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Recently, I made the decision not to buy a single home decor item for my walls and shelves unless it meant something to me.
I took down about half of the stuff in my house and it was liberating. On my walls now: paintings and drawings from my children, pictures of Africa, heirloom linens from great greats, and art.
I call it Meaningful Decor. Or “Have I told you the story behind this?”
One of the perks of writing for (in)Courage is being paid in product-usually enough to buy a couple of small things or one bigger thing each month. (If you are related to me, you already know this since every gift I’ve given for the past year has been from DaySpring!)
I love LOVE LOVE the beautiful art infused with bright colors and scripture. If my walls are gonna talk, I want them to say something meaningful. I’m not kidding: this art (in)courages me:
DaySpring is giving away this beautiful gallery wrapped canvas -John 3:16 Heart & Globe (my very favorite) to one reader today:
Tell me where you’d put it as your entry. AND-DaySpring is doing a 25% anything and everything sale right now–coupon code THANKS2010, expires July 31st, so hurry!
This giveaway ends on Thursday.
Product Details:
*Size: 16″ W x 20″ H x 1.5″ D
*Made in the USA
*Product by Show Offs Art
$56.99
P.S. Want an extra entry? Answer this question in my Blog Frog Community: “What blogs inspire you?” and leave an extra comment here to let me know.
I would put it in our bedroom!
Not sure… I might put it in my little girl’s room!
I think I would put this in my kiddos’ playroom.
I would put this in our living room. It is amazing!
I absolutely LOVE this!!! It would look so perfect in my kitchen, about the table where the “heart” of my home is.
LOVE this!!! I would put it in my kitchen / dinining room area because that’s where we probably spend the most time.
Keep up the great work, Kristen! Love your blog and all the wonderful things God is doing in your life!
Melanie
Hi Kristen! Left a comment! I enjoy reading your blog and especially how your trip to Africa has changed your life! Keep up the good work!
In my living room! I love this piece…and it matches my chairs.
I would love to win this:) I really enjoy reading your blog.
Beautiful! I’d put it over my fireplace.
I left a comment on blog frog.
LOVE this! I would put it at the end of my hallway so that I could see it everytime I walked down the hall (which is like a kagillion times a day!)
I would put it right beside my entryway door!
The colors would be perfect in my little girls room in the new house that we are building.
I would put it in my living room – it’s so beautiful it needs to be noticed!
I would put it in my kitchen b/c that’s where we spend the most time. It’s gorgeous.
I would definately put it in my family room where it could be seen by all…it is gorgeous!
Oh, that’s lovely! I would love to hang it in my nursery or master bedroom.
I would put it in the middle of my picture wall. A place where all the pictures of those I hold close to my own heart could be centered around it just as I pray everyday those actual individuals remember to be centered around Jesus everyday! It is such a beautiful and vibrant piece of art with one of the most precious scriptures inscribed on it!!
What a great idea!
I would put this in my powder room where I already have a cross collection, I have a blank wall that I have been wondering what I would put there. Plus many visitors use this bathroom and they just might read it and read a life changing verse!
This my kind of art!
I think I’d put it in my living room!
I’d put it on the wall right inside my entry way. It’s definitely a statement piece to show off!
A blog that inspires me is http://lifeasmom.com/
I would put it in our living room or dining room.
i’d put it in the family room. love it!
I would hang it in my family room on my newly redesigned wall gallery behind my sofa. Beautiful.
I love this!! I would definitely put it in my living room!
Love it! It would probably end up in my kitchen.
I also left a comment on blog frog…
I love the colors of this print and obviously the verse! It would look GREAT in my entry way!
I think I would put in on beside the archway in my living room
I would either put it in my kitchen (after we get rid of the ancient wall paper in there
, or in our entryway… either place we’d see it a lot 
What a beautiful canvas! I would hang it in the reading corner of our “computer” room. That room is kind of devoid of anything interesting on the walls and I spend tons of time there. Looking up at a beautiful and inspiring piece would be great!
Wow…that is just beautiful! If I won this I would hang it on a small wall above our love seat in our living room so it would be the first thing you see when you walk in the front door.
I’ve just redecorated my girls’ room and would love to have that print. Thanks for the chance to win.
