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You've just moved into a new flat and you love it. But what can you do about all those bare walls? Whilst most rental agreements won't allow you to drill into the walls, there are ways to decorate your new place without picking up a hammer.
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Add a one-of-a-kind decoration to your bedroom: Hang an interesting, salvaged object on the wall as art in just a few simple steps. Search architectural salvage, flea markets and thrift stores for an interesting item. |
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Don't be frustrated about hanging art on a blank wall. Regardless of what you do - it should inspire you. These days, there are no set rules for hanging and displaying art in your home, as long as it looks good. While there are formats that can assist with the layout - anything goes when hanging art, so toss out the rule book and start enjoying your art collection! |
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I have been a little obsessed with mirrors lately, especially round mirrors. I love them! You can expect to pay a small fortune for ready-made designs, but here's how to make your own on the cheap! |
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Art is definitely in the eye of the beholder, which ultimately boils down to the fact that if you like it - why not? If you are looking for art to display on your walls, it should be pieces that you personally enjoy and not for the benefit of others. Unless, of course, you invest in art. |
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I started with half a sheet of 16mm supawood that Builders Warehouse cut up for me into 30 x 30cm" squares. I marked a 15cm square in the centre of each board. |
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All I did was tape the backside of paint swatches to the piece of paper already in the frame until the entire thing was covered with a monochromatic scheme of colours. |
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If you’re getting bored with your walls, using stencils is an easy and affordable way to add an effect without having to paint the whole room. |
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Adding a picture wall to a room is a lovely way to introduce a focal point and have all your family photographs on display. |
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If you're looking for a quick and easy way to create high impact art - here's an idea that fun and unique! |
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Certainly we think of flower arranging as an art, but we've never considered literally treating bouquets as artworks, by framing them as one would frame a painting. It's an interesting way to use the wall as a dynamic space, with an ever-changing palette of colour and texture, rather than as a static backdrop for a permanent display. |
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Pictures add colour and interest to your walls, and amassing a fine display is one of the oldest and most popular ways of turning your house into a home. |
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Here’s how to make an antique frame that looks stunning around a mirror or picture and won’t cost you a fortune. Our mirror frame project uses polystyrene crown moulding strips for a mirror frame that has plenty of detail and a light enough to mount anywhere. |
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When it comes to framing art, the point of framing is to make the art look as good as it can. Too much attention is sometimes paid to matching a frame to flooring or other elements in a room; it is better to take cues from the artwork instead - a frame should answer to the room but not take orders from it! |
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The prospect of hanging art is sometimes considered a scary one. Many otherwise brave people live for years with bare walls rather than make ill-considered holes in them. How to conquer this fear? |
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How many times have you been told that when buying art, you should follow your heart? That if you feel passionate about a piece, you’ll find a way to make it work? This is good advice, but it doesn’t go far enough. |
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A few pieces of pine moulding or trim, or even polystyrene crown moulding, and you can create stunning frames on a plain wall. |
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Use a Dremel Multitool to craft and carve your own unique artwork. |
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For centuries decorative painters have guilded artworks with flakes of gold, silver, and other precious metals. Today, you can achieve similar effect with Rust-Oleum metallic sprays - available at your local Builders Warehouse. |
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Ceiling medallions are so pretty - such great architectural detail - I thought they would be nice to display somewhere other than the ceiling; somewhere more at eye level. How about the wall? |
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This is a great beginner’s project and is a quick and affordable way of getting beautiful artwork on the walls in no time! The French handwritten background adds a unique charm to this fun project. |
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You don't need to spend a fortune or hunt high and low to find artwork that you like. In this project we show you just how easy it is to create your own unique art. |
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Create a dramatic artwork for your home at a cost of less than R200 for all your materials. You can make this as small or as large as you wish for instant impact and just a touch of metallic glitz. |
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I really wanted to find a nice way to add colour to a blank wall and thought it would be perfect to do a stencilled canvas art. All of the art I saw in stores was either too expensive or didn’t go with my space at all, most of the time it was both! |
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If you aren't very good at painting, applying vinyl cut outs to a canvas is an easy way to create your own unique art. |
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You don't even need to be artistic to create your own wall art ! |
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Use masking tape and craft paint to create your own unique barcode art |
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I keep coming across these unique mirrors in my searches throughout the Internet, longingly wondering if they would ever reach our shores. But then I realised, "Why Wait?" So I decided to tackle this as a project for everyone to do... enjoy! |
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Everyone wants to save money. Painting your own, colour matched art can be a lot easier than you might think! enjoy! |
