frame it

although i have a sick obsession with pictures, i'm not one to purchase frames, because i can never get my frames + pictures to look as good as these examples. but, once we move, i have my heart set on a few walls i'd like to get my hands on and conquer making a cool collage once and for all! reading through a few design blogs, i got some good techniques on how to approach achieving a photo collage- my favorite piece of advice: throw in some rando objects that juxtapose the collage. i honestly love anything that breaks up symmetry and monotany in most design!

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on another note: i spent the entire independence day weekend being lazy and sanding/painting furniture. pictures coming later. my hopes of checking furnitures pieces off as "complete" was an epic failure. i sanded and prepped our coffee table to paint it a nice lovely benjamin moore "decorator white". it was all going smoothly until i began applying the paint. within 5 minutes of coating the table, this brownish hue started appearing in splotches around the table. i gave up after 2 coats, in hopes of letting it cure a couple days, and then will reapply a couple more coats later. so frusterating. i'm not sure if it's something in the wood that the paint is pulling out or what? but i need to figure it out, or else my coffee table is dunzo.

hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! and let me know if you have any ideas as to what is going on with my coffee table!?