BEFORE
AFTERI have been starring at my old ugly art above my mantle for over a year. It doesn’t match the new (over a year old) paint and looks terrible. This week I decided I had had enough and updated it. I could not find a good before picture, but this one at least shows the ugly art work. Since I have a limited budget, actually NO budget, I took apart the old art and Wade painted the frame for me. I drew the white leave design on the computer, cut it out on my cricut, and mounted it to 3 pieces of black canson paper. I re-used the old mat board from the original art and spray mounted gray linen like fabric to it. I love how it turned out and the best part was it cost me under $10 to redo.
Mostly everything is made from something I already had! I took the greenery from another vase upstairs and painted my candle sticks, ‘S’, and owl. I added paper to the clock and re-painted it. Wade also spray painted the brass accents on the fireplace. All I had to buy was spray paint, canson paper, and the candles. In all I spent about $30. I am pretty pleased with my cheap mantle make over.
