The Day Printed Paper Met Painted Wood

They call it serendipity.

A few boards Mod Podged with scrapbook paper were on the floor, waiting for the next step: stenciling with paints.

I took a break to open a really special package that arrived from Hammer & Hand Imports. It’s an old piece of weathered painted wood from India, and it’s going back to India. It will go under a granite counter in the India pied-à-terre’s master bathroom.

But look to the left at the papers … and back to the right at the painted wood … and … hey! These go together really well! Let’s put them together and take a bazillion photos like a crazy drooling person with a fetish for paper and wood. Sounds like a great Saturday night.

Here’s the whole thing:

Little compositions:

So here’s an idea, what about decoupage shelves with printed scrapbook papers, then attach weathered, chippy-painted wood underneath the shelves? Hang the shelves and set simple things on them, because the shelves alone would be decorative enough.

I hope this inspires you to put some unexpected things together. What would you do with printed papers and painted wood?