I love walls having something on them, but I also like the art to be unique. In our master bathroom, I took the same sepia photos (different pictures, same technique) that I used on our bedroom walls and put them in glass frames (no matting), so the wall color could show through, making it appear that I got custom matting for my frames to match our walls. I found the frames at Michaels on sale for 50% off and the artwork inside the frames were photos I took myself. The total cost per picture was $6

In my office, I found three floating frames (what they were called) on clearance at Linens N Things. I went online and found some photos that looked “tranquil” to me, but also matched my office area (browns, oranges, reds, greens, and whites). They were simple to put together and the total cost per floating frame was $8.

In our guest bedroom, I used a very large frame (originally purchased to go in the guest bathroom to frame out the mirror, but was an inch too wide, so got re-purposed in the guest bedroom). The size of the frame matched the width of the dresser, so to me, it made sense to center it over the dresser. I had no clue what to put inside it and had a rod iron mini piece of art that I was planning to use in that room. I hung the mini piece of art inside the large frame and now it looks like an over-sized frame with a massive matting in it and 3-D art in the middle. The cost for this creation was $20.

When redecorating our guest bathroom, I had a hard time coming up with an idea of artwork to use on the walls.  The easy option was to use the cute artwork found at so many places that have the picture of a faucet, sink, tub, etc…. and are meant to be placed in a bathroom setting.  BUT, if you know me, you know that I don’t always like to go with the flow and sometimes like to step out of the box and do something different.

I found simple square frames on sale.  I purchased three of them and figured I would use them in the bathroom somehow.  I then started buying some accessories for the bathroom and when I got to the towels, I started looking at the designs and texture in the towels, which gave me an idea.  What about framed towels as artwork.  Sure, I’ll give it a try.

I purchased two hand towels (one in a blue shade that matched the blue shade used in our guest bathroom and the other towel was a dark brown with a blue design on it).  Perfect!  I then cut them to size and framed them.  Easy!  The total cost per picture came to about $4.50.  They’re unique to the space, one-of-a-kind, and create a conversation piece.

I’ve used canvases in a couple of rooms in our house. They are so cheap and the skies the limit with what you can do with them. I watch a lot of HGTV and have noticed designers either painting a block of color on a wall or using painted canvases as a block of color on a wall (which adds a little more texture in a 3-D fashion).

In our master bedroom, our accent colors are red and dark brown, so I painted three canvases these colors. I went around the house and took close up photos of items I thought were interesting. I then changed them all to sepia, which made them all have brown tones and go well in our room. I printed the photos in a 5×7 size and then used spray adhesive to glue them on the canvases, creating instant art. The cost for each piece was $3 and a little bit of time.

In our guest bedroom, I chose to paint canvases again. I decided on some more interesting sizes and painted them with the colors placed throughout that room. I left them as just plain painted canvases. I’m not sure how I like them yet. I feel that something should be added to them (they look too “blah”). Thoughts?

Painted canvases serve as very reasonably priced (one-of-a-kind) artwork for your walls. The cost is minimal and it’s something that most people don’t have on their walls (making a nice conversation piece as people ask how you came up with that idea).

While decorating my house, I have placed several different wall words throughout. I do get compliments on many things, but one that always stands out to others are the wall words I have in various places in our home. We have four sets of wall words in four areas of our home.

The first two were purchased on eBay from EZWordArt and went into our master bedroom and bath.  In our bedroom, it reads, “Together…A great place to be.” right over our bed.  We have a vaulted ceiling and that wall is so big.  I needed to come up with something to break it up and this worked well.  In the bathroom, I chose words such as, “Calm”, “Soothe”, “Relax”, and “Tranquil”.  I placed them surrounding the bathtub.  They create a “spa-like” atmosphere (ok, so the only spa-like thing is in my mind as I read the words, close my eyes and play imagination), but they do make a great addition to that space.

The second two sets of wall words were purchased on Etsy from Right On The Walls.  One went into my new office and the other into our newly decorated guest bedroom.  The one in my office says, “Creativity - the use of the imagination or original ideas, esp. in the production of an artistic work.”  I love this saying on my office wall.  It encourages me to be creative and that’s what I want to use my office for….creating new things.  The saying in our guest bedroom says, “Our lives are filled with simple joys and blessings without end.  But our single greatest joy in life is a home filled with family and friends.”  Behind this saying, it says, “Blessings”, “family”, “friends”.  We thought this was a perfect saying for a guest bedroom (gives a “homey” feeling).

The sayings add so much to each room that they are in.  It’s also nice to have on the wall to take up space without having to put yet another picture to fill the space.  Sometimes over use of pictures on walls are just too much.  Wall words match perfectly with any decor.  They come in several colors, sizes, and fonts, so you can pick what works best for your space.  There are so many businesses out there that sell these wall words.  Most companies can do custom sayings, so you can make yours even more unique.

If you’ve ever used a rub-on in scrapbooking, that’s exactly how these wall words are applied to the wall (they’re just on a much larger scale).  They are revoable, but are not able to be used again, so if you decide to move and the next owner doesn’t like them, they can easily be taken down.