Saturday, February 16, 2013

Vote on how to decorate our stairs

I would love to hear input. I have big plans for our stairs that involve Modge Podge and awesome pictures put onto the kickplate of each stair. Trouble is, I am having a hard time deciding on a theme of awesomeness. What would you do? We are a fun, laid back kind of family. We take nothing seriously. With that in mind, here are some of the ideas:

  1. awesome mullets
  2. great facial hair of our time
  3. comics- Archie and Jughead
  4. cocktails
  5. pictures of ridiculous foods
  6. crazy birth art
  7. pictures the kids make
  8. sexy men who look like dirty hippies (yeah, that is a selfish one)
  9. retro advertisements
  10. pin-up girls
  11. clowns (haha! Just kidding)
  12. other?
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  1. BekkiFebruary 16, 2013 at 7:39 AM

    Ooh, I like the idea of retro advertisements. Bonus points if they come from a similar era as your house was built.
    We are planning/hoping to do something I saw on Pinterest, of painting the kickplates to look like stacked books. Each one being the spine of a favorite book.

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    1. Trying HardFebruary 16, 2013 at 7:48 AM

      Are there many 1890 advertisements? :)

      When you complete your stairs, I want to see a picture! Have you thought about what books you will do?

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  2. BubblesFebruary 16, 2013 at 8:23 AM

    Oh, you could print off old Sears Roebuck catalogs from the 1890s. Google it and plenty of sources come up. Actually, the Google image search for "advertising 1890s" is pretty sweet looking, too. I may steal this one if we end up with an older house.

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  3. Sonya and DesireeFebruary 16, 2013 at 9:36 AM

    I think kids' art would be awesome---a little history project right there, and then when your nest is empty, if you're still in that house, you can gaze at those clean clean stairs and remember the olden days.

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  4. BekkiFebruary 16, 2013 at 10:10 AM

    We made a list the same night I got the idea... sort of in order of importance, but also with more kid-focused books at the top, since the stairs go to the play room.
    Made a very good list.
    Now... I wonder where the hell we put it?

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  5. BekkiFebruary 16, 2013 at 10:38 AM

    Ah-HA! Dh actually remembered what month we saw that stairs idea, so I found my book list on FB. Oy! We went with iconic books and stuff that really was important to us. From the top of the stairs down:
    Where The Wild Things Are
    Peter Pan
    Horton Hears a Who
    The Secret Garden
    The Princess Bride
    Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone
    Good Omens
    World War Z
    The Great Shark Hunt
    Pride & Prejudice
    The Hobbit
    Cosmos
    The Cathedral and The Bazaar
    The Good Soldiers

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