Or currently on your walls! Unframed canvas art is fine too – many original works of art in galleries are unframed – but a frame can definitely help to elevate a canvas print. You can find mass-produced framed canvas prints everywhere – Homegoods, Marshalls, TJMaxx, Christmas Tree Shop, Big Lots.
So here we go – a sort-of-tutorial…… PAINTING OVER A GENERIC CANVAS PRINT TO MAKE SOMETHING YOU LOVE FIRST UP, WHY USE A CANVAS PRINT?įOR THE FRAME. It reminds us of beachy places we love like Cape Cod and the Islands and our trip to Hawaii – which makes it more meaningful – and it also brings some visual PEACE to our loud, crazy, sometimes messy abode! Here’s the print I bought during the One Room Challenge, mostly for it’s size and the fact that it was framed (excuse the phone photo):Īnd after I painted over it – it now has decidedly less artistic value 🙂 but I like it so much more with the brighter hues. I am by no means an artist – you know I love making interesting or meaningful pieces for the walls of our home (like the “shower curtain” art with a photo from my phone or the block art in my teenaged son’s room), but my painting skills are definitely stuck somewhere around the preschool level!! That being said I still love to break out my college art supplies, mess around with paint and try different techniques. It’s just FUN! Not a big deal right? HA! I found a lot of half-way decent pieces, but nothing quite right, so I bought the best option, brought it home and turned it into a piece that is perfect for our family and this room, inspired by a photo that I took on our trip to Hawaii. I had to come up with another piece of art after depleting my budget, so off I went in search of something AMAZING, large, framed, and affordable. Oh so sadly, after I custom ordered a canvas-wrapped print on Etsy, I realized it would be way too small with the low back of chesterfield sofa of my dreams (you can see more of the hits and misses of making over a room here!) It’s the first thing you see when you enter the house from our garage, which we do all the time, and it would set the tone for the whole room. Let the eye rolling commence 🙂įor our family room I really wanted to find a big piece of abstract art for the wall over our sofa. This is more of sharing a concept than an actual tutorial, and this piece and my art hack are sure to get some eye rolls and criticism, however, some of you said the seascape was your favorite part of the makeover (which is VERY kind!) and I know many of you love art project ideas. Today I wanted to chat with you about the painting from our family room makeover. Hello lovelies! What a funky week with the 4th of July smack dab in the middle of it, right? I hope you enjoyed the holiday and found some time to rest, relax and celebrate with friends and family!
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