@Lizzie......I have posted this before Lizzie I know, but it is one of my prouder decoration moments!
One winter morning we were both sitting in our breakfast den with a cup of coffee staring out at a bleak July morning, heavy with fog and our massive Elm tree in the back yard devoid of any leaves. All of a sudden four Adelaide Rosellas flew in and settled on the branches of the Elm.
Ade said, "Quick, get a photo of them"......so scrambling for a camera, I obliged!
That night we were trying to establish what we were going to do with a wall panel in our lounge which we were renovating at the time. Try to bare in mind when we bought this property there was no ceiling in here...the termites had eaten through all the roof structure...Anyway after a major amount of restoration work we ended up with this recessed area which was 3 metres by 1.75 metres and we wanted to make a statement piece that would suit the property!
Ade said, and bloody hell, I would love to have thought of it, but I didn't...."Why don't we blow that photo you took this morning up and put it in that space.....
So, I did!
And the actual photo is on the wall, on the right!
It is a statement piece but it is not a south sea island beach....it is not a massive bowl of fruit....it is our back yard and it doesn't belong anywhere else on earth other than in this room!
PS: the tele is motorised and goes down behind the sideboard when it is not in use...just in case you are wondering why we would bugger up a perfectly good feature wall.
My other statement piece in that room is my 'wood pile'! I gathered up all the old bits of trees that were lying around on the block, cut them into even pieces, sprayed them to keep the 'termites' at bey, polished the ends of them and spent a massive amount of time arranging this little feature.
I have said to @Huma0 in another post, everything in this house is unexpected, nothing goes, there are no themes but it is really comfortable to be amongst...that feeling that you just never know what you are going to see next. Sitting in this Lounge gives a really nice sense of comfort and belonging.
People are funny though....I have had people say...."When are you going to finish it" to which my reaction is ..."Oh one day when there is nothing left in my life to do"!!!
Lizzie, thanks for starting this thread...It is hard having to compete with Huma, she does it so much better than me...and I feel like something of a draught horse following along in her wake!
Cheers.....Rob