Decorate like a Pro without Spending like One: Practical Concrete Tips. #1 – Frames

April 15, 2010

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I’m going out of town for a long weekend in Nashville..
one of my best friends from high school is getting married!!!!
 Tricia was in my wedding and i’m sooo excited to be there for her and celebrate with everyone!
 I love weddings.  
and i love tricia. so it’s going to be a great weekend.
how stinking cute are they??

tricia and i after a whip cream “incident” the evidence is still on our faces. classic.

out with the girls before i got married! feels so long ago!

(ps. she’s anna from in honor of design’s little sister.)
I set up a series of posts full of practical concrete tips for making your space look decorated by a pro…but you can take all the credit. ;) and…you know what you are looking for…and what look you want so you go out bargain shopping and be the favorite person of your husband when you come home with money still left in your account. :)    


Tip #1 FRAMES
Go Big and Bold with Frames.
Make a statement. Love the Gallery look. So many places have great cheap frames that you can spray paint…or take the ugly picture out and make up your own matte for….. i get most of my frames when they are discounted…and then when i have a collection of them i like i put them up together.
 have fun with it!

Austin Patterson Disston Architects traditional staircase

you don’t have to use only big sizes..but mix in large and small.

Create your own Artwork. i love personal touches throughout the home.
This mama used wallpaper she bought at the grocery store!! love it.

my mom did this same idea in her powder room. but with white vintage looking frames.
love this for a dressing room!

Overwhelmed with how to put up your frames??

do you have any rooms in your house where you made a lovely statement with a grouping of frames??
 pass the link!

  • Hilary Lane
    April 15, 2010 at 9:45 am

    I have an amateur photo wall! http://hi-lane.blogspot.com/2010/02/exciting-things.html

    Our house has concrete walls, so hanging pictures is pretty difficult, otherwise we’d have many many more photo walls in our house!

  • jenn
    April 15, 2010 at 10:14 am

    we are moving in a couple of months — and it’s finally to our own house!!

    i’m so ready to be out of military housing and feel like decorating!!

    i love frames and i love these ideas :o)

    thanks for sharing!!

  • ...::Mrs. Southern Bride::...
    April 15, 2010 at 10:59 am

    Love the decorating tips. I need to invest in some bold frames for sure!

    :)

  • carissa @ lowercase letters
    April 15, 2010 at 11:08 am

    love these fantastic ideas! i just might put the frames into action in sage’s nursery!!! oooh and i love the wallpaper idea. such a cute and inexpensive option. now, i’m going on a hunt for some. i guess you could also use scrapbook papers. -it’d probably be even cheaper! have a fantastic time at the wedding. they certainly are an adorable couple!

  • Nikki
    April 15, 2010 at 11:37 am

    I am a picture freak and I think these ideas are fabulous!! I just wish I had more walls to hang them!

  • Aaron & Laura
    April 15, 2010 at 4:10 pm

    I’ve read your blog for a while now via Anna Liesemeyer but never commented. Shy, I guess :)

    Tricia and Phil are some of our best friends and Aaron (hubby) is one of Phil’s groomsmen. They wrestled together in Colorado which is how we became so close…then we met Tricia and fell in love with her, too. So excited to (hopefully!) meet you at the wedding. How fun!

  • Elizabeth
    April 15, 2010 at 9:11 pm

    I’ve seen cute tissue tees or other shirts framed as art or a print (not like a jersey). Another idea is to frame fabric!

    We’ve done both at the Corsetti house :)

  • Kristin
    April 15, 2010 at 9:41 pm

    Great tip about the frames! Love these looks!

  • Anna
    April 15, 2010 at 10:12 pm

    Love the last photo. So fun and eclectic, yet cohesive. Really, nice.

  • Mama D.'s Dozen
    April 22, 2010 at 3:16 am

    Before we put our house on the market, we had a long hallway where one wall was a HUGE gallery of framed prints of our family. (With a dozen children, we have LOTS of pics!)

    Any way … when we went to design the placement of each pic, we took all the pics to the living room … laid them out on the floor … then started with the 2 center pics and hung them on the center of the hallway wall. We then moved out from there, one pic at a time. It worked GREAT!!!

    Laurel
    mama of a dozen
    ages: 8, 8, 10, 11, 13, 16, 19, 21, 21, 23, 24, 25