Artwork: you know you love it. All of those hand-lettered drawings with beautiful, colorful pictures. The problem is, you may be drowning in it! What can you do with all of your kids’ creative inspirations? Create an Original Art Gallery  I love original art, and what better original art than your kids’ masterpieces? The floor that houses our bedrooms is almost entirely populated by kid art, all framed in frames that I picked up at garage sales. Take it to Work I also have a gallery at work. I enjoy looking at my daughter’s artwork when I am missing her … Continue reading →

Sometimes Art likes to come and live at my house. I tell him to stay home and my husband pleads with him to go away, but really, secretly, I open the door. I rather like Art. If I had enough money I would get him a home all to himself and stroll around it, gawking. Art came to live at our house again yesterday. Buying art can be an expensive habit, and it’s only one that I indulge in when I have some birthday money to spend. Since it’s not July yet, it is most certainly not the time of … Continue reading →

If I suddenly acquired a lot of money and had nothing pressing to spend it on, I’d spend it on original art. Now, that situation is very unlikely to happen, so I don’t have a lot of original art in the house. However, over time I have been acquiring it piece by piece. I was looking for a gift for a friend in an art store. I walked upstairs, and there was the piece of plywood, painted like an ocean scene with a branch stretching out over the ocean. I knew that it would fit perfectly in our living room. … Continue reading →

There is no need to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on artwork for your home when you can create your own. Top designers do it all of the time. Last Sunday, my family and I were out walking around a local attraction. We wound up in a large and pretty cool tree house. The kids were watching some bees go in and out of a glass and wood hive, and my husband was enjoying the view. The light was just right, so I thought I would snap a photo. Well, at that moment I moved a bit and the … Continue reading →

My daughter and I visited the local library yesterday. The librarian had been bragging to me about their new mural, and when we visited I could see why. One entire wall of their story time room is now covered in a gorgeous West Coast-themed mural with swirling trees and little animals hiding in them. I’m in awe, and I’m coveting one for myself. Of course, I doubt that I can afford it. I grew up lacking the artistic gene, even though my father has it in spades. However, I did create a mural on the wall of my daughter’s room … Continue reading →

If you find that your walls are a bit boring and you don’t know what to hang to make them pop, consider wall paper. I am not talking about picking wallpaper an entire wall or room. That could easily leave your room dated. Instead, I am talking about using wallpaper as art. To decorate your walls with wallpaper, go to the local home decorating or home crafts store and purchase a few large frames. The frames should include glass and backing. Next, got to a paint supply store that sells wallpaper, and go through their sale bins. You will be … Continue reading →