Affordable Home Decor

Need to fill in an empty wall or need a new focal point for a shelf? You need not look far if you have children...just start saving their best art efforts from school, daycare, or summer camp!

I have several finished framed art projects in my home, and several art peices that will one day find a home on my walls or on a shelf or dresser.

Items Needed to Make Affordable Home Decor:

*Drawings, paintings, prints, etc. from your child, grandchild, neice/nephew, or a friend's child

*Mats

*Frames

*Scissors or craft knife

*scotch tape

 

Instructions:

*Choose your piece of art you wish to display in your home.

*Find a frame that is large enough to accommodate the art without having to trim away important parts

*Trim as needed with scissors or craft knife

*If possible, add a mat that coordinates with colors and/or textures in the art piece

*Attach the art piece to the mat with scotch tape if needed

*Place the matted art piece in the frame and display!

Simple tips:

~Use drawings or paintings that fill up a page, or use several smaller drawings to make a collage

~Use a coordinating mat color...if the art piece has small amounts of red, use a red mat to bring out that       

   vibrant color

~Have your artist sign and date his creation if not done so already

~If you need art, have an art party with your kids! Provide paper, paints, brushes, crayons, pens, etc.

Jessica's 'Expectant Mother' - painted in first gradeAmber's 'Shiny Apple', drawn with oil

                                                                               crayons-10th    grade

My display of Affordable Home Decor, located in my kitchen. The shelf was purchased at a garage sale for $3.00 and painted green to match the greens in my kitchen. The Apple clock was a gift from my Mom, ordered from ABC catalog, about $10.00. Other items collected from garage sales and thrift stores.