To some this might look like clutter, but we have a soft spot in our hearts for a wall of inspiration (we also recently finally put up our cork board and spend a lovely afternoon tacking up all the magazine clippings that had just been sitting in a pile). Do you keep an inspiration board full of the things you love to look at?
Far from having any kind of pristine bulletin board, we like to pile on the things that inspire us and don't mind it looking messy. How about you? What do you keep on them? Pictures of Interiors? Recipes? Family photos? Ticket stubs?
[Image from Sean Meyer's Photography]
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Comments (9)
sure do! love it. in each apartment through college i dedicated a whole wall to inspirational bits, either over my bed or my desk.
As a visual artist, my inspiration wall in my last place was the two walls around my worktable and the three available sides of the fridge too.
I keep a huge file of clippings for this purpose as well and rotate items on a regular basis (about every 2 weeks) to keep the inspiration fresh
I keep an inspiration binder and a folder of pictures on my computer. Maybe someday I'll have the right place for a whole wall!
I know how you feel Christie! I am living in a place we are trying to be very gentle with, because we plan to sell soon. As soon as I get a house, inspiration wall is the first thing I am putting up!
This was in a magazine before. I have the page ripped out and filed in an inspirational binder.
It's good to hear that a visual artist has inspiration walls, tahitianpearl! I'm going back to school for graphic design and plan on making 2 more french memo boards and buying another hanging folder filing system for all the classes ahead of me.
I haven't heard of the idea of inspiration walls outside of apartment therapy for home decor - but I can see from above that others use it for art. Is the idea to gather a bunch of images on a topic, with the belief that having the pictures around will help you be more creative on the topic? How is the inspiration wall pictured different than a collection of "pictures I like"?
Perhaps I need an inspiration wall of inspiration walls :-)
What is that particular wall supposed to be inspiring? I see a lot of chicks and a couple of houses.
Too busy and distracting.
i know a lot of people with inspiration walls. i am just getting started on mine.