So, today the Nester gave me the kick in the pants I needed. You see, I want to do a crazy messy gallery wall in my tiny entryway. But I haven't done it, because I'm afraid to make holes in the wall and I'm too lazy to make a template. In one of he best rants <a href="http://www.thenester.com/2012/01/i-went-white.html">I have ever read</a> about hanging up pictures, s
<blockquote>Remember my gallery wall?  I <a href="http://ink361.com/#/photos/518578702_1730338">confessed on instagram</a> how many nail holes I filled on this wall.  83.  EIGHTY-THREE NAIL HOLES.  83 Nail holes on one wall and no one came and arrested me and it took me 6 minutes to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/12141-FastN-Spackling-Interior-Exterior/dp/B0006MXS10/ref=sr_1_1?s=hi&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1326741260&amp;sr=1-1">fill the holes</a> and about 3 minutes to sand them after the filler stuff dried and I left the ones that I was currently using for the wall so I could rehang everything and I totally get that if you have plaster walls you cannot do this but I have drywall so I have no excuses to be afraid of a eensy weesnsy wittle tiny itsy bitsy nailhole or 83 and I have zero regret for making so many holes to visually see my gallery wall even though yes, I know<a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2011/03/the-hallway-full-monty/">Young House Love is brilliant and makes a template</a> for their walls because they are smarter than I am patient and pin holes don’t bother me.  I cannot stress enough how EASY it is to <del>repair</del>, wait, I refuse to even use the word repair because that sounds like something is broken–it’s so EASY to <strong><em>fill</em></strong> a nail hole.  A nail hole doesn’t represent something broken that needs to be repaired, it represents opportunity and just about the lowest entry level <a href="http://www.thenester.com/2011/03/weve-been-conditoned-to-not-make-mistakes.html">risk taking</a> possible in life besides getting no whip on your coffee or something.</blockquote>
And <a href="http://www.thenester.com/2011/03/weve-been-conditoned-to-not-make-mistakes.html">on another post</a>, she, um, <em>nails</em> it. (I apologize for the pun.)
<blockquote>Why don’t we see decorating our home {or buying new makeup} as risk taking practice?  If we can’t take a risk in something as minuscule as choosing a fabric or paint or lipstick or a piece of art, what will happen when the opportunities for bigger risks with real rewards come along?</blockquote>
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