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Entryway Artwork

August 22, 2010 By: Michele McDonald30 Comments

In case you missed it, here is the guest post I did last month over at the fabulous

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I want to share with you what is a slight
embarassment to me.

My entryway!

Ugh! Super boring, right? We’ve lived in our house for 6 years now and it still looks like this! I’ve been on the lookout for the *perfect* table for my entryway for ages, but in the meantime surely there is something I can do with this space!
My focus today is the wall to the right. The first thing people see when they walk in my home.

My big plan is to make some ENTRYWAY ARTWORK!
My artwork will need a frame, so I started with two 8′ pieces of decorative wood trim, and one piece of 36″ flat trim with rounded edges.

I had the hubs cut all of the trim down to size for me.
Then we cut each of the decorative trim pieces to a 45 degree angle.
Next up, prime and spray paint all of the trim. I used Rust-oleum Satin Espresso paint.
I had a 4′ wide piece of plywood that was made from a combination of synthetic wood (on the interior) and the real wood (on the exterior). It only cost ~$5!
This little guy really wanted to help, but we had him stand around and look cute in an extra pair of safety glasses.  đŸ˜‰
I had the hubs cut the plywood into three 13″x13″ pieces which I primed and painted in Behr Awning Red.
Time to get the trim up on the wall! We mounted it with liquid nails…
…And held it in place with painters tape. And you can bet your bottom dollar that frame is level!

I was fired once from a job around the house by the hubs because I wasn’t keeping a project perfectly level… but I digress! Luckily I wasn’t fired from this job!
Remember those two pieces of flat trim? We put those inside the frame so that we had 3 nice squares.

Can you guess what’s going in the those squares by now?
Yep! Those three red 13″x13″ pieces.
Apparently our boards were a teensy bit warped which wasn’t really noticable until we mounted them on the wall. So instead of holding the boards indefinitely until the liquid nails dried, my ingenious husband said, “Hold these!” and ran off to the bathroom and snagged the shower curtain rod. Pretty smart!
After an hour or so we decided everything should be dry and removed the shower curtain rod.

And, ta-da!! Isn’t it lovely? Okay, so its a little boring. Where’s the “ART” part of this Entryway Artwork?
To add my “ART“, I attached some clear photo corners to two of the red frames. They are adhesive-backed, but I thought I would need to add some more adhesive to be sure they would stay on. Not so!! They were plenty sticky all on their own.
So two of my frames ended up looking like this. They are hard to see, but there is a photo corner in each of the 4 corners.
I was able to slip my “ART” into the the corners.

Any guesses what my art is?
Its a 12″x12″ scrapbook layout!

As a scrapbooker, I find that I want to display my pages instead of tucking them away into an album. Because really, who’s going to go flipping through my albums except my other scrapbooking friends?
I placed my embroidery hoop monogram wall art in the center frame. Its starting to bother me now that I see in the photo that its not exactly centered at the top and bottom… that will soon be remedied!
Here is the final project! And, I have to say, I’m loving it!

And the best part? I can interchange those scrapbook layouts. I can add my latest ones, change them up by season or holiday, or even change them up for whatever is going on at the house! We are celebrating my son’s 2nd birthday in a couple of week’s so you can bet there will be two layouts of him up for the birthday party!
So here is my somewhat improved entryway. I love that my guests now have something to look at as they enter the house! Now I just need to find that perfect table for the other wall…

This project was super inexpensive. We had to purchase the wood trim, the plywood, the liquid nails and the paint. So about $30 or less total!
And, minus the cutting and painting which we did earlier, we had this project up on the wall by the end of naptime!
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Comments

  1. Kassi @ Truly Lovely says

    February 24, 2011 at 10:47 AM

    That is great wall filler! And so befitting you and your scrapbooky-ness! haha… That’s totally a word! Awesome use of the shower rod! đŸ˜‰

    Reply
  2. Gabrielle Krake says

    September 3, 2010 at 10:26 AM

    What a great project! Thanks for the tuto explaining how you did it!

    Reply
  3. Holly says

    September 2, 2010 at 12:57 PM

    I think I commented on this when you were on Tatertots and Jello! What a great project – love how you did it all yourself and everyone helped. Fun!

    Reply
  4. ★All Thingz Related★ says

    August 30, 2010 at 7:50 PM

    We are so glad you joined us for Anything Related! Come back tomorrow for another great party!

    Reply
  5. [email protected] says

    August 27, 2010 at 8:58 PM

    Visiting via Weekend Wrap Up, you all did a wonderful job on this. Very welcoming entryway.

