Avery's gallery wall is pretty much completed and I'm thrilled with how it looks in his room! Thrilled is understatement more like happy dance! His gallery wall has been about 3/4 of the way done for months! In our home feature in HGTV Magazine is gallery wall 'looked finished', one of those 'tricks of the trade' while in reality there was no artwork past the Monsters print. Mostly a few blank areas, I needed to fill in.

His room, is one of the happiest rooms in our home. I love that his gallery wall reflects his big personality and includes a meaningful artwork that he loves. Instead of filing his wall with lots of smaller scale pieces, I choose bigger print sizes, mixed in with one or two smaller prints. One of my favorite pieces of art on his wall is the Giving Tree print, which is Avery's favorite bedtime book. The print is 18x24 which anchors the wall as of the the focal points.

Below, I've listed all the sources on Avery's Gallery wall.

1. I Think I Can: Etsy Shop Miss Jill McDonald 2. Coffee Filter Watercolor Leaf: Artist Avery 3. You Are the Apple of My Eye: Etsy Shop Where is Alex 4. Monster Mash: Minted Artist Sharon Rowan 5. I Love You to the Moon and Back: Etsy Shop The Penny Paper Co 6. The Giving Tree: Etsy Shop All Geeky Prints 7. Butterfly in Orange & Blue: Artist Avery 8. Little Love Bug (with Avery's name on Banner): Minted Artist Jesse Steury 9. Sticks and Stones: Minted Artist Lindsey Johnson 10. Oscar Wile Quote: Etsy Shop AlbeeStudio

Currently there are two empty spots on his gallery wall which, I'll either fill up with artwork or leave the gaps. For now I like the gaps and how the artwork flows on his wall from one side to the other, that's why I considered his gallery mostly done. I have a few other recent updates to Avery's room, that I'll be sharing on the blog soon!

Another one my favorite prints is the Oscar Wilde quote from Etsy Shop Albee Studio. The quote says, 'Be yourself everyone else is already taken.' That's exactly who I want Avery to be, himself :)

I also love the many other prints from Etsy Shop Albee Studio. Tomorrow, I'll be hosting a Giveaway on my blog to win a few prints of your choice from Albee's shop! Make sure you stop by in the morning for a chance to win! In the meantime, visit Albee's shop on Etsy.

What do you think of Avery's Gallery wall? Should I fill up those two gaps in his wall with artwork or leave them be?

One of my favorite ways to add color into a room is by using colorful lamps! A few years ago before we re-built our home [read more about that here] I choose bright yellow lamps for our living room, I just loved them! I just purchased a pair of drop dead gorgeous lamps in a pretty color, for my living room! I can't wait for them to arrive and to share! Here's some easy ways to add color in your home by using fantastic lamps!

This entryway is so pretty, but those orange lamps make the space a knock out and add the fun back to this otherwise neutral entry.

(image via BHG)

For me the lamps is the star in this pretty vignette below, the pretty subtle shade of aqua with the Lucite base is compliments the drapes and aqua crystals in the vase.

(image via Pinterest)

In this pretty living room below, what catches your eye? For me its the extra large gold lamp that's the show stopper, the gold lamp mixes so well with in this living room adding anther layer of color. Yup, for me gold totally is a color that inject that glam factor in rooms [even though I'm not always a 'gold girl' I'm totally love seeing it in big and small does in rooms]

(image via BHG)

Often times, I'll see a pretty lamp and I fall in love but also get sticker stock! Consider shopping consignment stores, thrift stores and vintage re-sell stores for a fabulous lamp that just needs some spray paint or maybe just a new lampshade. In the inspiration picture below the lamps has a vintage vibe, which means it very well could have had a date with glossy spray paint.

(image via Pinterest)

As I mentioned above, check local stores in your area for lamps. In my own home, I picked up a pair of classic shaped lamps for our bedroom from our local Salvation Army. I paid only $8.00 per lamp and later found out they were from Ralph Lauren, all the lamps needs with a good dusting and lint roller on the shades.

Those yellow lamps adds so much color and really help my this otherwise neutral living room so much more interesting. I also love the scale of the lamps, not too small just the right size. I hate when lamps are just too small in a space, I love big lamps and I can not lie!

(image via Pinterst)

Here's a few places online that offer a great selection of colorful lamps: Target, Overstock, Wayfair and LampsPlus. Just remember, next time your shopping for lamps thing color and scale! I hope to be back on track blogging wise and sharing several projects I've been working on the past few months!

Friends, when it comes to lamps do you play it safe? Or are colorful lamps a must in your spaces?