I’ve loved this one for at least a year now . . . just LOVE it. I think it would go in my bedroom, but maybe I would have to re-think the living rooms walls if I won it. It’s so great. Our walls are mostly adorned with family pictures, framed Scripture and paintings that my dad has done. I love the “cleaning out” idea and have been doing my fair share of it this summer in anticipation of baby #6 who is scheduled to arrive in october.
Blessings,
Shana
Where to hang that beautiful piece? Above my buffet next to my Compassion kids, in my dining room.
I’d love to put it on any of the walls in my new home that I’ll be moving into this week!
I went to Blog Frog and shared about a blog that truly inspires me
Thank you for the extra entry!
Wow, what a great piece! I would put it in our family room so we could see it daily. Thanks for the chance to win!
Kids room!! Soft beautiful colors, and great message!!
I would put it in my living room. That is the only place anyone would really ever see it. I love it.
I would put it in the kitchen where it would be seen by all! Thanks for the opportunity…
We are moving to the parsonage at our church in the next month or so, and so I will be redecorating soon! I would love to find a place for it in our new home!
In my daughter’s room, as it so speaks of her heart and colorful personality, and as a reminder that she will be the one who will lead my husband to Christ if I don’t see it finished in my lifetime.
How beautiful! The colors would look wonderful in the kids’ playroom, and it would serve as a great reminder for them.
That’d go right in my dining room…the colors would match perfectly!
that is gorgeous, as is the squares/cross one! I would put that either in my living room where it’s the first thing you see when you walk in the door, or else in the dining room. How beautiful!
I’m looking at an empty space on the wall above my desk in the living room thinking, “that heart would look awesome right there!”
I would put it in my front entrance. So that everyone that walked in would see it. I love it!
Oh, I LOVE that painting. I would hang it above my mantle in our family room and be encouraged every time I looked at it!
In the hallway between my two children’s bedrooms – yep – that’s where I’d put it. So that I would see it each night when I tucked them in, and each morning when we awaken.
This would go in our part time nursery. The walls are blank and our little guy is only with us four days and three nights per week so we would be thrilled to have something so bright and colorful on the wall.
I’d put it in the entry way, what a great reminder to pass on the way in or out of the house.
I would hang it in our schoolroom/playroom…the colors would match perfectly and the message would be an excellent reminder!
i would put in either in my living room, or husband’s office.
Definatly in my dining room. It’s small and has nothing in it and this would look great.
I absolutely LOVE this! I would put it in my kitchen for sure. That is definitely where I would see it the most often. Thanks for the chance to win!
I think I’d put in our living room, so we’d see all the time.
This would definitely go in my girls’ room. It is my oldest daughter’s favorite verse, and she recites it all the time.
(I tried to enter the inspiring blogs question, but it isn’t working right now… will try again later).
In my bedroom! I love it!
I would put it in my entrance way to inspire me and others entering my new house that hopefully we’ll be moving into this weekend!
i answered in your community which blogs inspire me
I would put it right above the kitchen table, in 2 weeks when I am married and move into my new apartment with my new husband!
I would put it in my living room. Love the colors and the verse!
I would put it in our living room. We spend a lot of time in here and it would be a reminder of what we are teaching our family.
I would love to hang this in my kids’ room. Our 5 and 3 yr olds share a room. Both have been asking questions lately about Jesus, and why he died on the cross. I think this painting would help them understand, and would mean a lot to them.
Ohh, I love it!! We just painted our new school/computer room so I think it would look fabulous there!!
I would put it above the first landing on our staircase!
I love this so much. It would go in my family room for sure!
I would love that piece of art in my entryway… or perhaps living/family room. Either place I woulod see it and be inspired every day!
~Emily N. from “too Blessed to Stress”
What a fantastic painting!! I would put it over the mantle piece of the fireplace in our living room. The front door opens into this room and it always seems to be the 1st place people look. What a welcoming reminder that would be for all who come in! Thanks for a fun giveaway! I love your thought that “if my walls are gonna talk, they should say something meaningful!”
I would use it as part of a collage wall above the couch in my family room. I envision some shots I took of my boys at bible camp this summer in all sorts of shapes and sizes with hand painted by my kids frames to match the colors in the art work circling this piece in all directions..with the heart in the center as it should be –I actually have this piece on my wish list for Christmas -I found it when I last visited (in)courage and went to day spring off of the ad there
I would put it on the wall in our entry way/ loungeroom. I have been looking for a piece of art that is meaningful and beautiful, this would be perfect!
in my entry way!
