Screen It

Several years ago, I got this shoji screen for my daughter’s room {JC Penney, about $40.00}, which she used in front of her walk-in closet that had recently been redone, until we decided on a door {bi-fold, paneled, etc.}.  I got it in black.

When she moved into her own apartment she took it with her and I’m sure it came in handy as a place to hide things behind.  Unfortunately, she also had gotten a kitten and as that kitten grew it scratched the paper backing and ripped it.

She has since moved back home {grandbaby due in July} and brought the screen with her.  Since the paper was ripped and I am allergic to cats {we figured it probably had cat hair on it}, she was going to just throw it away.  Well, I couldn’t have that.  I took it out into the yard and cut the paper off.

I couldn’t decide if I should do fabric or get a nice wrapping paper to adhere to the back. 

Until I could decide, I brought it back in the house and stuck it in my living room.  Which happened to have a large expanse of wall that was blank.  And, I kind of like it here! 

I still don’t know if I want to add something to the back of it or just leave it as is. 

The grid kind of lends itself to decorated clothes pins or clips on it with pictures and such ~ kind of like an over-sized idea board, don’t you think?  Playing around with it for the pictures, I added this print I just got yesterday, that will be going in my boutique with several others.

I’m going to leave it until I find that bookcase that “speaks” to me!

As an update to my previous post on the chalkboard I hung in my kitchen, I also used one of the prints I got yesterday {and that will also be in my boutique} on the chalkboard, or at least until I get some chalk and write on it.

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