Showing posts with label Easy Decor Solutions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easy Decor Solutions. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Good morning!

I'm back from a long weekend with family and friends celebrating my second baby shower and Easter. We had a great weekend and once again my shower was beautiful!

Today I wanted to share pictures I ran across on BHG about how to decorate blank walls. Here are a sampling of great ideas that would be easy to DIY.


Picture Frame Headboard

Large Artwork

DIY Layered Art

Repurpose Vintage Finds

Repurpose Books

Use Letter Art

Create a Gallery Shelf

Hang Art in Unusual Places

Create Gallery Walls by Theme

Use Mirrors

Create Storage

Mirror Collages

As you can see there are a lot of ideas for filling up that blank wall you just don't know what to do with. For many more ideas click here.


Have a great day!

Emily

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Inexpensive Interesting Wall Decor

Good morning!
I hope everyone is having a great week. One design item I get asked about a lot is how to decorate an empty wall inexpensively. Because let's be honest....even if you spend a ton on furniture, rugs, and curtains your home won't feel complete without something on the walls..... and that can get expensive.

Here are a few images I found to illustrate my point that wall decor doesn't have to be expensive.

One thing I have talked about before is hanging plates to create a collage. Head to your local thrift store and pick up a collection of white or colored plates for often less than $1 each.
Another option is empty frames. I love this idea because you can find mismatched and chipped frames at your local thrift store for a little bit of nothing. Take them home and spray paint them a universal color (see even white on white looks wonderful) and hang them up!
Another empty frame idea. I love the oval, square, and rectangular frames all together.
A collage of different framed photos, art and mirrors creates a visually interesting space and often you can find extra frames you have lying around and pull something together.
A functional idea is to find door knobs (or create your own with a block of wood and a door knob) and use them as a place to hang coats, laundry, or purses.
I love a framed cork board! Find a wonderful frame at a local thrift store? Paint it and a piece of cork board and staple them together and you are good to go! Functional and pretty!
Another decor option you may have never thought of (I know I hadn't considered it before) is to buy a variety of ceiling medallions and hang them up for a different way to fill a wall. Love it!
Finally, this is something I will probably to in my own office one day if I don't do the cork board idea. Hang a variety of pretty clipboards on the wall. This will allow you to hang different papers or documents and to keep things organized and off your desk.
Have a great day!

Emily

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Decorating with Plates

Good morning!
Thanks for all the warm wishes yesterday! If you haven't entered to win the $20 gift card to Anthropologie do so now! Contest ends Friday at 2pm and a winner will be announced that day.

One of my favorite things in our home since we're renting and can't do much in terms of painting or DIY is my plate collage. I stole the idea and made it my own from a Pottery Barn picture I had found and saved a few years ago. Unfortunately, I can't put my hands on the image but it was in a dining room with a black pedestal table and yellow walls. Anyone have it?

Anyway, here is my collage:
I think these collages not only add interest but also they add dimension to any room. Here are a few images that showcase the different ways you can work with plates by hanging them.








I love the simplicity of a few white plates, which is what we have over our tv....4 white plates in a row...just enough to anchor the 2 pictures we have on either side of the tv.

You can see that with plates anything goes! I love the 3 plates above the bed, which is simple and easy yet creates a great look. I also love the organic shape of a tightly placed kinda flowing collage like mine and the one above. But you can also see that a defined shape looks amazing too.

I will stop before I bore you with more plate talk. Do you have a plate collage? All images found here.

Emily

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