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!
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.
ReplyDeleteLove garage sales-- and those Michael's coupons are great too!
ReplyDeleteI love the paint colors; what are they?
ReplyDeletenatalie- 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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