ART:
a must have in the home.
Cannot be forced.
Tends to be expensive.
With that being said, there are some easy and affordable alternatives to dressing up your wall. Although a little elbow grease IS involved. But just think- a trip to Hobby Lobby and 4 glue sticks later you could be on your way to becoming the next Picasso.
(And just to clarify- These pieces of art below are all valuable. And I do not discredit the artists! I just see things like this and think DIY. Do it yourself, it doesn't look too difficult.
Easy silhouettes...
A framed tapestry...
Chalkboard Art...
Blow up a photograph or print on canvas...
Lauren from Pure Style Home sent her favorite print (which was originally an 8x10) to be enlarged at wizardprints.com. (I've used it before too- it's great!) Look at how much of an impact it makes in her dining room now...
An 8x10 print, now a 4'x7' piece of art. Amazing!
Here, Palmer Weiss blows up charming photographs in a girls room and hangs them above each bed...
OR you can display the small photographs...
Framed Foliage...
(I saw on Little Green Notebook that she found these 2 prints above at Art.Com- see here.
Framed wallpaper or fabrics:
Framed Collections...
Erika from Urban Grace framed a collection of match boxes she found at a flea market... It adds so much to the room!
Recently Elle Decor featured a home where a collection of old clipboards was displayed in the hallway. I love this idea! How unique...
Aerin Lauder's breakfast room features her kids' artwork... Tastefully, ofcourse.
Organized color...
Tape off a canvas in a grid and let your kids "color in the lines" with a few selected markers. Rip off the tape,
and Voila!
Easy art!
(1) via Elle Decor (2) via Domino mag (3) Carolina Irving via Lonny (3) Simon Upton via Elle Decor (4) Nate Berkus via Elle Decor (5) Lauren Leiss via Pure Style Home (6) Palmer Weiss via Lonny (7) Tom Scheerer (8) via Domino (9) via Cookie magazine (10) via Little Green Notebook (11) via At Home with Color (12) Domino via LGN (13) via Canadian House and Home (14) via Domino (15) Erika Powell via Urban Grace (16) Estershon via Elle Decor (17) Aerin Lauder via Elle Decor
