Kev left for his soccer game the other night and I decided to get a little crafty. He came home to find a million little nail holes in the wall and the saying “home sweet home” written on it. I am pretty in love with this cute project. I free handed all the letters using a ruler and the width of the level to mark them all. If you don’t feel comfortable with that, you could print out letters from the computer and tape them up to the wall. Then nail the nails in the corners and around the curves of each letter. I tied the yarn to one of the nails and then just started wrapping. I wanted the string pattern in each letter to be different. That was my favorite part, it was like being a kid again. You could write anything you wanted really. How cute would it be to have the abc’s written in a nursery? or your child’s name? The possibilities are endless!
p.s here is a picture I posted on twitter from when I was drawing out the letters…
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Lacey Horst-Thomas
04.13.12
so cute! you did such a good job. i love the way it looks in your living room. c:
Trisha
04.13.12
Love this! It looks great on your wall. It certainly makes a BIG impact with just some nails and some yarn.
Girl & Closet
04.13.12
Jen this is such a lovely project & it looks fantastic on the wall. Plus, I absolutely adore your living room… you’re such a stylish lady!! Happy weekend! xo veronika
Laura
04.14.12
i utterly love this when I saw your instagram picture! Such a gorgeous idea!
xxx
Janelle D
04.14.12
This is so beautiful & fun! I’d love to try something like this when I have a real house… not an apartment. Thank you for the tutorial!
Carly
04.14.12
Jen,
This is AMAZING!! I can’t imagine the time and effort it took…you’re awesome.
Liz
04.14.12
hey jen! Where did you get your couch? I’m looking for a sectional just like that!
jamie cassell
04.14.12
I love love love this idea! I’m also very impressed with how perfectly straight and neat your letters look. I rent, so I’m hesitant to do this many nails in the wall, but I may adapt this onto a piece of wood and hang that on the wall.
Punky
04.14.12
come over and lets put holes in adams walls!
Jess
04.14.12
um, this is amazing! come make one for me in my house please!
love it so much
Anna
04.15.12
Wow! This is fantastic. So clever and unique.. great color choices too!
I’d love to do something like this in our place.. we have a bare space in our dining room… hmm.. yes, I MUST do it! Thanks for yet, another great idea with great photos! 
stacy
04.16.12
i love this so much, it looks great!
Amy
04.16.12
This is so cute! These are my absolute FAVORITE kind of DIYs: simple, inexpensive, quick, with lots of impact!
Melody Rich
04.16.12
These are crazy cool! I love the geometric look. And your house is BEAUTIFUL! I love all that natural light and the high ceilings. So pretty.
Chelseabird
04.17.12
I LOVE this, Jen! Definitely bookmarking it for the future! XO
Beth
05.04.12
It looks so great. I love it!!
Nuance and Bubbles
05.22.12
hi! I had a yarn and nails adventure and when looking for inspiration this tutorial gave me the courage to actually put my letters right on the wall. (haha) thanks for sharing!
Bethany
07.04.12
Where did you find the couch? I’m looking for one exactly like this
Nadine
07.23.12
Love this, ‘pinned’ this! I will be back to visit here again, no doubt!
I <3 that couch too…… about to 'stalk' your site now…. I have 4 minutes before computer cut-off time… hmmm: I might have to go over today. lol! 
Charlotte
07.25.12
JUST AMAZINGGG!!!
Im triyng to do something like that!!!
ali thompson
07.27.12
holy moly this is amazing. i love this!!
donna
08.05.12
what were the approximate dimensions of your letters? it looks like they were 12″X12″?
Kara
08.10.12
I DID THIS!!! You inspired me! So I did it in our guest room. I posted about it today if you wanna check it out! Thanks for the idea!
beckee
09.13.12
this is absolutely stunning.
Adelaide Gorton
11.13.12
Hi, I was wondering how you ‘finished to ends of the thread without it looking too messy? Do you just tie it or use glue…?