“That which we elect to surround ourselves with becomes the museum of our soul and the archives of our experiences,” said by Thomas Jefferson. I found this quote somewhere on Apartment Therapy one day as I was perusing their fabulous website and it totally motivated me for the theme John and I are doing for our large wall in the living room.

We want our walls to speak of our journeys around the world and tell a story of the many countries we have visited. Traveling is a huge part of our identity, so we wanted it to play a major role in how we decorated our new home.

Our walls are a coffee with milk color, with one wall being a really dark brown. Our furniture includes a dark blue mid-century modern couch, a yellow mid-century bench, a dark brown piano, five big book shelves filled with a 1000 books and a muted yellow rug.  Our furniture is bright and happy, reflective of our personalities. The whole wall we envision to be filled with beautiful metallic photos mounted on a really thick surface with aluminum siding.

As I started putting the images together, I found myself perplexed. Even though I help my clients do this with their photos, I am having a really hard time doing it for myself.  So that’s where you come in. (Please don’t get too caught up in the sizing of the actual photos and actual arrangement, as this is just an idea board.)

Do you think we should have a common color of blue and brown to tie all the photos together?

Or do you like a more colorful approach?

Thanks for your input everyone. Since I have become a homeowner, I am incapable of making any decision by myself. Lame! So thanks a million!