Tag: Art

Black and White Wall Art for the Kitchen
I didn’t like the white walls in the kitchen until I added our big black and white print. Now the walls look intentional instead of forgotten. I would love to recreate the print for you as a free printable for download (it wouldn’t be difficult), but it doesn’t feel right. I know the quote can be attributed to Candice Bergen, but I don’t know who created the print, or when. Instead, I’ve rounded up a few options for black and white wall art that would feel right at home in my kitchen — and maybe yours, too.
1. OMG CAKE
2. Like Ron Swanson, I want you to give me all the bacon and eggs you have. (Wait, wait…)
3. Butcher Prints (set of 3)
4. This cute flag conversions tea towel, designed by Shanna Murray is no longer available, but the idea of framing it was so cute that I still wanted to include it here.
5. This conversion tea towel could be a good substitute for the last one.
6. This triangle tea towel would also look fantastic on display in the kitchen.
7. These pretzels are making me thirsty. (Maybe he had a different interpretation!)
8. Kitchen Cooking Print
9. Newgate Bubble Clock
February 18, 2013
New Art in the Living Room

This new painting by Emily Rickard is making me all kinds of happy. (She sells prints and other products featuring this painting too.)

When I mentioned wanting to “frame the new painting in the living room”, this is the one I was talking about. It looks fine with its white edges, but I’m thinking it needs a simple frame in a medium-toned wood, or maybe plain black.

I’ve tried a few things in that corner of the living room over the years. Here’s an old shot from the same angle.

Sigh. I really don’t miss all that unpainted wood because it didn’t look good in person, but it was mighty pretty in photos. Anyway, I liked that print by The Black Apple for a long time, but I was ready for something different. I hung my Amy Ruppel painting there for a while too.

It’s now on the opposite wall, above the floral chair. I briefly tried this giant botanical print in that corner next.

It was way too big for the space, and it looks so much better in my bedroom. The new painting is the right size, the right colors, and I love its movement and design.

And are you digging the tiny fingerprints all over the TV? Me too.

October 11, 2012
New Art Above Eleanor’s Bed

I planned a mini-makeover for Eleanor’s room a while back. It took a while for her polka dot wall vases to get here, and then longer still for me to finally get everything hung on the wall, but it’s finally done! I’ll show more of the finished room soon, but first, here’s a shot of the new art above Eleanor’s bed.

I laid it all out on the bed before putting it up on the wall so I could play around with the placement. The cat hanging is a vintage Tammis Keefe tea towel hung on wooden dowels, the lowercase ‘e’ was from Anthropologie and the uppercase ‘E’ from Urban Outfitters. I got the wall dot vases in an online flash sale, but they’re available directly from Chive, and the screenprinted flower is by three sheets 2 the wind.

June 19, 2012
Chromatic Typewriter

Amazing! This is a conceptual piece by artist. Tyree Callahan, who modified a typewriter by replacing the keys with pads of color.

p.s. Check out another artist’s take on a different ‘type’ of typewriter art.

[via Collossal]

January 16, 2012
Budding Artist

Our new easel has been getting a lot of use.
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December 21, 2011
Winter Birds Free Printables

These birds were painted last year by Becca Kallem. Visit her blog to grab the full set (there are twelve birds in all), and you can print them out to use as ornaments or gift toppers.

December 5, 2011