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and here is the inspiration board I told you I was going to make last weekend,
finally finished and up on the wall!
(see instructions below if you'd like to make your own.)

(To see the original inspiration for the board,
check out Maria's inspiration wire on Port2Port.)

The tree wallpaper above
looks even better in Lena Corwin's house (where I first saw it.)

HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN INSPIRATION BOARD
1. Repaint an old canvas or buy a new canvas in the size you prefer.
2. Measure and then pound your nails into one side of the wood frame of your canvas.
(Leaving about 5 mm of space between the nail head and the canvas.)
3. Measure, then pound your nails into the other side of the wood frame of your canvas.
(I used carpet nails, I like the way they look and we had a spare box lying around!)
4. Wrap the wire under the nail head about 5 times and stretch the wire to the other side.
5. Wrap the wire under the nail head on the other side, cut excess wire.
6. Use pliers to tuck the wire in tight around the nail.
7. Make as many rows as you like!
8. Finish by giving the nails another pounding to secure the wire!
9. Hang and VOILA!

happy st. patrick's day!