The Civils Side of Life

Lego Painting by Jules

Less than a month ago we took a stand against our boring beige walls and bought our first piece of art. This immediately brightened our home and inspired us to expand our collection as soon as we had the time to look around for more. 

Without a second thought our good friend Jules asked us if we wanted her to paint us a picture of our choice. Of course we wanted a painting by Jules after she made us our wonderful Monster Rug. After throwing a few ideas around we soon decided on a Lego theme.  We did have a slight problem, our Lego collection is all Star Wars related and all the bricks in our home are varying shades of grey.

Jules came to the rescue and provided a few suggestions and we soon commissioned our second piece of art. Within a couple of weeks we had the pleasure of Jules visiting our humble abode and the joy of hanging a superb and vibrant piece that makes our home just that little more enjoyable.

Rex Robot by RachelCreative

Having been in our new home for a few months and constantly being faced with beige; beige walls, beige floors and beige curtains, we had had enough! No longer could we live in a home with such a bland monotone scheme.

We needed to brighten up the house with something nice. Changing the curtains did help a little but with such large expanses of walls we needed some artwork.

Having rummaged through our dissapointing collection of old university posters and random pictures we couldn’t find anything worthy of our new home. To this end we took the decision to begin what we hope will be a collection of fine art.

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