I bought this canvas for my momma for mothers day! I would love to have it in my house too. I would hang it in our hallway because we’d see it most often there.
I think in the hallway – beautiful!
Our entryway is yearning for some beautiful artwork!
I think I would hang it either in the entryway or in the guest bedroom.
Thanks for the chance!
I would love to put this in my kitchen ….where most of my time is spent!
id put it in my entryway, or in the living room right off of the kitchen. our walls our bare, so this would be so nice!!
This would look amazing in my soon to be repainted dining room!!
I would put it in our living room for everyone to see!
This would definitely go in my daughter’s room. It’s so “her.”
A few years ago I took down all the pictures in my hallway and purposely put up pictures so that our entire family (and extended family) are represented. I also re-framed all of them to be in black frames so that the pictures would stand out more. I really love walking down my hallway now. It tells a story.
I would put it at the end of the hallway in between the kitchen and the living room b/c that’s the highest traffic area in our house and needs some beautification.
We have a cathedral ceiling in our living room, so it would work perfectly on the wall above the main door. Anyone leaving our home would be reminded of the message that Jesus died for them!
I think I’d put one in the kitchen of our new home that we’ll move into this weekend!
Thanks!
I love this kind of art too! I’d probably use this piece as inspiration for the redecorating I’ve been wanting to do in the guest room. I want to do blue & green….that pop of orange would be awesome!
My living room! Or the living room in the house we’re remodeling to move into. It’s beautiful.
Definitly will go up in the youth room. My teenagers love all my subtle(and not so subtle) art and posters I have used to decorate the walls. I enjoy giving them things to think about and use them as a spring board for discussions.
We’re moving to a new house in the next couple of months… new art (and gorgeous inspiring art at that!) would make that more fun!!
I have seen this one before and just love it!!!!
I think this would be great in our living room – that way anyone who comes to our home would see it!
It’s beautiful … and I would put it in my office (connected to my kitchen) where my kiddos and I could see it often.
Simply beautiful, it’s no wonder this art (in)courages you! I would place this in my kitchen or office. Absolutely love it!
Oh, Kristen this is just stunning!! I think I would put it my dining room or kitchen. The colors would match my kitchen perfectly. What a beautiful piece! Thanks so much for the chance!
I would put it on the blank wall I’m staring at right now. There is NOTHING above my computer desk. I think I would also use it to inspire the color I need to pick out because painting in here is long overdue! Thank you for doing this giveaway!!
Beautiful! Just this past weekend I was finally able to complete my decorating ideas in Lil Man’s bedroom.. While the picture doesn’t match any other room decorations it does match his precious love for Jesus. I would hang it in his room between his bed and the space where Lil Bit’s bed will eventually go.
Very pretty! I’d put it in the dining room!
I have tried to post to Blog Frog the blog that is currently my inspiration but I can’t seem to get anything to post. I click the submit button and it changes to ‘Saving” then sits without posting. The entry I am trying to post is:
http://nieniedialogues.blogspot.com/
Stephanie Nielson inspires me to be all that I can possibly be. She gives me courage and strength. Anyone who can endure all that she has been through and remain faithful should be an inspiration to anyone.
I would put this by our sunny back door (in our family room). Love this!
I would put it right in my front entry, as a statement to all who come to my door or enter my home.
I would but this in our new living room (just moved in a few weeks ago.) Our living room will be filled with Africa stuff and reminders of our times overseas, as well. This would fit in great with all the colors and memories we hope to have in that room.
Oh, how I love that! It would match my living room perfectly and I have just the place for it!
I would hang it by my back door where everyone enters my house.
I would hang it in my guest bathroom…everybody goes in there ; )
I would probably hang this by my front door. It would be a great daily reminder. Thanks!
Love it! I would hang it by our front door so everyone who comes in and out would be reminded of God’s enormous love for us, and the world!
Lovely. I would put it in our dining room on a wall that houses tons of photos of our family and friends.
I would put it in my bedroom.
