One of my goals for the new year is to freshen up some areas of our home.
There’s a narrow wall on each side of the bay window in our breakfast room and these prints have been hanging there forever. There are two of them – one on each side of the bay window and they fit perfectly. But is was time to freshen up the look.
I painted the frames white and used pressed ferns for an overall cleaner and brighter look.
Instead of cutting a new matte board, I placed the new paper on top of the old matte leaving just the edge of the original border showing. Much easier than cutting new matte board.
The difference is amazing. The new prints brighten up the entire wall. I tried to get a photo of the entire bay window and both prints but there was too much sunlight coming in through the window – which I guess is the point of a pretty bay window.
Now that my first “fresh look” project for 2012 is done, I can’t wait to freshen up more areas.
Thanks for visiting.
Carolyn
I love the new update Carolyn. It really is so pretty and fresh. I had taken some of our ferns and framed in double glass frames once and liked them but I like these even more. The paint really changed them up.
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Amazing how painting the frame and adding the bright green ferns made such a difference!
ReplyDeleteLove it, Carolyn!
ReplyDeleteVery lovely! I've used pressed ferns and leaves in my home decor too, and it's such a pretty look.
ReplyDeleteLove the look! Awesome idea!
ReplyDeleteI need to update some things too and these are so fresh and clean...just love them. Thanks for sharing at this week's party!
ReplyDeleteWanted to let you know I featured this as part of my link party wrap up!
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