Framing Botanicals, Antique Mirror Uncovering & Hanging Prints

As summertime comes to an cease too temperatures (and humidity) climb, we've been spending a piffling to a greater extent than fourth dimension inside.  I'm in conclusion getting to the 2nd layer of decorating.  For the get-go couplet of months, I was content to relish the freshly painted walls too empty rooms, but at nowadays we're settling inwards too ready to add together that side yesteryear side layer that tin brand a identify experience similar a home.

I don't similar the persuasion of decorating inwards a day, too actually desire to accept my fourth dimension hunting downward too acquiring special finds that volition brand our abode experience similar us.  I've ever struggled amongst wall decor; I'm non a huge fan of random nevertheless life paintings or obscure photos, but dearest framed botanicals, mirrors too landscapes.

Above : In the invitee room (known closed to hither every bit the bluish room), I framed some antique botanical pages that I sourced at a local antique location (Mission Road Antiques, for locals).  I've included my procedure below.

In the living room, I persuasion I would position artwork higher upwards the mantle, but changed my conception straightaway when I saw this antique mirror.

I dearest the elementary too build clean feel, spell it has a flake of an ornate (but non fancy) particular on the top.  I imagine it was originally hung inwards an onetime farmhouse, perchance inwards an early on American rural community where component division was to a greater extent than appropriate than filigree. For me it is everything I dearest inwards an antique -  sturdy, beautiful patina, non rickety too nigh a flake primitive inwards its simplicity.  Its elementary shape too blueprint could nigh hold upwards modern, but the forest too patina is definitely antique.

I'm hoping to teach it hung this weekend.

I mean value I've shared this impress before, but I'm non certain I've given much detail.  I've ever been a fan of tree prints - too was known to create lots of sketches of trees on my notebooks inwards the cast of doodles during classes.

We institute this impress at the Brookside Art Fair.  It is a pen too ink from an Artist from Massachusetts.  The graphic dark too white icon is modern too classic at the same time.  And, of course, I dearest the color scheme... or lack in that location of.




Back to the botanicals.  I wanted to part a piffling flake of my procedure amongst you, because it involved a piffling trial too error.  The higher upwards is the finished production of golden frames.  To the Left, is the iphone photograph I sent to Mike saying, what create yous mean value of the novel botanicals?!

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He said, "I similar the novel prints."  Ugh.  Because I know how to read him too if he loved how they looked, he would've said, "It looks awesome."

I should start yesteryear sharing that Mike is ever honest.  He cannot, non hold upwards honest.  Even though it tin hold upwards annoying, his honesty ever pushes me inwards the correct direction.  Instantly, he revealed what I was already thinking, but didn't desire to acknowledge (because I didn't to travel on it whatsoever longer... or pass whatsoever to a greater extent than money), but the frames weren't working.  There was already also much cream inwards the room.  We needed some contrast.  So, I did a quick expect closed to too institute these amazing atomic unwrap 79 frames for $10 each (for the 11x14 size).

We receive got a actually expensive looking display for our invitee room.  He was right.  They are completely elevated from the spray painted, reused cream frames.  

  

I'm too then pleased amongst how they turned out - particularly because they are 1 of the get-go things I meet at the transcend of the stairs too I meet them on my means to our bedroom.

Here is some other minute inwards the invitee room I'm enjoying.  I've decided non to re-hang the plantation shutters that were in 1 lawsuit here, but am going to guild linen roman shades instead.  I simply dearest the forest windows painted inwards the bluish too then much that I don't desire them to hold upwards covered 90% of the time.  The roman shades volition allow the windows to hold upwards seen most of the time.

Here is my procedure for framing the botanical prints.  I institute the pages existence sold individually for $10 each.

 I used a white matte, too a textured slice of 8x11 cream newspaper to mountain it on. I wanted the page border to present fifty-fifty subsequently it was framed because I dearest the aged edge.

I used double sided archival tape, used for scrapbooking to attach the impress to the textured paper.

Then centered it inwards the matte board too position it behind the glass.  Then... did it all over in 1 lawsuit again when I institute the novel frames : )


The side yesteryear side big projection is our bedroom.  We currently receive got nil on the walls.  I would dearest to create total the walls amongst photos.  I'm certain it volition accept me a spell to brand a plan, source frames too create upwards one's hear which photos to receive got printed.  I was hoping to create it over the summertime break, but it looks similar it volition receive got to hold upwards a projection this fall.

I've managed to guild some bedside tables, but they won't hold upwards ready for 12 weeks, too then I approximate I nevertheless receive got time!

Hope yous receive got a groovy weekend,

Jenny


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