The blog that inspires me most is nieniedialogues.com. after Stephanie Nielson’s horrible accident and near-death experience I have been a devoted reader. Her perseverance is inspiring and makes me want to be a better mom.
I love that print! I’d put it in our homeschool classroom. We permanently place a few meaningful things on the walls, and this would be a perfect addition!
I would put it in the guest room. It matches the blue I used in there perfectly!
I love this! It would go perfectly in my dining room. Very cool.
I would put it in my living room.
Beautiful piece. I also have a hard time putting just anything on the wall…I loved your recent post on how you’ve chosen to decorate your home. This piece would be the perfect addition to the wall by my son’s room.
Beautiful piece! I would put it in our family room.
I think that it’s gorgeous… i have a whole room in my house that is decorated in crosses and scripture…. honestly, i’d give it away.. i think it’s (in) Couraging and would love to share it with someone else who would love it just as much.
The living room. We don’t have anything on the walls except wedding pictures. This would be lovely.
This one is my favorite too!!! I’d put it in my eat in kitchen, since that’s where we spend the most time!
I’ve been admiring this art for a while now. I love Madison’s story and think about her every time I look at the print. What an inspiration. I would definitely hang it in my living room.
I would put this up in my living room! I LOVE this! Alot of my decorating has become centered aroud the word Faith..and Scripture as well. I agree that it is nice to have something that really means something on the walls!
This is BEAUTIFUL! I would put it in my room. I have no art in there now and it’s very white and boring. This would be perfect!
Oh this canvas is one of my favorites and I have wanted it for so long! I would put it in my living room! Gorgeous and so meaningful!
I LOVE these pictures. I think I would hang this in my 5 year old daughter’s room. It would be beautiful hanging in there!
It would be perfect in my powder room!
Blogs like yours inspire me! Blogs that talk about how God has changed someone’s life or what God is doing in their life. And just day to day things that us mommies go through!
Oops, left this on your blog frog too
I would put it in my entry way for a pop of color. I love words and have scripture and words, sayings all over. If I am going to see something everyday, and reread something everyday, I want it to be meaningful and preferably scripture.
oh lovely. I’d hang it in my kitchen 0f course. the place where everyone congregates. if my walls are going to talk (and I think that idea of yours is great) then let them talk to the biggest audience. !!!! I hope i win, I hope I win I hope I win…..
I would love this piece in any room of my house!
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Maybe the entry….maybe the staircase…so many options!
Well, the Blog Frog doesn’t seem to be working for me… but the blogs that I have on my page under my “Blogs That Inspire Me” blogroll are your blog and the following:
Compassion International – http://blog.compassion.com/
The Pioneer Woman – http://thepioneerwoman.com/
Goat Milk Stuff – http://goatmilkstuff.com/
Thanks for the extra entry!
Oh, I would LOVE this! We just rearranged our living room and have a bare wall that needs something pretty, and this would be perfect!!
This is great! I would hang it in our homeschooling corner where it would remind us to pray for children around the world everyday. Thanks!
beautiful! I’d put it in my dining room – it would really brighten it up
Wow! Love the artwork. I also like the cross one I saw on your wall. I think I would put it in our sunroom where we spend most of our time.
Beautiful! Decorating is not my gift so my walls are pretty bare except for some photos of my kids. I love that it is so colorful and I think it would look great hanging in my entry.
I answered the question in your Blog Frog community. Great topic!
In my living room. There is a blank wall that really needs something with words. :0)
Beautiful artwork! I’d hang it in my living room.
In my living room, for all to see. This is BEAUTIFUL!
I love that! I’d put it in our living room, where we would see it all the time.
This is so beautiful! I would put it in my kitchen.
I’d want to put it in the entryway or the kitchen. We bought our first house in January and just got done with all the painting and such. The walls are completely empty though.
I would put it in the living room.
I would put it right above my desk – a good piece to reflect on!
I would either put it in my desk area at work so that I may look at it while I work, or my neice is getting married in 10 days and it would be a good piece to start decorating around in her new home.
I’d hang it about our keys next to the front door as a reminder for us as we leave the house!
I would hang it in our front entrance. How beautiful and meaningful.
It would go over my picture of my late Grampa who passed away almost 2 years ago. He used to read me scriptures when I was little and this was one of them. His passing and remembering what he told me as a child was the reason I came back to the Lord.
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