Art. It's a key part of making a room look finished, adds style and personality, and can unfortunately cost a pretty penny for good, quality pieces. I'm all about investing in beautiful pieces that you love, but sometimes that's just not in the budget.
Enter DIY art: the affordable alternative that lets you flex your creative muscles as well! Making art can be totally fun and therapeutic even if you're not what you'd call, ahem, artistic. You can make some beautiful stuff for your home. Promise.
I talked about a bunch of options for DIY-able art here, so if you're ready to take a project like this on, try my idea below or check out the other ones in that post.
In our dining room update earlier this week, I mentioned that I created these two pieces of large scale art for one of the big ole blank walls in there. Here's where they are:
(*Side note: ugh, I just can't handle that brass chandelier - it's high on the list to replace!)
Let's take a closer look at those two pieces. They're super simple to make.
Here are the supplies I used if you'd like to try your hand at making some of your own:
- Royal blue acrylic craft paint
- Modern Masters Pale Gold paint from their Metallic Paint Collection
- Craft paint brush - I used a fat round one
- White poster board - yep, nothing fancy here! If you mess up, it'll only cost you about 25 cents to start over.
- IKEA Ribba frame - these are the 24"x35 3/4" size and the poster board fits perfectly in it
I decided to make two patterns: one "U" pattern and one "V" pattern. I sketched these out on a smaller scale first to make sure I liked them and then just went right at it. I chose blue as the predominant color and gold as an accent color, adding it in randomly when it felt right. I was inspired by the mud cloth and shibori looks that are so popular right now and wanted the patterns to look more on the imperfect side. I think I achieved that!
Plus, perfection is overrated sometimes. ;)
I like how these two complement each other in color and style, but that the patterns are still distinct from one another. Also, that Modern Masters Pale Gold paint was the perfect metallic touch - it ties the art into the nearby kitchen pendants and the overhead lighting in the living room, all of which helps make these rooms look cohesive, but not matchy matchy. The gold paint is such a dream to work with: it goes on smoothly and is a true metallic with beautiful reflective qualities. Open floor plans can be tricky sometimes!
I had a lot of fun figuring out how to style these pieces for photos - styling is always a trial and error process for me - and thought I'd share my process as a fun little bonus for this post! I even made a gif for it - I think that's a first for MRFB! If you can't see the gif, just scroll down. The photos are there individually too.
I started with two stacked stools from our bar area and topped them with a potted succulent (jade)...
Added a second potted succulent...
Brought in a dining room chair...
Then a pillow...
And finally, one more plant for good measure.
I'm not an expert styler by any means, but I've learned a few things that are important to make vignette look great:
- Always include something living - either a plant or flowers.
- Vary the textures. Here I've mixed in metal, wood and soft fabrics.
- Gather items in groups of threes.
- Mix up the height of objects.
I hope you'll try some DIY art! It's a fun project that can totally transform a space.
Have a great weekend, y'all!
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