Seagrass Wall Art Idea

My husband and I took a trip to Chattanooga and Atlanta this past weekend and did quite a bit of shopping. I’m very fortunate to have a husband that is perfectly happy spending time running in all the home décor stores that I love to shop at. One of our favorites to go in is World Market (especially since the closest one to us is two hours away).

I was checking out these Seagrass rugs that I had seen my friend Annie from ZevyJoy use as a headboard (see below), isn’t she brilliant? I definitely bought one with intentions of using it in a similar way eventually!

As I was checking out the Seagrass rugs, I found a smaller round rug that reminded me a little of the Mandala that I had won from Salvage Dior which gave me the idea, why not use it as wall art? This rug makes the perfect wall art; it adds so much texture and is super affordable and large. They’re currently 50% off and I had a 15% off coupon because I’m a member of their rewards program which made this under $5 with tax!! YOU CANNOT BEAT THAT PRICE for something that large! I love that I can use it as a rug or wall art and it would be great to use indoor or outdoor in either way, there is just so many options!

You can buy one here. This is not a sponsored post, I am just that excited to find affordable wall art to share with all of you!

DIY Monogram Wall Art

Have you ever had a DIY project where every little thing just goes wrong? Well this project has been the worst that I can remember in a while! If one more thing had failed I would have just called it quits. Fortunately though, I stuck with it!

We got this monogram for a wedding gift and it was by far my favorite gift that was unexpected and not off the registry, gift cards or money! In our old house it hung on out front door but it just wasn’t going to work on our new door.

I decided it would be perfect to go above our bed since I didn’t have anything up there but I wanted something behind it to make it more of a statement piece and make it stand out more. Originally I was going to use some of the left over MDF board from my DIY craft desk. So I painted the MDF, painted the monogram with leftover paint from the master bedroom walls, distressed both the MDF and monogram, glued it and voila! One problem, MDF IS HEAVY!!!! When we went to hang it, the wire popped before even getting it up on the hook. So, back to square one.

I love bead board and knew it was thin and light so I decided I would try that instead. I went and got a sheet of bead board from Home Depot and had them cut it to the size I wanted. I got the sheet that was already white so that saved me the time of painting it.

Unfortunately now I had to get the monogram off the MDF used a wall scraper and a hammer. It took me at least 30 minutes to get it off safely to make sure the monogram didn’t snap. What a nightmare. I finally got it off, sanded off the glue and pieces of the MDF that had come off with the monogram and was back to work.

All I had to do was paint the edges of the bead board white where it had been cut and I just used a small paint brush and acrylic paint. It doesn’t have to be perfect, just something to cover up the brown edges. I glued the monogram to the bead board using wood glue. Here is a tip I learned from my first MDF nightmare, apply the glue with a paint brush instead of straight from the glue bottle, it prevents from having excess that can squeeze out from behind the monogram. Once it’s glued just put something heavy on it and let it dry overnight.  I apologize for not taking pictures, it really is simple when you have the right kind of back: paint, glue, hang so there aren’t many pictures needed.

My husband has one per week limit on wall hanging because he really hates doing it so I called in my engineer sister to help me! I love my husband but I often joke that too much wall hanging may lead to divorce…so when necessary, bring in outside help! We added two little D-ring hangers but because bead board is so thin, we had to add them to the back where they screwed into the monogram.  The great thing about doing that is it also reinforces the monogram to the bead board with the screws as well as the glue.

I loved how it turned out. I didn’t think of this originally but the bead board worked perfectly because our interior doors have bead board accents. This project should be pretty simple if you learn from my mistakes! Use light backing, apply glue with a paint brush and you should have a beautiful monogram wall art in no time!

Simple DIY Scripture Art

I was working on a gallery wall for the master bedroom that I am sharing on my blog tomorrow and needed one more thing to use in an empty space. I really had no idea what I wanted to use but I knew that something framed horizontally would work best for the space.

I went to Hobby Lobby hoping I would find inspiration or something in their wall art section that was perfect. I ended up coming home with a frame and a piece of burlap scrapbook paper and still no clear idea on where I was going with this.

I figured if all else fails I could frame a picture to use but I wanted something else. I started talking with my husband about scriptures about love and marriage that we would like displayed in the house when we came across 1 Corinthians 13:13.

1 Corinthians 13:13  (NIV) And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

I figured I would use my graphic design skills and design something cute with that verse but I happened to Google the verse and found this awesome image that was created by Meg and knew it would be perfect!

I sized it to fit an 8×10 piece of paper and printed it onto the burlap scrapbook paper I had picked up and cut it to 8×10. This art cost me $.40 (cost of scrapbook paper)! That’s cheaper than a picture would have been.

This scripture art turned out better than I could have imagined! If you read all of 1 Corinthians 13 it reminds us that love never fails and that while other things may be lost we will always have our faith, hope and love and that love is the most important.  I love that daily reminder and I love simple, inexpensive DIY wall art!