I was lucky enough to find a beautiful book of botanical prints at a yardsale & have used lots of the prints in my home. I also scour second-hand stores for unique frames-usually with pictures I don't care for in them that I remove. I purchased all of the frames pictured (above &below) for $1.50- $3.00 each.
Here are some coral & lobster prints I used for a bathroom-in-progress in my dad's lake house:
I do mostly long-distance decorating since it's in Antioch, Illinois, but when I visit, I try to accessorize as quickly as I can on a serious budget. The prints are a great way to accessorize a lake house since they're so fitting and I only had to make 1 purchase so my dad doesn't gripe about me spending too much on decorating every time I come!
Here's a close-up of a fully opened page. You can see the fold in the center, but I think it sort of adds to the charm. Eventually I plan on matting all of the prints, but that's another project on another trip!
Happy hunting!
As a decorator & a textile designer, this is my place to muse... perfection doesn't interest me; Reality and charm do. Fresh floppy flowers from the garden over long-stemmed roses any day, I love it when things are slightly off and tell a story. 
4 comments:
I'm big on this idea as well. Art work can be expensive and instead of going out and getting a standard piece of artwork ( I use the word art loosly) at BBB. You can invest some money is a book of prints and go crazy at Kinko's photocoping. I always find frames at garage sales or use a coupon and go to Michaels.
Love garage sales-- and those Michael's coupons are great too!
I love the paint colors; what are they?
natalie- the paneling from the fern pic is Benjamin Moore's "dove white" and the pale green is Behr's "mountain haize" - one of my favorites!
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