In my post last week about our livingroom, I mentioned framing a quote from a song we both love. Then I received a few emails asking what the lyrics said. The lyrics are "Love has no limit, lets spend it slow forever" the song is The Light by, Common featuring Eryka Badu. If your not familiar with the song check it out here on You Tube and listen to the words.The husband and I have been fans of Common since we were teens and I've always loved the vibe of the song, and whenever I hear it I think of my love.

I created the Lyric quote using publisher and picked a font that look a little vintage 'bauhuas 93' I kept all the writing tight and wanted the word forever to to fall into the page { that's why they word bleeds into the page }

Computer view of the lyrics

The lyrics are a deep blue in the picture it appears more black then blue. I printed the lyrics on nice linen paper I had left over from our wedding invitations. I framed it with a simple white frame and matte I picked up on clearance at Walmart for $7.00. The white matte really sets off the deep blue.

Whenever I glance at the words in the living room, I smile. Have you created your own word art for your home that has special meaning to you?

Last week I shared with everyone one our updated living room and mentioned in comments that I was contemplating add more art to the TV wall. Well truth be told, I have a three ideas to better blend our TV into our living room. Since we have a small house we only have a living room, so its needs to multifunctional. Our living room needs to be able to entertain quests socially, and entertain my family.
So when I was deciding on the layout of our living room, I made the focus of the living room conversational by facing the the chairs and sofa towards each other. I didn't want our TV to be the main focus of in the room. Here are my ideas to make our TV blend into the design of our living room { in the future are our TV will be wall mounted a little above our TV stand }

I planned on taking a better picture of our TV wall last night, but you know the saying April showers. As you can see in the photo, its a blank TV wall.

Idea # 1

Art Wall: Blending the TV into the living room using an art wall

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I like that using art to surround a TV is really pleasing to the eye. In our living room, I would using a variety of frames in various sizes and styles and an eclectic mix of artwork to complement the art we currently have in our living room.

Idea # 2

Bookshelves: Modern Bookshelves to flank the TV

For our living room I would used two clean lined bookshelves on either side of our TV. I like the idea of using bookshelves for a few reasons. We will be able to use storage baskets in the bottom shelves to store movies and magazines. I would also have books, and small framed art and photos on the shelves. Bookcase options would be West Elms Modern Newkirk Media Tower or the much more affordable Ikea Expedit shelving unit. Since we have a dark entertainment unit ( and other dark wood furnitre in the living room } I would use white bookshelves instead, or maybe paint them a color?

West Elm's Modern Newkirk Media Tower: I like the chunkier lines

Ikea's Expedit Shelving Unit: Would work perfect

Ideas # 3

Bookshelf & Art: A mix of bookshelves and art to make the TV blend in.

The last option I've been thinking about for our living room is one bookshelf on one side of the TV and then using a bunch of art to fill in the the reaming wall. Last night I also planned on drawing a sketch I could share my third idea, well that didn't happen. So in the photo below picture a bookshelf where the window is. With this option I might have the best of both worlds? I will have art and more storage solutions I mentioned.