An "after" among the "befores".

Roger was out of town on business all last week.
When he is away I like to paint stuff and put holes in the walls. :)
This time I did a sweet little surprise for him in our bedroom.
I bought a couple of chairs off of KSL last month. The fabric is all wrong for our room. But they are Ethan Allen chairs. Sturdy and comfy. So they will get slip covers. (What color though? I can't decide.)
Anyway, I felt like we needed something on the wall above our chairs so I decided to do a gallery wall there.
The subject is US.
I love how it turned out. He says he does too.

The antique mirror and our monograms are from the makeover I did in our old master bedroom.
The smaller frames are spray painted thrift store frames with wedding photos, a few lines from our wedding vows, places we've spent time together (Subway Art style) and a piece of scrapbook paper with one line from "our song".
The big "Est. 1998" (the year we were married) sign I made using the tutorial found here. I mostly stumble my way through all things computer related but this tutorial really helped me make good use of a program I didn't even know I had before last week.

So the gallery wall is the "after" part of the post.
The "before" part is the chairs that need slipcovers. Seriously. What color? I don't want white. Yellow tones would disappear into the wall. Brown tones might disappear into the carpet but we're sort of leaning that way anyway. Maybe a print with purples but that's tricky. Roger doesn't seem to like prints. Hmm...
The hope chest needs to be refinished or painted. I love it and it means a lot to me, so it's staying in the room. But the color needs to change.
The lamp is really too small but it was a gift to me from Roger's mom and I really love it, so it stays too.
It's sitting on a half finished project - a hat box that was previously covered in a Christmas-y print. It just needs another coat of spray paint and some kind of other fluffy embellishment. Maybe a fabric flower or something.
The bedroom is finally starting to feel cozy. It's such a big room. This is not a complaint. I'm just not used to dealing with so much space. Especially in a bedroom. And the super high vaulted ceilings made it feel kind of cavernous.
But it's definitely coming together now.
If you have any ideas for me on those befores, PLEASE leave them in the comments. :)