"I can do that" Project

I often see things and say "I can do that" but rarely ever actually do it.  Well over the Christmas break, my mom and sister Rebecca were at the mall and we saw a triptych.  Ryan and I had just been talking the week before about wanting a triptych for the space above the couch.  We had previously had a great painting that Ryan's grandpa did but it was too small for the space. I saw the triptych and said "I can do that" so I took a quick picture with my cell phone.

Then I gathered the supplies. I used lefover paint from the dining room and accent wall in the living room. I brought out some canvases I already had (Thanks Mom for the 3rd one) and got to work.  Well, not right away, Ethan's party kept creeping closer and closer and I of course procrastinated starting. Finally the weekend before I started by painting each panel with a primer and then blue.  Then that week I painted one panel a night finishing on Thursday. Finally Ryan and his Dad hung them up Friday night just time for the party!

Here's the final product.  I still want to touch it up a little but for now its staying like that.

Since I had the camera out, I took a few more pictures of the inside of the house.

Here is the living room. I had originally wanted red couches but when we were offered the green couch for free, I said I love green!

There is the painting Ryan's grandpa did.  The TV takes up half the picture, if only a flat screen would fit into our budget :)

Here is the dining room.  I was actually standing in the 3rd bedroom. The previous owners took the wall down so right now its open between the dining room and study which came in handy with the 25 people at Ethan's party!

Ryan is an awesome photographer and has his own little gallery on the wall. 

You can see how open it is between the two rooms. We are on the lookout for a futon or couch to go under the window, you can't really tell but the room is practically empty. With most of our house furnished with free furniture from family or freecycle we are bound to find something eventually!