expanding Clara’s art wall as she grows with more and more frames, so here’s how it looked before:

New Nursery6

And here’s what we have going on now that we’ve added a few more frames to the mix (and shifted the placement of a few of the existing ones):

Clara Frames Full Shotf

And for those who have been wondering, here’s a quick rundown of the things that we’ve framed (you can find some other details here):

  • John’s baby picture and my baby picture (for fun little comparisons)
  • a hilarious doodle of Burger that a friend did on my Facebook wall using Graffiti (I just printed it out & framed it)
  • this print of a girl and her dog from Etsy (it reminds us of C & B)
  • a personalized canvas that says Clara Kenley from here
  • a photo of Burger that I photoshopped to create a bright stylized picture of him in a field of flowers
  • two faux butterflies in a small shadowbox that I backed with patterned paper
  • a homemade silhouette of Clara that we cut out and placed on striped paper (more on that here)
  • a giraffe print from here (Clara loves giraffes and pooches most of all)
  • a cute Skinny Cow magazine ad with a giraffe that I tossed into a frame (framing ads from mags that you’ve purchased for your own personal enjoyment is totally fine – you just can’t profit off of those images or anything)
  • a big letter P that we decoupaged with colorful paper for a more playful effect (more on that here)
  • a print of peas in a pod purchased here made entirely of type (it’s the letter P, repeated over and over – which we love since we’re the Petersiks)
  • a silhouette of Burger that John ordered me years ago (which we backed with fun patterned paper to nursery-fy it)
  • Clara’s hospital bracelet (I just glued it to some pink construction paper and popped it into a chunky glass-less frame)
  • a cute Sweet N Low magazine ad with an owl in it (once again, when you purchase a mag you can frame any pages you want, you just can’t use them for any reason other than personal enjoyment – ex: ya can’t sell them on Etsy)

And seven of the “art” pieces were actually completely free (our baby pics, the Burger doodle, the Burger in a field print, the Laughing Cow ad, the Sweet N Low ad, and Clara’s hospital bracelet) because we framed something that we already had or made/printed something of ours out on card stock. Gotta love no cost wall-candy, especially when it keeps Clara happy (read: not crazy-wiggly) during diaper changes.

Clara Wall From Side

Clara Above Dresser2

Clara Changing Table

Clara Vertical Frames

The funny thing is that many of these frames hung in Clara’s first nursery (albeit in a slightly different arrangement with a few differences in what we framed):

Nursery Art Wall

One of my favorite things on the wall are our baby pictures. Clara loves looking at them and saying “Daddy baby!” and “Mommy baby!” and we love searching for characteristics in each photo that seem Clara-like. Here’s John’s a little closer:

Clara Baby John2

And here’s mine:

Clara Baby Sherry

First of all: we love that we both had our mouths wide open. But more importantly: who do you think she looks more like? Let’s have a good old fashioned vote.

Cutie Clara

Any Team Sherry peeps out there? Everyone in the family says she looks like John (even on my side) but John’s baby self was so sweetly chubby, so I personally think there’s a little bit of a mommy resemblance going on. Then again, I’m biased.

Psst- One of the five finalists for the Ikea Life Improvement Project is a reader of ours named Melissa Matthews! She found out about it back when we mentioned it during an Ikea giveaway, and entered… never thinking she’d end up in the finals (we were so excited to get an elated email from her all about it)! You can read more about her awesome cause and log a vote for her or any of the other finalists that you’re rooting for here (the other nominees are in the left column). Bonus: every time someone votes, Ikea donates $1 to Save The Children’s U.S. Programs.

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  2. laura says

    Team Sherry here but there are resemblances to both. I was just looking at my miniBoden catalog and found some cute square art to frame!

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  3. Abby Larson says

    Coming from a mommy who gets the “oh, they look JUST like their dad!” all the freaking time, I am putting my vote into the Sherry Bag. Baby to baby pic…it’s a no brainer! Sorry, John!

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  5. Amanda Nowak says

    I just want you to know that I found you through Better Homes and Gardens and now I stumble upon you EVERYWHERE {in a good way}. I’m constantly about to pin things, and then I’ll realize that it’s you guys. You have beautiful style. :)

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  7. Jackie says

    I vote for Sherry! I used to think our first son looked like me although everyone said he looked like my husband. Then we had our second and he looks nothing like the first and ooooh boy does he look like me! :)

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  8. Sarah says

    Clara totally looks more like Sherry’s baby pic! The eyes, cheeks, and mouth. She does have John’s lighter coloring; she didn’t get lucky like her mom and have olive skin… this is coming from a frequently-burned pale freckled girl ;-)

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  12. Stephanie says

    I think Clara resembles a mix of baby Sherry and adult John. And who would have suspected John was such a chubster? :)

    Love the mix of “found” and purchased art. It gives the grouping a personal touch and keeps the collection from seeming too matchy-matchy.

