Easy DIY Art Project

 

If you have been following along, then you know that I have been using borrowed art over the console in my entrance.  This art belongs to my daughter and now that Christmas is over I would love to give it back to her so she can put it back in her stairwell.  There are two paintings and they are stunning, but I need to find something that I can live with and work in my room.

I couldn’t find anything that I liked with the right colors, subject matter, and size.  I needed Art that would hang vertically, so that was one limitation. It also needed to be at least 36″ wide.   Second – I wanted it to be abstract with soft warm colors.  Nothing bright or with blues, pinks, red or green.  That proved to be really challenging.  A lot of abstract art has very bright colors. The third problem was the price.  I really didn’t have the budget for a piece that would cost me several hundred dollars.

 I finally found a painting that I thought I could revamp with a little bit of  DIY.

  Right dimensions and style.  The colors were a little off, but maybe I could change those up.

 

This is the gorgeous art that I have been borrowing.  Chocolate brown, beige, gold and cream.  Stunning.  This painting measures 36 x 36 and fits really well with my console.

I found this pretty piece of art at #HomeGoods on sale for $69.00.  It measures 36 x 48.  Since it is on a two-story wall, the added height is just fine.   It helps to make more of a statement on the wall.

 

 

Art is really hard for me, but I like this one.  I love that it is framed and I like the colors except for the blue –  I think that just sticks out like a sore thumb.  This piece of art is mostly browns, camel, cream, gold, and black.   Hubby likes this one too, so I think with a little bit of DIY I can change it up to fit what I need.

I have a whole collection of different craft paints, so I put some of a bunch of browns, gray, black, and camel on a paper plate and just started dabbing and streaking with a couple of small brushes.  I was careful to cover the blue with a mix of colors that coordinated with the rest of the painting.  As I covered the blue I also streaked in more white and camel to tone down so much dark brown.

Ta-Da, my beautiful finished DIY Art.  This works so much better in my room.

 

I think this turned out just fine and I really like it a lot better than with the blue.  This turned out to be a really easy DIY project.  I was just careful to not add too much color at once and to keep the original composition of the art.

This room is coming together with one piece at a time, and my DIY Art project is one more piece to the puzzle.  I replaced the buffet table with a console I had in the family room.  Musical chairs seem to always be happening in this house.  I love this new console and adding a different chair too, really changed this space.  Now it looks like I’ve always wanted it to look and the art looks even better.

 

 

So what do you think?  For an inexpensive painting that is 36″ x 48″ and framed, I think it turned out really well.  Comparable sizes that I found usually ran at least $150 and up.  My advice, if you find something that almost works, just add a little DIY and make it exactly what you want.