The photo above shows the original framed art purchased from
Hobby Lobby. It’s a pretty Tuscan print,
but rather dark and we were going for a lighter feel in the room. Purchasing a different piece of art this large could be expensive, so my goal was to re-work what we already had. The frame did not have glass on the front
(the print had a reflective coating on it), so I had glass cut to fit the frame
(about $30 at Hobby Lobby). Some touch up was done on the frame to change the gold accents to silver. This was done using a small paintbrush and silver metallic
craft paint.
The background is foil backed cork wallpaper by Candice
Olsen. I love this stuff as it reminds
me of birch bark. (I used this wallpaper on anotherwall art project and so I had some left over and felt it worked perfectly
here as an interesting background behind the leaves). The wallpaper is expensive, but since it was leftover from another project I took the liberty to consider it free
for budget purposes. I had also
considered using some leftover fabric for the background but I think the
wallpaper was my best choice.
The leaves are quilted placemats purchased years ago at
either a Marshall’s or a TJ Maxx. They
caught my attention and I had been holding on to them ever since looking for
the perfect project. I originally
thought I would put them in three different frames and create a series, but I
think fanning them out in one frame works quite well here. They were bought so long ago, I have to guess on
what I paid for them – probably about $3 a piece. Since I had them for so long I also
considered them ‘free’ within the budget for the room.
So…for about $30 we had a brand new piece of large art for
over the mantle!
Check out my other upcyled framed art project using fabric and scrapbook paper...
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