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How to Create Beautiful DIY Art for your Home

<p>No matter what your style is&comma; your home decor can say a lot about you as a person&period; Contemporary or traditional homes both look best when there are plenty of lovely pictures&comma; prints and art works on the walls&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The trouble begins when you decide that you don&&num;8217&semi;t want to have the same art as everyone else on the street but your pocket won&&num;8217&semi;t stretch to buying original art&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;585" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-585" style&equals;"width&colon; 225px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignright"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;thediscoveryblog&period;com&sol;how-to-create-beautiful-diy-art-for-your-home&sol;4908123227&lowbar;989cce4abc&lowbar;z&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-585"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-585 " alt&equals;"4908123227&lowbar;989cce4abc&lowbar;z" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;medusamagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;04&sol;4908123227&lowbar;989cce4abc&lowbar;z-225x300&period;jpg" width&equals;"225" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-585" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">A monochrome display has real impact&period;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Some popular prints can be found very cheaply but who wants the same as everyone else&quest; It&&num;8217&semi;s certainly more impressive to see a room full of unusual&comma; one-off pieces than it is to be confronted by a wall of tired old prints&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If your budget is small&comma; you can still enjoy unusual and beautiful art on your walls and you don&&num;8217&semi;t need to be Rembrandt to do it&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The first style of DIY art to look at is one of the simplest&semi; embroidery hoop art&period; Embroidery hoops are wooden or plastic frames which snap together to help people to embroider tightly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These frames are very cheap to buy and come in all kinds of sizes and finishes&comma; From plain timber to black&comma; white or coloured plastic they&&num;8217&semi;re easy to find and easy to hang too&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To make your own embroidery hoop art for your walls&comma; source some unusual or beautiful fabrics&&num;8230&semi;you only need a little and if you have any special pieces which you treasure such as old baby clothes or even wedding clothes&comma; then all the better&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Make sure your fabrics are clean and pressed and then snap a piece in between the two sections of an embroidery hoop&period; Trim the excess fabric close to the edge so that no loose threads are visible and hang it on the wall&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Group contrasting sizes and prints together on one wall and the effect is gorgeous&period; Hoops are easy to hang&comma; simply hook the back of the frame over a nail or tack&period; You can swap them around if you need a change or refresh them by changing the fabrics&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;586" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-586" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignleft"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;thediscoveryblog&period;com&sol;how-to-create-beautiful-diy-art-for-your-home&sol;2614446449&lowbar;80165d36e7&lowbar;z&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-586"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-586 " alt&equals;"2614446449&lowbar;80165d36e7&lowbar;z" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;medusamagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;04&sol;2614446449&lowbar;80165d36e7&lowbar;z-300x200&period;jpg" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"200" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-586" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Bright colours look great in a child&&num;8217&semi;s bedroom or nursery&period;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>If you&&num;8217&semi;re looking for something lovely for your walls but don&&num;8217&semi;t fancy the look of embroidery hoops&comma; why not purchase some cheap&comma; plain canvas and get your paints out&quest; You can use emulsion &lpar;why not try tester pots from DIY stores&rpar; or acrylic paints&semi; Use a matte varnish to protect the paintwork once the canvas is dry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Block paint the canvases in colours which suit your room&&num;8217&semi;s theme and group an odd number together&semi; play around with the placement until you are happy with the effect&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Colours which make a real impression together include teal&comma; pink and white&comma; red&comma; orange and yellow&comma; black&comma; white and pink&comma; and green&comma; blue and beige but you can choose any colours which appeal to your sense of style&period;&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You can go large or keep it small&comma; the effect is fabulous in a contemporary setting and even works well in a child&&num;8217&semi;s bedroom or along a hallway or staircase&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Art is such a personal thing that sometimes creating our own is more satisfying than buying expensive originals from galleries or shops&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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