Art - and again with the decorating

So I started watching design shows again.  The only thing that is saving our budget is the fact that I can't bring myself to think about decorating unless the house is clean, and I can't manage to get the house clean with the life-sucking cold and time-sucking dissertation hanging over my head.

I did get wild today and by a new frame for a picture that has basically been screwed up since we moved into this house almost five years ago.  It was 50% off of relatively cheap.  However, the new frame takes two nails to hang and not one and I'm too lazy to figure it out for myself so Tracy has agreed to take pity on me this weekend and help me rehang it.  

We're also pondering a new frame for a painting of Redfish Lake that not only is cool but has sentimental value for Tracy.  One thing about the two of us, we're lucky to have had talented grandmothers and friends of the family so that we have some actual art in our house.   Oh, and Tracy's photography of course.  I'm lucky that I have a husband who takes pictures like this that I can hang on the living room wall.