We bought a new sofa a little while back .Very MUCH need, the style is a bit more modern then our other hand me down, so I wasn't very happy with the art pieces on the wall... and art is not cheep.....THEN it hit me --I've got two of the best modern artist living right in my home-MY KIDS
My plan for the new gallery wall is to hit the thrift shops in the nest few weeks find as many photo frames I can, give them a JET black covering and frame some of my childrens materpieces. I'm also going to dig up some of my old art pieces from my parents celler---thank goodness they never throw things away =D
Well we decided to have simple black and white frames. That would be simple to change out art pieces as we wished.
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| This was the wall for a few months...then we had a change out: |
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| the new look =^D The center piece was made up of photo card I bought at Hobby Lobby for less then $2 a piece they are modpodged to a canvas I bought at Michels for $1 the canvas had a hole in it and was discounted---the letters covered the hole very nicely. Brand new center art piece for under $10! New side pitures are colored by my kids -FREE =) |
That is really cute! I really need to put more things on my walls!
ReplyDeleteAwesome!! I use my kids artwork and pictures as wall decor too. It's the best!
ReplyDeleteYour rotating art gallery will always be a conversation starter! When our children were younger, we had an art gallery hallway.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! I love displaying and framing children's artwork!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great way to get very personal art for your home. I'm sure your kids like being a part of your decor plans, too. Makes them feel proud every time they see their artwork.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure your children were thrilled! I've made paintings as a girl and my mom hung them up in our living room and I loved it!
ReplyDeleteI love to see kid's masterpieces displayed. It brings such warmth to the home.
ReplyDeleteReally great idea! I have some beautiful photos my son took that I've been wanting to frame for over a year. Frames are so expensive, and these are an odd size. I will try the thrift stores for sure!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! My oldest daughter takes beautiful pictures, so we took them to Walgreens to have them made into posters then used plexi-glass and decorative wall hangers and hung them on the wall.
ReplyDeleteLOVE it! I just redid our living room and bought the frames at goodwill and just got candid shots of the family developed at Walgreens for cheap. It worked out so well. I never thought of hanging my kids' drawings, though. Thanks for the idea!
ReplyDeleteI like both looks, the re-do is very modern though and it looks great!
ReplyDeleteMichael's is a great place to get cheap frames. We buy the wooden ones in the craft section, spray paint them, then tack them up over pictures.
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