A Little Art Display 🎨

Happy Wednesday, friends!! I took some pictures a few mornings ago of a "new to us" art display in our home that just brings a lot of joy in the simplest way...

I have struggled the past several weeks/months with a few areas of our home and one is the influx of art that is made, created, drawn, painted, colored, brought home, crafted on daily basis around here. I LOVE it, but also, I can easily get overwhelmed with where to put everything. We have had a "bin" where finished things go and we go through them when its "full," we have made them binders with page protectors and we slip a lot of things into those, we hang a few things over their play kitchen, Jane has things hung in her room, but I have still spent a great deal too long looking on Pinterest and Etsy for ways to help in "displaying art" because well, living with a creative, we have a LOT of it hahaha 

We live in a perfect for us size home, but it doesn't have a ton of "extra" space or walls or giant place to display framed artwork, and while I have a few ideas to make this happen in the future, one day I was staring at a stack of papers on our kitchen counter and "The Nesters'" voice just kept coming back to me, "Use what you have, do what you know, finish what you started. It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful." 

So, I grabbed some twine that we keep in a kitchen drawer, my very favorite Mavalus tape that will hang ANYTHING up without affecting walls, some mini clothes pins that I love to grab from Hobby Lobby, and a banner that I had grabbed at Target at the start of school, and I quickly made two little lines across our back doors where the kids do most of their art projects. 

We had fun hanging up a few favorites from the past few weeks, and it just made me smile. Does it solve the entire problem of not knowing what to do with "all" of the art? No. Is it a forever solution for our home in this area? Probably not... But was it a simple task that involved zero money spent and made a big impact? Definitely. Sometimes, I can just focus too much on something, do way too much research, try to budget way too much money, and then come back to learning once again to live in that contentment of where we are, what we have, and what I can do with what we have already been given. 

So, this little art display was born out of that, and we love it. The kids were just beaming when they saw their art hung up... 

We've traded out drawings, Andy has hung some things up...

Daddy has gotten in on helping color a little... 

And it feels like a perfect little addition to our home right now. ❤️

I hope this is an encouragement in some way, whether a little house project that just brings a little fun, or living in that contentment in a season and a culture that is very big on spending more, doing more, and having more. I'm right there learning all of the same lessons, but they're great ones to soak in even when they come in little moments. Thanks for following along and thanks for always sharing ideas and what has worked in your homes too. A favorite part of this blog is walking in community with so many of you all!! 

I'll plan to see you back here tomorrow!!
Sending lots of love! And as always, here's to enjoying the little things, celebrating the big things, and soaking in all the moments in-between!!
Xo
Tab