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Since we rent, there isn't a lot we can do to change a room with painting the walls, etc. I know a lot of you are in the same position! I was looking for something to put up on a large, empty wall in the main bathroom my kids use. I didn't want to spend a lot of money, and I really wanted it to be fun for my kids. I would LOVE to have a nice guest bath with seashells and soaps and rolled up washcloths, but for now, this room is used by my toddlers 99% of the time so I really wanted it to reflect that in a cute way.
So........I found these great black frames (with white mats) for THREE dollars each at Walmart (yes, they're cheap, but they aren't being moved around a lot (at all) and they have stood up very well, actually!) and went to town.
First, I had my then almost 2-year-old help with some fingerpainting - I did the letters, and she helped decorate around them.
Then, I let them dry completely. (Took about two hours - did this during naptime.) When they were dry, I framed them in the bargain frames.
Next, I did the ribbons to hang the frames. Warning: if you have a black doesn't ever go with brown pet-peeve, just stop reading now. My walls are a nice deep brown. Since my frame was black, I used a darker brown ribbon to hang the frames because it was the only color I had I wanted to bring the colors together. I just cut four equal strips of ribbon, after figuring out how low I wanted the frames to hang. Then I just eye-balled the center of each strip, tied a bow, then hot-glued the ends of the ribbon onto the back of the frames.
Then, since I can never get a straight line EVER, and I didn't have another adult around to help - I decided to stagger the letters. I think it worked.
I also took a picture of my kids in their hooded bath towels after a bath one night and framed it. I used a small easel that wasn't being used to hold the picture.
My kids love seeing their art and a picture of themselves in the room, which (I think) is worth so much more than a bowl of guest soaps.
Yay! We have our first project submission here at A Home In Progress. (Which is really, really what I want this place to be - a place for those of us who are working with our own homes (thus, the name A Home in Progress!) to post our projects and tips and hints and finds and.......just anything!
Anyway, I LOVE this idea because it just seems so simple and easy and makes a HUGE difference in the room. Here's what she did:
I wanted some art to hang on the wall of my daughter's room but wasn't finding anything I liked. I just decided to try to do something myself!
First, I bought some blank canvases.
I knew I wanted circles to match the bedding, but I wasn't sure about the placement. I used the computer to create an outline of different size circles and different placements. When I got it where I liked it, I printed it off and used it as a stencil for the canvases.
I painted one color at a time with some acrylic craft paint. Then I did two more coats over each color so there was no canvas showing through the circles.
I also painted the side of the canvas so it looked better when you walked into the room.
I really like how they turned out and they were very inexpensive and easy! I am doing two more to make a set of four.
Thank you so much Jentry! I love the art and the fact that when you couldn't find something you liked, you just decided to make it yourself!
If you have a project you've done lately, or a yummy recipe, or any other aspect of building your home in progress, send it in! We need lots of projects to get started!
