DIY- Around the House and Classroom

In an effort to decorate my new house and new classroom, I have been scouring Pinterest and the inter-webs for ideas. The two places in my house I wanted to hang things and decorate were the open wall in our living room (chocolate brown and blues for the living room color scheme) and the wall along our stairway to the upstairs (which I decided to use black and silver with green accents).

My husband and I are huge Dr. Who fans so we have a lot of The Doctor paraphernalia that we wanted to hang up, (including a huge painting of the Tardis on canvas DIY by me!) which went perfectly with the blues in the living room! We also hung a couple pieces of artwork that we had received at our wedding. After I had hung all this up, there was a small area that I wasn't happy was empty. So I quick painted up a bluish, grey image with a plane landing. My husband is a pilot and all so I knew he's be on board with the plane motif. Here's what our finished living room wall display looks like:

The stairway was another story. I had quite the struggle deciding what to hang and I really wanted to go in a lot of different directions. Finally I had to sit myself down and edit. The main piece in this collage of frames was the guest book from our wedding. I loved the black and silver and so decided to carry on that scheme. I came up with some DIY Rorschach prints in green frames that I had lying around. I also used foam core and metallic spray paint to create DIY monogram letters. Then we had a canvas print of us on our wedding day that our photographer gave us. Luckily, there was a very strong green vibe to the print in the form of a healthy vine. Lastly, I added our personalized doorknocker (also a gift) that we can not currently put on our door, but that looks great on the wall! Here is our finished stairway wall decor:

And not to neglect my classroom! I have a ton of windows, but unfortunately I cannot enjoy the natural light and sunshine that we are now starting to see a little of! Why is this you ask? Because my windows all face the playground. There are always classes outside for recess or whatnot and students that I have in class are completely distracted. So the other day I unearthed some psychedelic fabric that I convinced my mom to buy me in high school and I thought, this will make great curtains!

All I did was hem and top stitch around the side and then bring the top edge down 5 inches and sewed and the very end of the sheet to create a tube to slide the rod through.

Thankfully, my PTO is covering the costs of the rods! I used inexpensive white tension rods which can be found at Target for under $5.00. Now the curtains cover the students view of the outside, but I can pull the blinds all the way up to the top and let in the light nearer to the ceiling and no one is distracted! Check them out!