February 12, 2008
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Making the space work for us
When Mr. Lemon and I visited our reception hall the first time we were simply fixated on the windows and the view. The second time around, we focused in on the details… and there was a glaring problem that we had right when you walked off of the elevator:
Now I’m all for celebrating Monterey’s fishing history (despite the way my Dad describes the afternoon stench of the city in the 40s & 50s), but seeing those photos on the wall doesn’t exactly scream, “Let’s Celebrate!” Mr. Lemon examined the photos only to learn that they were quite bolted to the wall which meant they couldn’t be tucked away and stored in the coat closet. He left me with the task of eliminating them from the reception and I let my mind wander toward a solution.
My solution was all quite simple. I decided to make a wooden frame that would sit on top of the canvas boxed photos on the wall, cover it with some sort of canvas material and slap on our favorite engagement photos in poster sizes. The frame would be light enough not to damage the photo underneath, and the fish (along with the giant mug shot of Mr. Ferrantes) would be hidden from view!
The wood to build the frame cost around $5 and I found some white interior decorating fabric for about $6. We stretched the fabric and stapled it to the frame (just like you’d stretch a normal canvas), but we decided it still needed an extra touch. We taped off a border on each canvas and painted it gold, leaving a bit of white inside to center the poster. I had the posters printed at El-Co Color Labs while they were running a 2-for-1 special, so it was around $22 for all four posters. We attached the posters to the fabric using foam wall tape and they were ready for the reception!
(gotta LOVE the metallic print paper… it does amazing things with sunset prints!)
