DIY Free Artwork {Restoration Hardware Inspired}

Why is it that I feel most inspired to make changes around the house when I don't have the resources to put toward changes to the house. Gah! 

So the challenge was on as I continued on my "use what I have" rule.  I am SO tickled with the way that everything turned out. I hinted at working on the boys room on Facebook (come on over and follow me!) and have mentioned the room here and here.

 The boys use the old dresser my sister and I had when we were kids. They are just plain old cheapy pine dressers - and aren't built to stand the test of time. One of the drawers finally was on it's last leg and was on the verge of making L boy craaaaazy.  While working on the dresser, I pulled the drawer out thinking of other plans for the hole. I realized the broken piece would be perfect for an art piece. 

 You're with me, right?

Here was my inspiration.

 I didn't want mine to be the same, it just gave me an idea. Those are usually my famous last words.

Using wallpaper paste and bookpages (both of which I already had), I started gluing pages to the board until it was covered.

 Then I just free handed the letters using a pencil, then went back over those lines with a sharpie.

 I filled in the lines with the sharpie because I wanted it to look sharp like a printed page, as opposed to painted.

That's all there is to that! EASY PEASY, FREE and environmentally friendly to boot! It's big too, so it makes a statement. Stay tuned because the final result is pretty awesome.

You could use anything for this - $1 foam board from the Dollar Store, cover in pages, glue a string on the back and write the word of your choice. It doesn't have to be expensive to be beautiful! 

Here's a sneak peak at what I have been working on in this room.

Oh yes I did.

xo-Chris

 

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The Boys Room-getting there

I've been working on the boys room here and there. I moved them into the same room last April, and am mostly so glad I did. Every now and then, (when someone little cries because his bedtime is earlier than the older one, and they should just be able to go to bed together) it get's a little tricky. 

The plan was to do a vintage aviation type of thing - mostly because that's the stuff I've had around since the oldest little moved into his first big boy room - and I still really like that it can grow with them (unlike dino's, or cheetah's - which someone has mentioned wanting his room to be like more than once)... 

I made the duvet's - featured here. 

And the red cross pillows - featured  here.

 Here is what it looked like before moving both boys into the same room (yes - those are dinosaurs...I've seen the error in my ways.). I was a saturated color kind of girl. I still like it :) 

And now... {warning: loads of pics ahead}

I'm pretty happy with it - but it still feels like it's missing something...my heart says stripes. My brain says nope. I am thinking about doing something funky to their dresser's - maybe a big giant flag or something. Who knows. Teething baby and deciding that I needed to completely reorganize the kitchen keeps me from starting any more insanity right now. Maybe.

Thanks for stopping by! 

xo-Chris

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