I got home and dug into my "to be spray painted one day bin". Yes, I really do have a bin in my basement for that purpose and I admit I feel weird typing this right now. Hey, at least I don't have it labeled as such with my label maker. That would really make me a weirdo right?
At any rate, I pulled out a picture frame I've been meaning to rework. Here's a before:
Lovely dark brown and dusty picture frame with nature scenes (i.e. pictures I took myself and pictures my little brother took and gave to me as a gift several years ago). While I love the photos I don't feel they "go" with my house, nor does the frame. So I took it apart and spray painted the cream colored mats a bright white.
And painted the frame itself. It took three coats to get opaque results but I was very pleased with the bright yellow, glossy finish.
As I was waiting for it to dry I Googled watercolor paintings and I printed off a dozen options, narrowed down my choices, and then printed my favorite four on glossy photo paper.
Then I cut them down to size and after the frame was cured I popped them inside and hung the framed art on my living room wall.
I'm so happy with the end result. It's so cheerful and colorful and makes me smile when I look at it.
To the right of the couch is the front door which leads out to a screened in porch so there's not much lighting that comes in from the window in the front door and this corner of the living room is always pretty dark. I think the yellow helps liven things up a bit.
Because my home has so many windows throughout it's hard to find places to hang artwork but I think it works just perfect here. Best of all the total price of the project was $2.98 plus tax so you can't beat that for some new wall art!
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