I don't think I have actually shared this on the blog but we moved! Yes! Bought a new house in our same neighborhood in December 2018, tore it all apart in mid-February 2019 and moved in to a demo zone the last week of February 2019. Our interior and exterior phase one remodel was completed in eary August. At some point I will start sharing more of it. We love it. You can see more photos of it here.
BUT TODAY! I am here because I finally figured out a plan for the big wall behind our dining table. I had so many ideas – but I knew none were quite right because I couldn't commit and just DO IT already. But then! I saw this photo and was in love with the look of a tiny photo with a giant white mat and light wood frame. Thirty minutes after seeing that photo, I was loading ten HOVSTA frames into my cart at Ikea. (We are lucky to live near one!). I always know a plan is the exact right plan when I waste no time getting started.
I went through my photos (I have google photos with makes it easy to search by faces and places) and found ten photos. I used my favorite black and white filter in the A Color Story app to make them all look the same and then printed at home on my Canon MG7520. I am pretty sure it's discontinued, mine is 5 years old and still kicking. My photos were 4×4.
The 16×20 Ikea frames came with mats but they were big and definitely not right for my project. I could have ordered mats, I assume but I already had a big pad of watercolor paper so I decided to use that. My paper was 18×24 and I trimmed it to 16×20 using my sewing tools (I have this giant cutting mat, but this set could work too). SUPER EASY.
To make sure the photos were exactly in the same spot, I lined them up on my cutting mat with the ruler and a piece of paper. I chose to go 12 inches from the bottom and six inches from the sides.
I glued them in place with a simple glue stick.
And that's it! SIMPLE, PRETTY, BIG STATEMENT that fits my style and this house so well for under $150.
LINKS: frames, dining table (similar), chairs, lamp. (That plant is a bird of paradise from Home Depot.)
enJOY it 