Almost a year ago we left our beloved little cabin when Winnie was born and moved (just down the street) to this bigger one. Three kids required more space! This month, I finally hung some art on the wall above this couch in the family/dining room off our kitchen. I just couldn’t figure out what to hang! We have a ton of framed artwork in the basement from our last house but I wanted something new and fresh. A lot of the art in our house is by people we know which makes it feel meaningful. It’s hard to know what new art to buy if you want some sort of personal connection or story.
So since this is where the kids hang out a lot, I did a DIY using kids art! Max did this little watercolor painting and I loved the colors in it, so I decided to scan it, divide it in half and have it printed large on fabric via Spoonflower to be framed. I found a couple framed canvases on sale at Target, popped the canvases out of the frame, and recovered them in my new fabric.
And voilà! Kids’ art reimagined. Max (who is 4, but did this a year ago) thinks it looks a bit babyish and told me not to tell anyone it was his (sorry, Max!). He’s moved past his abstract phase and his work is much more figurative now! 😜.
I scanned Max’s little watercolor painting into Photoshop. Then I cropped it into 2 halves and placed them on a white canvas in Photoshop to print at Spoonflower. I printed each half of the painting to fit the canvases I bought at Target, with a little extra space on the edges to wrap around and staple to each canvas.
I ordered it printed on a yard of Linen Cotton Canvas via Spoonflower.
I popped the canvasses out of the frames, then stapled my fabric around them, then popped them back in the frames.
A lot of websites now allow you to upload artwork and have it printed on canvas and mailed to you, which is another good/easier option. But I really like the linen-y feel of this fabric with the printed watercolor.
This is the room the kids spend a lot of time in…it’s right off the kitchen and leads to the deck, so it made sense to me to have kids artwork hung up.
Product Sources:
FABRIC: Spoonflower (upload your own design and print on fabric)
FRAMES: I bought some frames similar to these
VASE: white stoneware vase
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