If those of you who read the Budget Smart Girl’s Guide to Art For Your Walls, as promised here are some more great tips from Kathy Wilson, author and editor of www.TheBudgetDecorator.com and www.DecoratingYourSmallSpace.com.

Other alternatives for wall art include the bouquet of roses your husband sent you, favorite quilts, old photos picked up in antique stores. And don’t let traditional ideas about what should be on your walls hold you back.

Kathy says she often cuts photos from garden catalogs and frames them for great looking botanical photos. And decorative items don’t have to fit in a frame to be great wall art. Paint an old wooden board with thoughtful prose, hang a wooden ladder and use it as a display shelf. And tools or farm implements are an old favorite. A section of charming fence, an old window, even a piece of interesting molding off an old house can be a real eyes catcher and add a sense of history.

Thanks so much, Kathy.


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