Frugal Decorating

Where does one start?!  I got this mural for free from the Starbucks I worked at for 10 + years, so I had it sitting around.  They were remodeling and throwing a bunch of this great stuff away so I was able to take it home.  I loved the colors so I knew I would use it for something in the house.  But when?

That when was today!  A few months ago I purchased the words, "love" and "faith" with intentions of hanging them on a wall, but I needed a backdrop for them so I chopped off the bottom portion of this mural to do just that.  

In order to hang them on the wall, I scuffed two little parts on the back so hot glue would stick.  This is where I hot glued twine to the back of each one and reinforced each side with a couple staples so they could be hung on the wall.

Then I took each word and did the same scuff on the front and hot glued the hanging parts from the back of the words onto the front of the mural piece.














This middle portion was a left over from the two pieces that I had imagined I needed.  It fit perfectly here.

On the love piece you might notice the blue.  I added the blue because it was very brown.  I love brown but the "faith" hanging has the lively blue so to bring it all together, I added the blue to the "love" hanging.








And here is the result!  The piece was made to compliment the two picture frames that say, "Let me do what I was meant to do..." , " I wanna take care of you."  Those were the lyrics to the song my husband and I danced to at our wedding.  The song is by Colin Raye, "Take Care Of You."  Truly the perfect song for us. 

Hopefully this has been a little inspiring for the frugal yous out there!  You can easily pick up an inexpensive piece of "art" at a thrift store or yard sale and use it to do the same thing.  Also, if you do not have the pre-made words like these, try painting them or stenciling them to the piece of "art" you picked up from the thrift store or the yard sale!

I love frugal!!!!  Happy decorating!