ROOMS

About a year ago, I made these art pieces to go on a boring white wall in our rental home.  In our new home, I thought they would go nicely with my newly painted deep blue walls in my dining room. At the time that I made these, I couldn't spend a lot of money.  I found the art prints at a local antique/collectibles shop.  I purchased the cheapest frames I could possibly find - they were an oak color and I spray painted them white.  It was too expensive to mat them, so I just purchased the green artist paper  and taped on the prints. By the way, the blue paint isn't quite as 'crayon blue' as it looks in these photos, in  this post  the color is a little more accurate.  There are still some other things in this room I would like to tackle, but these things take time...and money, right!??  For now, at least I have some art on the walls;) (In case you missed it, this is what the dining room looked like when we moved in....

Have some blank walls to fill??  I do.   Here are a few ideas I found today.  For info and instructions on how to make these click 'source' below each photograph. source source source source

Image via J Caroline Creative (framed scrapbook paper) No room is complete with empty walls. I am all for investing in expensive, beautiful and original artwork - I think it is money well spent. Unfortunately, we don't all have the means to do that. Therefore, here are some low-cost options that anyone can do with a little time and creativity. ___________________________________________ Take high resolution images, transform them to black and white, and enlarge. Purchase basic clean-lined frames for a gallery look or purchase frames of varying thicknesses/designs and paint them all the same color for a more unique look. (P.S. A few days ago I picked up two frames w/mats at a thrift store spending only $3...in a future post, I will show you what I did with them). Source Frame fabric. This option works best with a bold-print fabric. Image via Anne Becker in Elle Decor Stretch fabric over stretcher bars & staple on the back side. Stretcher bars can be found at any art supp...