Modern House Minimalist Design 2013

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Wisteria Prints On The Cheap!

Happy Spring!

It actually snowed when we went home to Virginia a couple of weeks ago. With snow on the ground it was hard for me to get into the mood for Spring decorating. Also, time was limited and any major decorating had to take a back seat to other things.

One of the small changes I made was switching out some prints in the foyer for a pair of botanicals. You may remember these framed prints from a Wisteria catalog a couple of years ago. I always liked the prints, but not the almost $200 each price.

Last Summer Steve and I made a trip to Destin, Florida to see family and enjoy the beach. I found the botanicals at the local Goodwill and we left the store with both of the framed prints for a whopping $16.00!

I added a botanical to each side of the entrance to the living room. Now, I am on a search
for two plates with green and red to replace the blue ones there now.

I moved the market basket to the foyer and you can see Steve's office in the background.

I am very happy with my Wisteria prints on the cheap.

What bargains have you found lately?

Hugs,

Sherry

Partying this week at:

Common Ground

French Country Cottage

From My Front Porch To Yours

Savvy Southern Style

The Scoop

Coastal Charm

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Free Botanicals + GIVEAWAY

There are some big changes going on in our living room. You haven't seen much of this room because I have never been totally happy with the results. Well, that is all about to change! We just finished painting, there are new drapes to hang and I have been looking at sofas and chairs. This process may take a little while to complete so I will show one change I have made.

I recently posted about the trumeau mirror I painted and the blue and white plates hung on each side. If you missed that post you can see it here. I really like the plates but I felt the room really needed some color.

Before

After

The botanicals were found on-line at a royalty free site. I tweaked the pictures using Picasso so that the colors were more vibrant and the images were cropped so they would be larger. These were printed at home on textured photo paper that was purchased at a garage sale for 25 cents. I believe any good quality copy paper would work also. The matted frames were purchased on clearance at Target for $2.50 each.

The total project cost $10.25!

Now, if you like these prints you can copy the ones below for your own project. Just right click on the image and "save as" to your stored pictures. I enlarged my prints to 8x10 and printed without a border.