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Baskets can be filled
with practicly anything. They are always nice on walls. I think they add
dimension to the decor.
Here is a basket I bought at a thrift store. It cost .50 cents. I simply filled it with floral moss in which I put dry flowers. Estimated cost: $4.00 |
| I don't know if you are
like me but I have never found a unique, interesting and affordable
clock.
Here is the clock we have in our kitchen. It was originally green but our kitchen is white and deep blue. I took it all apart and painted it blue and added some white details to it. Estimated cost: $5.00 |
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FRAMES
We have lots of frames on our walls but
only one of them is store-bought. The others are simply pictures of people we
care about, paintings I did over the years or images I created from little
things found here and there. Here are a few examples of the latter
ones.
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Here are two
pictures I created from magazine pictures. I glued the images to a piece
of thick cardboard which I painted with Burnt Sienna paint. I then applied
a coat of crackle medium. To finish, I applied a coat of antiquing glaze
which I wiped before it dried so it would appear mostly in the cracks and
not too much on the images. The frames were bought at the thrift store for
$1.00 each.
Estimated cost: $6.00 for both frames |
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Here is
another frame I did with pictures taken from a magazine. I bought this
large frame at IKEA for about $8.00. It was orange, so I painted it navy
blue so it would fit in with the decor of the room I put it in. I do think
that the white mat is a bit dull. One day I will add a bit of colour to it
to enlighten it.
Estimated cost: $10.00 |
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| Suggestion: Start
stocking samples of wallpaper borders! In big home improvement stores,
they give you free samples of about 12 to 24 inches of wallpaper borders.
The images on the borders are very interesting and beautiful to frame.
Here are two examples of some frames I created. The paper is glued to a
thick cardboard with spray adhesive. I found the frames at garage sales for about $1.00 each. Estimated cost: $2.00 for both frames To other examples of things to do with samples of wallpaper borders. |
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