January 22, 2020

$100 Room Challenge | Week 4: DIY Modern Art

Three day weekends should be an every weekend thing. I get more done around the house, I'm more productive at my day job, it's a win win for everyone. This past weekend I worked a little more on our hallway for the $100 Room Challenge Week 4 and started checking more off my "To-Do Before Baby" list.

Week 1: The Hallway Pt. 2 Befores
Week 2: The Natural Hallway Mood Board
Week 3: Painting the Hallway White




I love a good art piece, but more often than not I don't have the budget for it. Could I save up and make the budget for it? Yes. But there are more important things to be done in the house first. For this hallway I had my eye set on a few pieces from Block Shop Textile and fell in love with this one I showed you in the mood board.

One thing I like about that art piece is they hand make the paper and hand print the design, giving it a natural look. I thought about making my own paper but decided a canvas would be better because it would have glass like the gallery wall will. I keep a bunch of different size canvas' on hand just because I like to have them if inspiration strikes, my go-to is Walmart but Hobby Lobby also has great, bigger sizes.  Even though I decided to go with a canvas I still want to give it texture so I grabbed my modpodge and a newspaper, by ripping and scrunching pieces up I could paste them onto the canvas and then paint over then to give the illusion that it isn't just a plain flat canvas.


I sketched out the pattern and started pasting newspaper bits where I felt it needed some texture. After letting it dry for a day I painted it with regular 50¢ acrylic paint from Walmart.

SUPPLIES
Canvas
Black Acryllic Paint
Matte Modpodge
Newspaper


I still need to frame it with some leftover pine board I have. It's as simple as cutting them and using the nail gun to secure it to the canvas.




I bought this wooden coat rack to put on the wall to the right of the closet. It was $30 on Amazon and is really sturdy! It came just in time to snap a photo of it, I'll put it up this weekend.



BUDGET
Purchased
Wooden Coat Rack — $30

Total Spent: $30

Already Had
Canvas — $4
Black Acryllic Paint — $0.50
Matte Modpodge — $5.79
Newspaper — Free

January is flying by! Next week is reveal week and I still need to get the gallery wall frames and put them up, but I think that's doable. I'm also working on our half-bath on the side, so it'll be a full weekend for me.

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11 comments:

  1. What a great idea and I love the look of that artwork at the end of the hall. Looking forward to next week. How time flies!

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    1. Thank you! I know right?! So glad we have 5 weeks this time!

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  2. Your art is amazing and it looks like you purchased it from a high-end store! Great job.

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  3. I love modern art projects they are so simple but the impact is always so powerful in a space. NIce jobl

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  4. That looks expensive. Great job and great designing. Love it!

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  5. I'm glad you went with the artwork at the end of the hall! It's the perfect graphic statement and I love how it turned out

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  6. That really catches the eye without being busy. I think it is perfect there, framing it as you say will make it pop that much more. Great idea.

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  7. I love this piece of art, you could totally sell it!

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