I really have wanted to find some wall decor that designates our dining area from our living area since we took the wall down between the two rooms. You know so my husband know he has to eat in the dining room. I like the idea of these canvases from Pottery Barn but the size was a little much for my space and the color was basically the same as our paint color so I decided I would put my own spin on them. And I decided I wanted to do it for less than $20.
Here's what you'll need. Three canvases. Any size you want. I had two packs of canvases in my attic that I used.
Fabric to cover your canvases. I used black burlap from Hobby Lobby. I bought a yard and a half and it was on sale 50% off so I paid less than $5. Fabric paint. I used white. A glue gun. Something transparent to make stencils with. I used contact paper I bought to make paper xmas ornaments with Aidan for his grandparents. Tracing paper will work. An Xacto knife. A pencil. Paint brush. Ribbon of your choice to hang canvases.
First thing you want to do is cover your canvases with your fabric using your glue gun and gluing the fabric to the edges of your canvas. Using burlap was a pain in the bum. I'm not even going to lie. It pulls all over the place because the weave is so loose.
Next I used Google images to find a picture of a fork, knife and spoon. I saved them to my computer and then opened them in my photo editing software so I could zoom them in and used my computer as a light box and traced them on to the contact paper. I then took my Xacto knife and cut out the fork, knife and spoon. The pieces of contact paper are now stencils and you should have these left over.
I eyeballed the center of each canvas and taped the stencil on to the fabric. I then took a rough paint brush and painted away from the edges of the stencil to try and prevent bleeding {it worked!} I lifted the stencils and used my paint brush to add some paint to some of the areas that were lighter than others. I did not want the fork, knife or spoon to be completely filled in because I wanted them to look a little worn. This is what they looked like when I was finished! Not too shabby.
I really thought I would want to use a green silk ribbon to hang these but with my new Crate and Barrel china cabinet being red, I didn't want anyone to think it looked like Christmas year round. So I chose this gun metal colored ribbon and I ended up loving it. I just cut three pieces 2 ft long, tied a bow in the middle, centered them and hot glued them to the back of the canvas {on the frame}.
I hung them on a nail to show them to you but they will be hung on a wall in our dining room as soon as I can get the time to take down the family photos that are there, patch those holes and hang these.
I think for the price and the amount of time they took me to make {barely two hours} they are perfect and I can't wait to get them
hung in their proper home.
COMING UP....
{a little sneak peek, can you guess what this is going to be}
5 comments:
I LOVE it!! Way to go sister.
I AM SO IMPRESSED!!!!! YOU ARE SO TALENTED!!!! OPEN YOUR OWN SHOP - I WOULD BE THE FIRST CUSTOMER!!!!
HOPE YOU ARE DOING WELL!!!
TAKE CARE!!
Holly N. Madugula
Arlington, TX
hnmadugula@yahoo.com
Wow, great job! You certainly have some patience to get this project done. Too cute!
OMG you are so awesome! I want to do that! I miss our decorating talks and seeing all of your projects that inspire me to get stuff done! Can't wait to see more DIY!
Great job, April! LOVE them! Thanks for sharing your creativity in the DIY Project Parade. I'm going to feature your project tomorrow (Sat.). Please feel free to grab an "I'm Featured" button from my blog. ;)
Have a fun weekend!
Roeshel
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