Apartment Friendly Art Installation

Ok – so those of you who have been reading over the past couple of weeks may remember when I did my post on Picture Molding. I love this idea and being that we are stuck in an apartment due to “the situation” I would love a place that had this installed so that I could hang art and decorate without the pain of having to patch up holes.

(picture via Southern Living)

Well. I have still been obsessed with this idea and the way it looks. And I decided if I didn’t have molding I might still be able to pull this off – without putting a hole in the wall. Intrigued? Read on dear friend!

To start, I took my easy romantic word art from the other day all framed up and gorgeous.

Next, I took some ribbon and tied it onto the back of the hooks on the frame. (And why yes that is my new fantastic bedding making its blog debut in the background.)

Tying three ribbons onto three separate frames can be tricky. My super scientific method of checking the length? Tie it and then hold up to see if it is even.

Now – how am I going to hang these on the wall? With the trusty 3M Command Metal Hooks! (I didn’t get anything to say that – I just generally find them trusty!) I bought both the oil rubbed bronze and the brushed nickel but decided to use the oil rubbed bronze with the dark frames. Don’t worry – I have something planned for the others!

I actually kept the hubby out of the bedroom the whole time I was doing this since the “songs” were his sappy Valentine’s Day present. For those of you who read the other post when he finally saw them he said “Awwwh, you did something sweet!” Yep – I am that girl whose hubby is sweeter than she is! And for the record, he got me the sweetest card that totally sums up where our relationship is currently. He is so good at that!

So here is how it turned out. (Please excuse my lack of much of any real furniture – all the good stuff is still in VA!) I seriously want to make a new "door" headboard - but that will have to wait. 

Obviously, I didn’t anticipate changing out the bedding when I bought the mats for these. They are currently dark grey. Do you think I should change them out to taupe? Would love your thoughts!

Also, I have to say that after I finished hanging everything and read the rest of the instructions on the hooks that it does explicitly say – “Do not hang these over a bed.” Hmmm – I guess I will have to recommend that if you would like to do something similar, that you please do not attempt to do this over your bed. (And I will let you know if we get hit in the head)

I am linking this up to the following 

Met Mondays with Susan @ Between Naps on the Porch 

Make it For Mondays with Cindy @ Cottage Instincts 

DIY Day with Kimba @ A Soft Place to Land

Get your Craft On with Kim @ Today’s Creative Blog

Trash to Treasure with Kimm @ Reinvented
Its So Very Renovated with Cheri @ Its So Very Cheri 

Penny Pinching Party with Jen @ The Thrifty Home

Make it Yours Day with Carolyn @ My Backyard Eden

Also linking this up to the CSI Wall Decor Challenge!