Remember the $4.99 framed street photo that I found at Goodwill?
Finally got around to doing something with it. Since I got a great deal (it is a pretty heavy frame with a good mat), I didn’t want to spend a lot more on it. Plus, after all my recent acrylic painting activities I was in no mood to whip up another painting. What’s a girl gotta do?
Of course hop over to Micheals and look for inspiration. I found some craft paper squares that I liked ranging for $0.19 to $0.99.
Time to change the street scene. I really liked the map but the newly framed art was going to go on the floating shelves in our family room. With red being an accent color int that room, I really was not sure. So I tried out all the 4 options.
Once inside the mat, I didn’t like the map at all! Out of the three left, had a hard time deciding between the grey and the orange paisley. So trail run it is!
Option #1
Option #2
Finally decided to go with the Orange-ish red print. Again, it just felt right with the other accents in the room. The whole process was pretty easy. Unscrew the hardware, open the mat, tape the new art (pattern paper), and screw everything back on.
So here she is all settled in her new home.
PS: Since the frame was so heavy, I was kind of scared that it would slip off the shelf. we put in a strip of double stick tape on the wall so that the frame would something to rest against, just in case.
At $5.18, isn’t that an easy on the pocket as well as effort art? Do you make craft paper art too?
Great choice. From the first picture with all the squared papers laying on the carpet, my eye went to the red/orange paisley right away! I was hoping that’s the one you would’ve chose!
Great idea to use paper from Michael’s! So smart!
Deanna,
Thanks for dropping by. Yes I liked the orange-ish one too at first but I had this thing in my head that I wanted a map! Happy that I decided to go with the flow. I really like the grey- orange one too. Hopefully I’ll think of some way to use it soon.
Wow, are those orange cones Onathappans from home? WOW! Thats such a cool decor idea… Why didnt i think of that myself? #facepalm
Yes they are. 🙂 After every Onam I used to store them in our pooja room. After we installed the floating shelves, I wanted something tall over there. And bam the idea hit me. 🙂 Glad that you noticed.
Thanks for stopping by:)Yes we were in Baltimore for 4 yrs before deciding to move back to India (and a total of 14 yrs inUS!!).But guess what I am currently in Northern Virginia for a while.You too from NVa , right ?
Its fun and really interesting how we all come across and discover eachothers passion for little things in life.For instance in this particual post I really like what you have done with renewing Picture frame.I might just end up taking your idea:)I have two similar frames lying around.
Thanks again for vising my blog and bloghome 🙂
Thanks so much, Sarmistha. U in NoVa? That’s so cool. I met Shruthi from yummy4tummy and Project 365 (now jhopri too) through here. Looks like she had moved from Chicago to NoVA, turned out to be two streets from my place!!! I’m in Ashburn. May be we should have a blogger meet! LOL! My email is [email protected]
Vidya
Love the paisley art…simple yet so unique…
Thanks Jesny. It was pretty easy to do too.
Vidya