My New Hall Decor: Part 2

Here is part 2 of my $50 hall makeover. While browsing over some of my old magazines, something caught my eye. The silhouette art on the wall. I've seen this before, a few times at least. I always thought it was super cute... so why can't I do it, and make it for cheap?  So the mission was on: Silhouette Art for the hall. Going into the project all I knew is that I wanted to do a mix-match of black and white framed silhouettes, all a little different from the next.

My inspiration came from two seperate places. The first was from Do It Yourself magazine...

Here is where I first saw the silhouette art idea, and LOVED it...

I headed to Michael's and picked out seven sheets of 12x12 scrap-booking paper in five different patterns. Then I grabbed about 5 sheets of plain black paper to be the silhouette's, a "wanna be" exacto knife. Total: $48.

I started from my first inspiration image - the three peonies in an urn. I got out some sketching paper that I had, which was randomly left in a closet when we moved in by the previous owner. I freehanded it while looking at the magazine image very closely. :)  My eraser got a lot of use in that sitting. 

 

After that was done, I just went crazy with it and kept going ...

 

The following is traced from the picture that is hanging above the shelf on the other side of my hall. 

 

 I traced the flower and butterfly and arranged them a little differently...

   

This next one was traced from two separate wedding pictures of Ryan and I. I added a rose in my hand and trimmed a couple inches off my hips. If you look closely, Ryan doesn't have any feet. I couldn't make the shoes look right so I opted to do without. Its low on the wall, hopefully nobody will notice. =)

These letters took me for-EV-er to get just right. I didn't have anything to copy off of, and I am not much of an artist. This took me probably 30 minutes to get right. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was so easy, I am thinking of trying this idea for some Christmas decor. I totally recommend trying this out, it took a few hours and was super easy and cheap. And if I get sick of the colors, I can always switch out the background paper - each piece was only 59 cents! If I can do it, anyone can do it!

My Hall Makeover: Part 1

My poor hall has been a blank, ugly slate since March, when we moved in. It was painted a pink toned beige and all of the trim was a yellowish white. About a month ago, I painted our hall a gray toned khaki color. I got the paint for free from my parents who gave me a gallon that was left over from painting their new rental property they flipped. I also painted all the trim and doors "ready made white" from Glidden. It sat for a few weeks just empty and freshly painted, begging to be decorated. I wasn't sure what to do in there, and didn't have much of a budget to work with. So on a $50 budget I redid the whole hall...

I decided to break my hall makeover into two parts. Today I'll show you just one end of the hall, because the next section is going to be a bit longer. Unfortunately (yet not surprisingly) I forgot to take a "before" shot before I painted the hall. But I did take one before putting up the new wall decor.

I found this scroll wall decor (I guess you can call it that...?) from my moms old friend who was re-doing her decor. It was cracked on the bottom and was a blue/grey/brown color- very Tuscan looking. I kept it in a spare bedroom for about a month and thought about getting rid of it. It just wasn't my style at all. Then, *light bulb* I thought to spray paint it pure white and make a little shelf out of it.  I had a picture in a gold/wooden frame, with a soft pink flower and butterfly, very botanical looking. I loved the print when I saw it at T.J. Maxx and knew it had to go home with me. I didn't have a place for it, so it hung out in my bedroom for a while, waiting for a new home. I decided to put them together and make a cozy little spot in my hall. So this came to be...

 

The "H", I purchased at Michaels craft store for $1.99 and spray painted it black. Then I borrowed the topiary and candle from my living/dining room.

 

;) Did anyone else notice that the candle goes "off" and "on" throughout this post? Half way through taking a couple shots, I thought it would be cute to light the candle, then arranged the pictures in a non-sequential layout. Whoops.

I'm pricing this part of the hall at $1.99 because I already had everything besides the "H". None of these items were intended to go in the hall when purchased. I think it counts like that...?

In a few days I'll show you my favorite part of the hall, and by far the most work. Here is a sneak preview (well where I got my inspiration from):

 See ya' soon for Part 2 of the $50 hall makeover.