One big ongoing project that I have had for the past few years is my son's bedroom. He has his own taste of decorations that is similar to mine. It is quite funny actually. He likes vintage sport, and automobile memorabilia. So basically anything vintage and "boyish". I knew I wanted something different and unique for the walls but we had a few challenges. I still need my son's room to look like a child's room (at the time he made these he was 4; he is now 6). And also, I like to do everything for a little money as possible. So I decided to have him help create his own art and it couldn't have turned out better. I encourage everyone to do at least a small version of this in thier child's bedroom. He gets so many compliments and has so much pride (even still) in his artwork. We haven't changed them yet, but the idea is to change them as he gets older with new drawings and new "mats". I've seen many of these canvas' that are actually personalizable on sites like http://www.rosenberryrooms.com/. Oopsy Daisy makes this particular one I believe and it is $148 for a similar size. I just love them, but I knew I could make something similar for much less.

So.... I went to work. I acquired these picture frames from a company that went out of business (to put it nicely) for FREE! Free? Free? Did you say FREE? Why yes I did!!! I love that my mom trusts me enough to find me "junk" so I can re-use it! I didn't even have to paint them. They were already blue... perrrfect! I bought 3 sheets of scrapbooking paper and cut and re-arranged it for a mat. While I was doing this my son (who was 4 at the time) drew 2 pictures on plain computer paper to "showcase" on his wall. I threw all of this in the frame together and hung them side by side to make them look like a pair. What do you think, not too bad for less than 99% of the price!




Total Damage: $.75
Frames - FREE
Pictures - FREE
Scrapbook paper - $.75

Check back in a few days for another project and ultimately the big kid's room reveal!!