Trading places

This project began during the summer, when I was purging every nook and cranny

of my house. I found my old suitcase, which I had hauled on countless business trips

in my former life. I hated traveling, but I loved my suitcase, though it was 

absurdly heavy even when empty. (My traveling days preceded the invention 

of luggage with wheels.) Anyway, this suitcase was too nice to toss,

so I gave it an update and turned it into an ottoman.

My beloved suitcase finally has wheels.

Making room for the ottoman lead to a rearrangement of the furniture, 

which lead to moving the tv, which lead to a ridiculous number

of other projects involving spackle and paint.

 Now my chair and ottoman and tv were all in the right place,

but I had a mostly naked wall to deal with.

What if I moved my print collection?

 That sort of worked...but I wasn't crazy about the black and white canvas in the middle.

I wanted more color. So I decided to make something that would fit the space.

I started with these images...

 and turned them into these...

 which I then had printed on metal.

Whew. Finally. Naked wall problem solved.

 

Just around the corner is one I'm calling "Pin the Tail on George,"

because every parlor needs a parlor game.