For a while now, I’ve been wanting to go through our home and just make some changes, decor wise.  It’s not always easy when you’re on a very tight budget, but I finally did come through on our family wall.  I actually was inspired by a post that I saw on The Inspired Room, in which she showcased a stairwell, covered in picture frames.  This stairwell was created by Sandra over on Sawdust and Paper Scraps.  The colors inspired me, the variety of frames inspired me, and I decided to see what I could come up with.I ended up digging through my crates and finding old frames that had older pictures in them; I also went to Dollar Tree and picked up some nice frames.  Finally, I went to Lowes and picked up a few sample cans of paint.  These little containers were under $3 apiece, and I picked out just a few different colors that I couldn’t otherwise get in a dollar can of spray paint.Finally, I painted all the frames, picking out which ones I wanted to be certain colors.  Painting them was super easy; the hard part came when it came time to pick out which pictures to place in which frames.  I printed out all my pictures in black and white on my photo printer, and then Dan helped me make a few mats for the larger frames; we made the mats out of cardstock.  There is just something about a black and white picture; it just gives a room a more classic, defined look.  Most of my pics, I printed out either 4×6 or smaller.  There are a couple of 5×7′s.Lastly, I arranged the pictures around vinyl lettering I’d gotten a while back for a review.  It came from Giggly Gumdrops, and it says Home Where Our Story Begins.  I arranged pictures of our boys and us around those words, and then I fanned out on the wall with pictures of our parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts and uncles, etc.  It turned out really beautifully.  To me, as it’s the start of a color scheme change (I’m trying to go with a lighter atmosphere), it almost looks a bit out of place, but it’s a start, and it makes me so happy just to see those pictures every single day.  (You’ve probably noticed the empty frame; it’s for a picture of my grandparents that I’m hoping to get a copy of next time I’m at my parents’.)  One thing I do love about the wall is that we can add or take away from it anytime….there’s no end to what we can do with it.In my opinion, as I’d posted on Facebook last night, I really have started to feel that our home is a haven for our family; it really should make us happy when we walk in the door; it might even make us giddy with joy.  Even if you take small babysteps along the way, work with what you have to make your home that place of giddy joy.  It will show not only your finger prints but your heart prints along the way.:)