Best Project wood

How perfect are these!  I knew I could use the color photos for wall art and thought they would give it just the splash of color and creativity the den needed.  I chose my favorite flowers out of the stack and ended up with 12.  I picked up 12 plain wood frames from the Dollar Tree and spray painted them with Rustoleum oil rubbed bronze spray paint.   I chose that color because its what I had on hand and because I wanted the frame color to have a little bit of warmth instead of just using black spray paint. 

For the matte, I grabbed a roll of postal wrapping paper, also at the Dollar Tree, and cut out appropriate sized mattes.   Then attached the floral prints with a tiny piece of tape on the back to make sure they didnt slide around, inserted into the frame and that was it.  Fun!  Hanging them.....not so much.  It took me a couple of hours to get those on the wall evenly spaced and perfect.  You should see all the nail holes behind the frames.  Ill have to go back and spackle those up later.  But it is an eye catching wall display that really perked up our den and inspired me to do some other things in there.  If you have any old books with pictures of foliage, flowers, trees, you could do the same thing.  Old books are a great source for finding images to put in a frame, and hanging those images in multiples is a great way to turn a wall into a great focal point.  Or you could also choose some interesting foliage, leaves, etc. outside from your own yard, press them in a book and then frame on the matte of your choosing after its completely dried out and flat.  This project cost me around $14.  But it wouldnt have been possible without my thoughtful little boy.  We had lots of fun working on it together.

Stay tuned for some cool things from this room!  Thanks for visiting me today!  I truly appreciate it!

P.S. Still to come......bathroom remodel and Fathers Day yumminess!