That trip was followed by SPRING! The house needs a redo boost. I am starting it off with the living room. I pulled out a bunch of frames I had in the attic. They are from my grandmother and John's mom and grandmother.
Here is the before ~~~

AND now they look like this ~~~~~~~~~~~~

I think the white frames on a newly painted cream wall will be graphic and not too distracting!
Today-- off to paint frames and work on the middle grade novel!