Thinking About Living Room Art.
Taking a break from homework. I just finished typing my lab notes for Child Development. Trying to follow the conversations and actions of five year old's is exhausting. I can barely understand our six year old neighbor Sara. And they totally think saying poop and pee pee are funny.
Anywho, I'd much rather be decorating the house. Not that I have the money for that right now, since Finley's hospital escapade was $1600+ that I paid for, and I have no idea how long that will take to get reimbursed from the rescue. The economy's a bitch. Poor Finley.
I've mentioned previously about possibly using rasterbator to make a huge print. I did a mock-run of a picture by Nivbed. We used the free printing at school to do a black and white version. The scale is nice. It needed more contrast in the original, because it's very Monet, even on the other side of the room, although you can still discern what the picture is of. Also, it doesn't lay perfectly flat. I taped all the pieces together, and it got rumpled at some such point. So it would have to be glued to the wall, or to something else which would then hang on the wall. I don't know if I want to commit that much.
You probably would like to see a a picture of the rasterbator mock up, but since I think it's sad an pathetic, I'm not gonna.
So here are some other options I'm considering:
1) Large frames with large white mats, small art.
I like this option because it's simple, clean, and graphic. And you can find nice pieces of art that are small (i.e. cheap) but still make them have a big impact. I would do three frames above our couch, since it's so long and odd numbers look better.
2) Plates!
I really love the different graphic colors. It would probably make more sense in the dining room, but the kitchen is adjacent to the living room also, and hey, they are there for art rather than function. I don't have any graphic plates though. UO has some neat ones I'm always eyeing. I could probably get some of the awesome melamine ones from Target (which I have never picked up because Plastic plates + hot food = no bueno) also for fairly cheap, but the price would still add up for the number I would need. I'm too impatient to go scrounging flea markets and Etsy for the next several years to create a vintage collection.
So that's that. Probably gonna go with #1, whenever I feel like dropping $60+ on frames. That doesn't include finding the art and then getting custom mats. Yup.
*images are shamelessly stolen off Apartment Therapy posts.*
Anywho, I'd much rather be decorating the house. Not that I have the money for that right now, since Finley's hospital escapade was $1600+ that I paid for, and I have no idea how long that will take to get reimbursed from the rescue. The economy's a bitch. Poor Finley.
I've mentioned previously about possibly using rasterbator to make a huge print. I did a mock-run of a picture by Nivbed. We used the free printing at school to do a black and white version. The scale is nice. It needed more contrast in the original, because it's very Monet, even on the other side of the room, although you can still discern what the picture is of. Also, it doesn't lay perfectly flat. I taped all the pieces together, and it got rumpled at some such point. So it would have to be glued to the wall, or to something else which would then hang on the wall. I don't know if I want to commit that much.
You probably would like to see a a picture of the rasterbator mock up, but since I think it's sad an pathetic, I'm not gonna.
So here are some other options I'm considering:
1) Large frames with large white mats, small art.
I like this option because it's simple, clean, and graphic. And you can find nice pieces of art that are small (i.e. cheap) but still make them have a big impact. I would do three frames above our couch, since it's so long and odd numbers look better.
2) Plates!
I really love the different graphic colors. It would probably make more sense in the dining room, but the kitchen is adjacent to the living room also, and hey, they are there for art rather than function. I don't have any graphic plates though. UO has some neat ones I'm always eyeing. I could probably get some of the awesome melamine ones from Target (which I have never picked up because Plastic plates + hot food = no bueno) also for fairly cheap, but the price would still add up for the number I would need. I'm too impatient to go scrounging flea markets and Etsy for the next several years to create a vintage collection.
So that's that. Probably gonna go with #1, whenever I feel like dropping $60+ on frames. That doesn't include finding the art and then getting custom mats. Yup.
*images are shamelessly stolen off Apartment Therapy posts.*