Along with the hard adult choices of deciding which kind, how much to/not too spend, how to get it installed, and which color/design (being an adult is HARD!)
I had decided to expand my decor (or as some may say "lack there of") to bring everything a little more together.
This was really the only room in the house that was being left out.
So my journey began...
I bargain shopped everywhere possible, searched Pinterest near and far, and even called in for back up from Elisha and Lee Ann on opinions and suggestions!
My final decision was as follows:
•By some frames of different sizes
•paint them
•attach some cool fabric I found at Hancock Fabrics
First off the frames:
I found these at Hobby Lobby during a 50% off sale.
Next Paint:
I knew I wanted gray to bring out the color in my main fabric, but I wanted it a little cooler than just painted.
So after reading through some pins, I was determined to do the crackle paint. It would after all give these normal boring frames some coolness and texture.
I picked out a dolphin gray acrylic paint for the base, then a dark gray to go on top.
One pin said use Elmer's glue another said wood glue. So I put them head to head on the back of a frame to see which one i liked better and the wood glue won!
My crackle didn't turn out as...crackly as the pictures looked online, but isn't the the story with every Pinterest Project? I mean where do these people come from with their perfectness...it's sickening
None the less I'm pretty darn satisfied!!!
All you do is this:
-paint your frame with base color
-paint on wood glue (it's harder than it sounds so don't freak)
-wait a few mins...or don't, lol. They say to in the directions but during my trail run I kinda forgot the wait step and it still turned out ok
-when its tacky (given that you waited) paint on the second color
-.........no really that's it, no other steps, your done
What that seems too easy?
Here a bonus step..
-let it dry completely
Is that better????
Fabric:
I had this fabric put back from the minute I found it, it spoke to me, it said something like, "BUY ME!! YOU LOVE ME, YOU KNOW YOU DO!! BUY ME BUY ME!!"
And what can I say I'm a sucker for a begger, that and it was a remnant so it only cost me $6!!
After some patience, I begin to find some others to match. Now when I say patience, I mean MONTHS! It was hard!! I MEAN REALLY HARD PEOPLE! But it was well worth it because during those months I had to find out what the heck I was even going to do with the begger fabric.
None the less I found two more I was happy with and they were also remnants so that was only $12! And may I add that this was for a yard of fabric which is wayyy more than I needed, but at that price who can pass it up!?
When my frames were done all I did was staple the fabric (making sure to pull it tight) to the back of the frame and WaaLaaa! It's that easy!
So if your at a standstill for kitchen art..well any art for that matter,and don't want to have to sell your plasma for something neat to hang on your wall, don't forget to search your local fabric store in the remnants till something catches your eye and turn it into your own master piece!!
