Ugly to Pretty

I love to decorate and create for cheap.

Who doesn't, right?

I found a couple of canvas paintings with good frames at recent trips to the thrift store.  I knew when I bought my Start Being Awesome painting at the Country Living Fair this fall, that I could so recreate it.  My versions ended up being about 5x less.

Of course, in my rush to just spend the 20 min. of free time I had to finally complete this project after the paintings sat in my garage for a month, I didn't take any before pictures.

But here are the pretty afters.













You can find lots of tutorials on the internet to make your own word art. What quote would you use?

Hmmm...

There are so many choices! I'm sllllooooowly revamping my downstairs. I heart things like this.

Light.

Bright.

Cottage.

traditional kitchen design by atlanta interior designer Dillard Design

Coastal.

contemporary laundry room design

Neutral.

The dear husband (he doesn't like to be referred as such so I need to come up with another way to reference him here) will be without us for a number of days. So, naturally, I'm leaving a to do list which includes painting the kitchen, half bath, and laundry room. He's going to have some other tasks in the laundry room that I will talk about later. But, today, I need to decide on paint. Feel free to chime in with your thoughts! I need all the help I can get!

photo credit: pictures 3 & 4 coastal living. picture 5 rate my space.