We’ve added a few things to make our white-wall apartment feel more like home. (It’s amazing what a few light fixtures and house plants can do!)

I’ve seen a lot of cute DIY wood pallet decorations on Pinterest. Our friends found pallets at Bauhaus for only 10TL, so I got some paint and decided to give it a try.

First, I printed out Joshua 24:15 on paper. I laid the paper on top of the wood and traced it with a pencil. The pencil made an indent, which gave me lines to follow.

My original plan was to have two pallets – one with the verse in English, and the other with the same verse in Turkish. The project took a lot longer than expected, and I only finished the English one. I’ll eventually get around to finishing the other one…

It sat propped against a wall for several weeks. It’s difficult to get nails into the walls because they are concrete. David surprised me one day and hung it up and even added greenery and pinecones! Perfect for some holiday decor.

Joshua 24:15
But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.

Yeşu 24:15
Ben ve ev halkım RAB’be kulluk edeceğiz.