Comments on: Decorating: outside the box. http://thecreativemama.com/decorating-outside-the-box/ every day living with a touch of creativity Tue, 22 May 2012 05:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: MaryAnn http://thecreativemama.com/decorating-outside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-3788 MaryAnn Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:06:09 +0000 http://thecreativemama.com/?p=211#comment-3788 Love the scrapbook paper idea from twopeas! I did something similar in our living room. We have cathedral ceilings, hence lots of wall space, and although I hung a fairly large print over the sofa, the wall looked unfinished. I went through my stash of old wallpaper books (left over from my pre-baby days in the elementary classroom), pulled 6 patterns that I liked, trimmed them to fit coordinating frames in 2 sizes, and hung them up symmetrically on each side of the print - what a difference! Two small candle sconces joined the arrangement soon after. I look at this arrangement now, and I am so proud that I chose to be frugally creative. My next step is lifted from an article in the August issue of Family Fun magazine - making seaweed prints on cotton paper to mount on top of the wallpaper sample. We live on the Gulf coast of Florida, 2o minutes from the beach, so I will have lots of material to choose from! Love the scrapbook paper idea from twopeas! I did something similar in our living room. We have cathedral ceilings, hence lots of wall space, and although I hung a fairly large print over the sofa, the wall looked unfinished. I went through my stash of old wallpaper books (left over from my pre-baby days in the elementary classroom), pulled 6 patterns that I liked, trimmed them to fit coordinating frames in 2 sizes, and hung them up symmetrically on each side of the print – what a difference! Two small candle sconces joined the arrangement soon after. I look at this arrangement now, and I am so proud that I chose to be frugally creative.

My next step is lifted from an article in the August issue of Family Fun magazine – making seaweed prints on cotton paper to mount on top of the wallpaper sample. We live on the Gulf coast of Florida, 2o minutes from the beach, so I will have lots of material to choose from!

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