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Husband likes to help decorate!!

My husband decorated this wall for me. The grizzly bear artwork was done by him and is an original. He added the vintage snowshoes and hunting magazines, I love this look. Not too masculine or feminine, just right!

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  • 13 years ago
    Memoraxy, perhaps you will consider adding some of your husbands work to your project files, as well?
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    @studio10001
    How do I do that?
  • 13 years ago
    (I don't know!!) Upload/ transfer gurus, you out there? (I'm off, anyway...)
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    K I will try to figure it out thanks
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    @memaroxy I think you should set him up as a "pro" with his email. I believe you can set the new "pro" profile up as an artist. After you setup the profile, in the top right corner(on a PC) there is an upload button.
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    Thanks will try
  • 13 years ago
    Most awesome!

    Upload to Flickr, not Houzz, and reserve all rights so your work can not be downloaded and reproduced
  • 13 years ago
    I'm no expert, but if your husband plans to post images of his (lovely!) work online, apparently there's simple software out there that you can use to "watermark" his images, so anyone poaching them will stick out like a sore thumb.

    Otherwise, nowadays, post them, and they're out of your hands forever. ;)
  • 13 years ago
    "watermarks" are easy to obscure.
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    I think its cute. This whole post cracks me up.
  • 13 years ago
    Yikes. Well,we'll look forward to finding you on Flickr, then.
  • 13 years ago
    @Whitetail Ridge Art...Where did your husband study? His work is quite good.
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    He is totally self taught, was sick a lot as a child art was his recreation!
  • 13 years ago
    Quite talented..
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    @bubblyjock
    My husband has a strange habit of always including his fingerprint on his artwork. We did have an episode on eBay where a person made copies of his sketches sold them as "originals" and had his share of grief because of it!
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    @Jayme. Thanks so much, will put some more sketches that he has finished and a sketch of an oil on canvas he is working on.
  • 13 years ago
    Good job memaroxy ! You made some truly beautiful choices. Hope your husband agrees !!
    Speaking of him, why don't you advertise a little and tell us where we can purchase his work ? You have stirred quite a lot of attention and compliments !
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    My husbands does all his artwork from our home. He uses a photo provided by the client and does the sketch. Each sketch is priced according to the amount of detail in the photo. He has done portraits, homes, wedding photos. He can also take several different photos and make a single sketch from them. He made a sketch for a lady whose husband never caught that "big" one and had her husband in the sketch with a 12 point buck! The time needed for a sketch varies from 1-7 days and oil paintings from 1-3 months as time for oil to dry etc. Our email is coloradomema@ gmail.com. If anyone is interested email him a pic, actual photo should be at least 5x7 and he will give price. He also does Civil War, Native American anything you want! They are all originals no prints!
    Thanks for your interest!
    Thanks for your interest!
  • 13 years ago
    He's an amazing artist!! Great job!!
  • 13 years ago
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    I think your house is charming and perfectly reflects your interests. Moving the two pics really focused the attention on the art. Though the snowshoe is great and appropriate for the room. Acshew near the painting looks a bit staged. Possibly somewhere else in the room. But if not still looks great.
  • 13 years ago
    Those charcoal sketches of older areas of your town would be fantastic framed simply in a more transitional or contemporary frame to go with many decor styles making it marketable to many..... Great talent!
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    @Keitha
    He sells them unframed for just that reason & you are correct they do fit in many decors. His Civil War sketches are usually in the most elaborate frames. Thanks!
  • PRO
    13 years ago
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    First rule in decorating is that you have to know the rules BEFORE you can break them....
  • 13 years ago
    No!

    The first rule is apparently Marie Hebson's interiorsBYDESIGN Inc. is always right!!!

    LOL
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    LOL - Aja - I think you have me pegged!
    Looks good on yah!
  • 13 years ago
    Marie Hebson's interiorsBYDESIGN Inc.
    ★★★★★★★Good Sport★★★★★★★★
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    I'm in school for interior design. Everyone has different tastes and it's all about making the client happy and their tastes. It's their home and I love that you love your home because that's all that really matters! I get a lot of flack for having a neutral earth tone home but I love it and feel at peace everyday :)
  • 13 years ago
    Whitehall sorry my comment was unclear. I love the artwork but would prefer in a setting that was more rustic ....but I appreciate that you have put your own imprint on your home :)
  • 13 years ago
    The detail on those buildings is amazing..what an eye! And I can see it from a small pic on a computer so they must be really amazing in person!
  • 13 years ago
    How about using one of his sketches to be transferred to a pillow? How cool would that be?!!!
  • 13 years ago
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    Yes, tell him to upload them on spoonflower. You can choose any fabric (silk, cotton, linen, etc) You can also make the design available for purchase by other people. If someone orders your design on fabric, you receive a percentage of the sale.
  • 13 years ago
    Whitetail Ridge Art/Wildlife Photography,