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      Isn’t that funny! John’s mom even showed us a letter that she wrote to her mother (John’s grandma) where she described him as very “sturdy” – hilarious!

      xo,
      s

  14. erin says

    definitely on team sherry!! she looks just like you sherry!! i can see a little bit of john, but mostly sherry. my daughter was strictly daddy’s mini-me until about 6 months ago when she started looking more like me, and she’s 26 months! we have a little boy on the way, so it’ll be interesting to see if we again have a daddy mini-me from 3or maybe we’ll finally have a mommy mini-me!

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  16. GreenInOC says

    (adult) John, all the way!

    Your baby pictures though? John looks like “generic” baby – I can’t see adult him in his baby picture at all but Sherry, your picture is just a miniature version of your adult self!!

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  17. hyzen says

    I’ve always thought she looks more like Sherry, especially the eyes (and the mouth and chin a bit, too, although those are more mixed), and the baby pic confirms it. Actually, I think Clara looks very different from John’s baby pic, and a lot more like grown-up John–maybe because of John’s baby fat! (no offense–I love cubby baby cheeks, and both of my kids have/had them)

    In the end I think it’s very subjective, but I don’t quite know why, since everyone is very convinced that they are right. My in-laws insist that my kids look *nothing* like my husband, while other acquaintances are evenly split on whether they’re an *exact* clone of him, more like me (but with DH’s darker coloring), or a bit of both. I say a bit of both. :)

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  19. Nikki says

    I definitely think we have a mommy look-a-like here! Love all the cute art…and for so cheap! I’ll have to remember this when “nursery” time comes around for me! :)

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  21. Trissa says

    It’s funny that this is a blog post subject because in the past I’ve showed people pictures of your beautiful family and we all agreed that Clara is a perfect combination of both of you. Lucky little girl to have great looking parents.

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  24. Lisa says

    I think Clara looks like you in the mouth and John in the eyes. I love that you put C’s hospital bracelet in a frame. I have mine that is in my son’s baby book, but it would be cool to frame it. Thanks for the idea.

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  26. Jenny says

    I’ve always thought and mentioned it here that Clara resembles Sherry waaaay more than John :) And your baby pics just proved it!

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  27. shannon says

    i think when she was younger she looked like john. but she is growing up to be a little mini-me of sherry for sure.

    either way…she’s so dang cute :)

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  33. Gracie says

    I always thought Clara looked more like John until I saw your baby pictures. Now I have to say she looks a lot like Sherry. I think she has Sherry’s eyes (shape) and mouth. Of course, the color of her eyes are all John!

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  36. Amy says

    Sherry definitely wins in the baby picture category. Those eyes and her mouth are totally Sherry! However, Clara really reminds me of John as an adult (or current John…haha)is that weird? When I see her pictures I think, John must have looked like that as a baby…wrong! I think she got the best aspects of each of you and that is what makes her so darn cute!

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  37. Meg says

    TOTALLY a Sherry resemblance! But there are times that I see her with you both (as adults, obviously) when I can definitely see it on both sides. :-) GREAT art, BTW!

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  40. Hannah says

    I think she has dad’s coloring and eye shape, but the rest is miniature mommy! Definitely her face shape and mouth are all Sherry.

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  41. WendyMI says

    I think that most of Clara’s pictures look like John, but when she gets animated she definitely favors Sherry. :)

    Such a cute blend.

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  43. Shannon says

    I can definitely see Sherry in some of the pics of Clara that I have seen, BUT I mostly think she looks just like her Grandpa (John’s Dad):)

    Everyone says my daughter looks like her Dad, but she has my lips, nose, cheeks and only has his eyes!

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  45. Lisa says

    One vote for Sherry.
    Also, maybe someone already asked this, but where are your frames from? Are they all from the same place? I have a collection of random stuff I want to frame and hang in my son’s room (some pages from old art books, notes, postcards) and want the frames to tie them all together. Yours are perfect!

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  47. Lisa says

    Another vote for Sherry!

    The print with the giraffe and the dog (I guess it’s the Laughing Cow ad?) – I can’t see it well enough. Are they “talking” to each other? what are they saying? It looks so cute, I just wish I could see it better!

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  50. Sara says

    I always thought that Clara looked just like John but after looking at your baby picture, HOLY CRAP..she’s your clone! Love Clara’s room and art!
    Xoxo,
    Sara

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