Last month I shared a large framed panel decorated with scrapbook paper and painted stencils. Here’s another similar, smaller project:
This is one of those projects where the final result looks like much more than the steps it took to make it.
Posted in DIY & Crafts, Pattern Play
Tagged Mod Podge, paint, scrapbook paper, stencils, wall art
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?
Posted in Accessories
Tagged antique, chippy paint, painted wood, scrapbook paper, vintage
After furniture got juggled around in the living room, we were left with a woeful-looking blank* space on a wall:
But after combining scrapbook paper with a stencil pattern, magic happens, and this is now on the wall:
About a year ago, I shared a scrapbook paper wall art project where I mounted papers on a grid of nine 12″ x 12″ wood pieces. It’s hanging in my office:
It’s an easy way to fill a bigger space with color and pattern. So I decided to do a similar project for our living room’s blank wall.
Here are supplies to do this project:
Continue reading for the full how-to-do-it directions, plus photos showing you each step of the way …
Posted in DIY & Crafts
Tagged bronze, HomeGoods, paint, picture frame, Royal Design Studio, scrapbook paper, stencils, wall frames
I’m feeling defensive after very basic DIY makeovers posted here. A doorbell cover? A soap dish? And today, a picture frame with scrapbook paper stuck in it? Really? Is that all there is to offer?
But this is so much more than a picture frame with scrapbook paper stuck in it. It’s the key to sanity. It’s a Clutter Prevention Strategy:
Yes!
Horizontal surfaces tend to collect junk. The old Chinese chest which serves as the coffee table in our family room collected junk real bad. At its worst point, it was home to:
Total flotsam and jetsam, all jumbled together like the junk floating on the Pacific Ocean.
That Chinese chest and I, we battled for almost eight years. The Chinese chest fighting for its right to breathe and see the light of day. And me fighting to not let stuff collect there. But not wanting to spend time cleaning when things sort of … magically just appeared there. Yeah.
Here’s what the chest has looked like since January 8, 2012 — nearly a year now! — and I’m telling the truth, not just weaving a blog tale to make things look good:
How did this happen? And how did I maintain this control for so long, despite being someone who despises overly-controliness?
Well, what if I put something nice on the Chinese chest that would take up half the space? Like candles? Who would put junk on top of candles? Not even I would do that. So I made a tray from a picture frame to hold some candles.
Okay, don’t wear yourself out if you want to recreate this project. Here’s the steps:
1. Remove the frame from the backing. Lay the backing on the table.
2. Set scrapbook paper of your choice on the backing. I chose light paper to brighten the dark surface of the chest. Because my frame is square, a 12″ x 12″ piece of paper was perfect as-is. If you use a rectangular frame, be creative with your scrapbook paper shape. (Or, you could use a textile!)
3. Set the frame’s glass on the backing and scrapbook paper. Having the glass on top will protect the paper from wax drips.
4. Set the frame on the glass.
5. Now put your candles on your new tray.
That’s it! Like I warned, don’t knock yourself out doing this.
I didn’t permanently reattach the frame to the backing because the tray won’t be moved around, and keeping all pieces loose will allow you to easily change the paper if you want.
Having once worked in a burn unit, and seeing what happens when we play with fire, I gotta warn, please don’t move your candles around when they’re lit like this! I did it to recreate the steps for photos, but don’t recommend it.
BONUS! Candle Burning Tip: If you don’t want your candles to “tunnel” like the candles you see here, the first time you burn them, allow the pool of melted wax to reach the perimeter of the candles. You may need to let them burn for some time. A 3″ candle might take 3 hours to melt to the perimeter. Wax will melt only as far as the wax melted during the first burning. I let these tunnel on purpose because I wanted this “glowing within” look, plus this is slightly safer with furry cat and dog tails around:
But if you don’t want this, just let the melt wax to the edge during the first burn.
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Posted in Accessories, DIY & Crafts, In Our Chicago House
Tagged candles, coffee table, in my house, picture frame, scrapbook paper
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Hi! I'm Deb. Here shopping for silk saris in India. We travel and weave what we find into a total global home. I also like to do global design-inspired DIYs. More about us and about the pied-à-perre. I hope you are inspired here! Locations: Chicago | Chennai |
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