    Reply
  6. Allison Shops says

    August 27, 2010 at 12:46 PM

    How cute! Your son is adorable.

    Also, I wanted to let you know about Atticmag’s new linky party – Giveaway Friday! It’s a convenient place for bloggers to link their giveaways each week. We’ve kicked it off with a fantastic giveaway of our own. Five lucky winners will win material to do a backsplash in their home. Hope to see you there!

    Allison
    Atticmag

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  7. Sharyn says

    August 27, 2010 at 11:50 AM

    Just fabulous and really sets off your entry. I am a scrapper too so it is nice too see them out and not in an album. Your post has been featured at Creative Link Up. http://creativelinkup.blogspot.com/2010/08/friday-favourites_27.html

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  8. Amy @ Positively Splendid says

    August 26, 2010 at 8:23 AM

    This turned out so terrific, Michele! I just love it!

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  9. Gwen @ Gwenny Penny says

    August 25, 2010 at 9:21 PM

    What a neat idea. I especially like the embroidery hoop monogram wall art. Very cool. It looks great.

    Reply
  10. Jenn Seratt says

    August 25, 2010 at 1:37 PM

    I love it when people use their own artwork in their homes and in such a prominent place! I’d love for you to link this up to my weekend Art Therapy party.

    I’m a new follower, too!

    Reply
  11. Krista says

    August 25, 2010 at 1:13 AM

    This is adorable. I love that it has the ability to be so versatile. What an amazing idea!

    ~Krista
    @ whilehewasnapping.blogspot.com

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  12. Jenglamgirl says

    August 24, 2010 at 3:15 PM

    Michlle its darling, and I love the center one best. How great to change it out too. Jenn

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  13. [email protected] Hand Me Down House says

    August 24, 2010 at 9:19 AM

    I love your new wall art, Michele! It turned out great! And I LOVE that you can change it — just perfect!

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  14. Meg says

    August 23, 2010 at 11:37 PM

    Oh, very clever! Great idea! I love that it’s all interchangeable!
    Having a Target giveaway at my blog! Love it if you’d stop by! alittleknickknack.blogspot.com

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  15. Stacey says

    August 23, 2010 at 7:04 PM

    cute idea! and the best part is that you can switch it out!!

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  16. Creative Decor by Brooke says

    August 23, 2010 at 3:16 PM

    I think that is darling. And it really is art. So cute! Could use that in any room too.
    Brooke

    Reply
  17. Stacey says

    August 23, 2010 at 11:58 AM

    Cute idea! Love how you can switch it out!

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  18. Erin says

    August 23, 2010 at 9:25 AM

    I absolutely LOVE this!!! Great job!!

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  19. Allie says

    August 23, 2010 at 8:15 AM

    love it Michele!!! and your very handsome little “helper” too.

    Reply
  20. mle says

    August 23, 2010 at 7:53 AM

    What a great display idea!!!
    Scrapbooking can be a lot of work & some of those pages/projects are just too cute to keep to yourself : )

    Reply
  21. Mandy's Creative Corner says

    August 23, 2010 at 6:36 AM

    I love how “usable” it is! Brilliant idea =)

    Reply
  22. concretenprimroses says

    August 22, 2010 at 10:01 PM

    Terrific idea! Well done.
    Kathy

    Reply
  23. Liberty says

    August 22, 2010 at 9:04 PM

    LOVE it…I wish I had a wall like that because I would make one for sure!!! super cute idea!

    Reply
  24. Candi says

    August 22, 2010 at 5:49 PM

    What a great idea!!!

    Reply
  25. Kyle and Kyia says

    August 22, 2010 at 5:18 PM

    simply genius!! it turned out beautiful!

    Reply
  26. Beverly @ FlamingoToes.com says

    August 22, 2010 at 1:49 PM

    I just love this project. But you know that. ;)It’s such a great statement for your entry way!!
    I’m trying to figure out a smaller version that I can hang on the wall rather than glue. We rent so I need something less permanent. haha.

    Reply
  27. The Answer Is Chocolate says

    August 22, 2010 at 11:32 AM

    WOW! What a great idea and what a fantastic outcome!

    Reply
  28. Amy Meyer says

    August 22, 2010 at 9:23 AM

    I love it! I like that you can take out and replace pictures! That is fabulous. And can I say that I am super jealous of your wood working tools!

    Reply
  29. Brianna! says

    August 22, 2010 at 7:24 AM

    looks very very VERY pretty dear!
    LOVE IT
    xoxo
    bB

    Reply

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