Pictures At My Exhibition

It’s going on three months, but I at last put up the pictures in the sitting room. The trouble is that hanging pictures isn’t a quick operation, so it requires the time available only on weekends. My weekends are really the only part of the week that offers me substantial blocks of free time, so everything that requires them has to be done then.

And, frankly, hanging pictures is a laborious activity, so I didn’t want to do it. Finding the stud in the wall, marking the spot, positioning the picture, trying to decide if it is high enough, too high, level, level with other pictures, putting the nail and hook in, then realising it’s in the wrong place and repeating the process: this is tedious work.

The results of hanging pictures are usually pleasing, however, and I think yesterday’s work turned out well. Some aren't quite where I wanted them, but they had to be placed where the wall would support them. The room seems suddenly more crowded to me, but I will grow accustomed to it. It looks a bit more homey. I hope to rouse myself to put up pictures in the other rooms on the following weekends. With the increased space I have available, I may not have enough pictures. But that’s a problem for future weekends…