    Thank you!!!
  • 13 years ago
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    Whitetail...Your mother was right on. I have been married for 53 years this past Feb. My husband is 73 and I am 72 years young. Still do most of what we always have done, fishing, hunting, traveling by van all over the country and Canada, raised children and have our grandchildren with us as much as we can get them (school gets in the way). To do all this, we give 100% to each other. Sometimes we fail but that is not very often. Love and Respect does wonders to your marriage. Try it - you'll like it. :)
  • 13 years ago
    What a talented artist!!! A talented wife too :-)
  • 13 years ago
    My husband likes to decorate, too. Unfortunately, for me it's all about his home state and his university; WVU. He is a proud Mountaineer! I have allowed it to go no further than the tv room. The rest I say goes in the garage!! LOL :) Every marriage works differently. I am a photographer. I am blessed to have a husband who loves for me to hang my pictures. Here's to artists with very understanding and supportive spouses :)
  • 13 years ago
    My husband likes to hang machettes on the wall so his space is his garage..LOL
  • 13 years ago
    Aww LOL Jayme and texassky =)
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    @Jayme, it seems like you and my wife have the same ideas, as all my "treasures" are relegated to either hanging in the garage or in storage:)
  • 13 years ago
    @Twisted Minds...LOL! Yes, I guess our sense of decor differs a little!!!-His is machetes, knives, guns, throwing stars, old tools and old beercans!!
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    Sounds a lot like me except I always have new beer cans on hand decorating the inside of the garage fridge and the inside of the recycle barrel.
  • 13 years ago
    @Twisted Minds....ha ha...he does too!! You would get along well!!
  • 13 years ago
    Love it....
  • 13 years ago
    My husband came into our marriage with several thousand CDs, many many many rows of LPs, and he convinced six of his best friends to pitch in cash and buy us a 3 x 7 foot art collage that consists of guitar fronts, leather, fun fur, bottle caps and metal studs - as a wedding present! I love the guy but man oh man! My mother always tells me that since I spend more time at home I should make 90 percent of the decor decisions. She won that argument years ago - her house is almost entirely pink. Not really fair either.
    It would be nice to be in decor synch with your spouse. I envy you that, Wildlife Lady.
  • 13 years ago
    Thank you for posting "in the wrong place" and sharing your husband's talent...very enjoyable to view!
  • 13 years ago
    As I said before, you are a loving wife. My husband's den decor may not be everyone's choice, but it is a reflection of him and his accomplishments. He was/is a very gifted man. I make it work with a good leather sofa, sisal wall to wall, a menswear glen plaid on the windows, hanging on bamboo rods and a big red Asian cabinet. He loves HIS room and, I think was a little surprised that I got so into decorating around his memorabilia. Makes a house a home. :>) Best part? We had fun doing it together.
  • 13 years ago
    from Nate Berkus: Good design isn't just about mathematical proportions and eyeballing and space planning. Good design is about imagination, and it's about surrounding yourself with things that are genuinely nourishing.

    People should be proud of the home they've created and the memories that have been made there. You have to ask yourself if the place really does represent who you are. When your eye travels around the room, does it say something about the people who live in that house? .........
  • 13 years ago
    It amazes me how many designers consider themselves "artists," yet totally negate the inherent independent individuality true art must embody....smh. To Whitetail, I love your husband's artwork, he is truly talented, especially for being so self taught. This is a style you might see about anywhere in the Greater Tulsa area except downtown....and even that wouldn't totally shock me. Art is generally a reflection of life, and around here even many people who live in planned suburban communities spend evenings, weekends, and holidays in the woods, often hunting. So of course the homes often lean toward woodsy themes.
  • 13 years ago
    Is your husband into photography at all? Since you both like the "outdoor" type of vibe, take some photos outside, landscape, ocean, whatever interest you..blow up the photos and hang
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    We lived in Estes Park Colorado near the entrance to Rocky Mtn National for about 5 years, many gorgeous photos in other areas of our home will post some. Thanks!
  • 13 years ago
    Your hubby is a very talented artist. Love all the rustic pieces and your cozy sofa. Great job! :)
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