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    Home » Decorate

    Make Your Own Wall Art - A Kitchen Refresh Makeover

    August 29, 2018 by Patti Estep 4 Comments

    Use ordinary posters to make your own wall art. This idea was part of a kitchen refresh but could be applied to any room in the house.

    Trio of wall art

    We are in the process of refreshing our kitchen. This house was built in the mid-80s. We moved in during a blizzard in January 2004. Ten years before I started blogging.

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    Old linoleum flooring

    Sadly, until recently we still had these hideous linoleum floors. Mostly because we couldn't decide what we wanted.

    Old yellow kitchen walls

    We also had the original dark wood running throughout the entire first floor of the house and decided to bite the bullet and have it all painted white. The butter yellow walls in this kitchen needed an update too.

    New flooring

    We ended up with this pretty warm gray vinyl flooring. 

    One of the projects we did when we first moved into the house was painting the cabinets. We worked really hard to create an antique finish but now the white baseboard looked really bad with the cabinets.

    We decided to antique the trim around the cabinets but leave the rest white.

    Kitchen walls gray old prints

    The yellow walls got a new coat of paint (SW popular gray). Then I thought the rooster painting and red transferware no longer worked.  So, in true DIY fashion, I decided to try and make my own wall art.

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    Make Your Own Wall Art

    Posters on canvas

    I bought these three citrus botanical posters online.

    P.S. you can find botanical prints for free online and get them printed at a copy or office supply store.

    These are much larger than the rooster prints, and I since have a huge obsession with botanical prints this was the perfect opportunity to use them.

    Gluing posters to canvas

    I purchased some blank canvas the same size as the posters and glued them together with mod podge.

    Weights on posters

    Then I flipped the canvas over and weighed it down with some books and boxes.

    Make your own wall art on new gray wall

    These vintage prints fill the space much better than the old rooster paintings.

    You can easily make your own wall art the same way for hardly any effort and not a lot of money. I'd estimate the cost of each piece was around $20. 

    Photos from the garden was another option, but I was worried that they would be too vibrant and I liked the subtle look of the posters better.

    I will be posting a couple more ideas on what we did to refresh our kitchen along with the final look over the next couple of weeks, so stop back and see how it all turns out.

    kitchen wall art collage

     

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    About Patti Estep

    Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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    1. Julie Briones

      August 31, 2018 at 5:13 pm

      So pretty, Patti! Love lemons in a dining/kitchen area! It looks like your updates are done?

      Reply
      • Patti Estep

        September 01, 2018 at 8:35 am

        Julie, I'm so glad you like the prints. I still have a couple of updates to share over the next week or so and will include final rooms photos on the last one.

        Reply
    2. Carole West

      August 29, 2018 at 7:38 am

      Wow those three pictures make all the difference in that area. It amazes me how a simple project can transform a room. Great idea!

      Reply
      • Patti Estep

        August 29, 2018 at 8:43 am

        Thanks Carole. We really like it.

        Reply

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