Sometimes you want that special piece to make the room, such as a neon sign for your bar or a large acrylic print for your studio, and often these are well worth the price. But some pieces of art out there can be pricey and there’s no need to break the bank if you just want a few pieces for an end table or spare room. One of the common struggles I hear among many women, and some men, designing and decorating their spaces is trying to find a variety of really great wall art for an appropriate price.

To help you source some great pieces of art for affordable prices I’ve decided to collaborate with Art.com & Walmart to share my recent experience in finding a piece for our guest bedroom.  You’re going to be so happy with what I’m about to tell you!

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I love switching things up in the guest bedroom, as I’ve recently done again.  I added some blush with the blues and I wanted floral wall art.  With this tall lamp though, I decided I didn’t want anything too big and I wanted something I could lean on the wall.  The hunt was on.  

I was so thrilled to be introduced to Art.com through Walmart because they had so many different types of art categories.  I started to rethink if I wanted floral or something Parisian or modern art or brush strokes.  There were so many options and so many different beautiful pieces that would’ve looked beautiful on this nightstand.  It was a hard decision but this piece with the pink roses on the soft blue background really stole my heart. I know my mom and my girlfriends or sister who might come here more often stay in this guest bedroom will especially appreciate it!

OTHER PIECES OF ART I LOVE FROM ART.COM

Here are some other pieces I loved and had to share with you as well!

 

 

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 xoxo,

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Hello and welcome to my Living Room Tour – Part 1!  I’m so glad you joined me today as I bring you into one of my most-frequented rooms in our home.  This Dallas {rental} home we are in for the next year while living here has been a blessing but has been interesting and slightly challenging because of the layout.  Our family room is not as large as I’d like it to be the builder wanted this second living area just off the kitchen.  While it may not be my design choice for our future home, I am finding the joy and functionality of it in this home…for the time being.  It’s a place where the wives can leave the husbands {in the Family Room} while they talk about their golf game and come in here for some girl talk I finish dinner and serve hors d’oeuvres.

Wall color…
The homeowner remodeled a few years ago and used a custom grey paint for the walls but it matches exactly to Benjamin Moore Stonington Gray HC-170. It looks light here because of the time of day I took this photo but it’s honestly too dark for my liking the rest of the day because this room only gets good natural light in the late afternoon.  Otherwise I feel like it needs to be a much lighter color to lighten this part of the house.

My sofa….
If you follow me on Instagram you have probably heard me say that I found this sofa and MANY of my favorite pieces while we lived in Waco, Texas, for several years.  This sofa was in mint condition and I paid only $80 for it (gasp).  It still had plastic on it, I kid you not.  So make fun of the ladies that do that all you want but I can totally appreciate it now ha!  While I’d love a brand new tufted ivory sofa, I know I need to wait until we move into this next home to see how many sofas I’ll need in the next living room.  Until then, I took this dainty vintage sofa, that has usually been in my bedroom or office, and used it in my living room.  I also like to call it my “sitting room” because, well….my grandma had one and it just sounds like the perfect description for it as we often sit and visit.  Our dog ruined the bottom flap of the sofa last year so I refinished the bottom and painted it with light grey chalk paint and dark brown stain, using a dry-brushing technique. It was a blessing in disguise because now it definitely looks a little more contemporary and the wooden frame has the same distressed look as the end tables.

Design tip:  Try pulling your sofa away from the wall and closer to the center of the room, onto your area rug, to make it feel a little more cozy and intimate. Sometimes it can even make your room look bigger. If you’re entertaining for larger parties, you can always push it back and bring in extra seating to accommodate your guests.

Canvas art…

Earlier this year, as we found out we were moving again with our company and temporarily relocating to Dallas, I had just found this canvas art and knew I wanted it in my living room in the next house.  I have been a fan of Oliver Gal Art for years and always have one or two {or even three} pieces throughout my home.  This particular piece is called “Serving Roses” and it reminded me of the compost bowl I frequently keep on the coffee table, often filled with white roses as well.

GUESS WHAT???  Oliver Gal knows I’m such a HUGE fan of theirs so they are extending a fabulous deal to all my readers from now until September 22nd!  They are giving you 25% off on OliverGal.com using the code “SUMMER25“! So RUN on over to their website and find some popular favorites to ship to your home.  I know a lot of you have asked about my black and white canvas chandelier print of theirs also, over the last couple of years.  Now is your chance to get a fabulous deal!

I love the mixture of whites and greys and also the gold and bronze colors throughout. It’s so chic and elegant and gives this space that perfect feminine and romantic flair.  The candle sconces I found compliment this piece of art well and bring dimension to the wall.

Rug…

While several pieces in this room are feminine with soft lines, I wanted to off-set that with a bold geometric rug that was bright (again, helping the room appear lighter) but not too busy.

End Tables and Lamps…

The hunt for the perfect mirrored end tables was a little ridiculous.  They were either way out of my budget, the right price but too cheap looking, not the right size or style, and so on.  Then I happened upon these mirrored end tables and they were perfect!  They had the vintage, distressed look but with mirrored sides.  They complimented the soft, feminine lines as well as the bold, strong lines of other pieces in this room.  And the quality?  They’re awesome and I’m pleased.  These Glass Cylinder lamps were the perfect option and complimented the gold throughout the room.  I love, love, love mixing metals (just in case you couldn’t tell).

Coffee Table…

Just last week, I posted about the most popular coffee tables trending right now.  I shared a VERY EASY step-by-step tutorial on how I transformed this coffee table from its original state.  This IKEA hack of the Vittsjö nesting tables is a brilliant and extremely affordable way to have a coffee table with a gold metal frame and marble-like shelving.  I especially love it because I’m always up for changing pieces in my home and wanting to try new things and when I buy affordable pieces, I can afford to do that. So make sure you check out that tutorial and pin it for later!

Chaise Lounge…

I originally wanted to sofa chairs adjacent to my sofa but haven’t found that perfect pair yet.  Instead, I bought this tufted chaise lounge at the beginning of this year and found the perfect spot for it in my living room.  I always have one of four different ruffle throw blankets from my online shoppe draped across my chaise.  It’s the perfect spot to watch tv, read a book, sit and visit with friends, or even work on my laptop.

Curtains…

As I stated earlier, this room often feel darker and doesn’t get much natural light as the rest of the home does.  So in this post HERE, I talked about ways I brighten up my home and one of them being these curtains from IKEA. They are white linen-looking curtains that are sturdy and good quality, letting light flow through the room and into the next.  They were a great find since I’m not a fan of sheers.

Mantel & Chandelier…

Lastly on this Living Room Tour – Part 1….I said it before and I’ll say it again, I love mixing metals!  I adore silver and gold together and I love layering decor with different elements, textures and styles.  I grabbed {from my decor stash closet} some gold vintage frames of different sizes and then some candlesticks, the frame and mercury glass vase in the 3 different elements shown.  My mantel is a place I like to change up often, especially at the holidays, but for now…I’m liking it.

The chandelier…..I found it in a barn…..in Waco, TX…..it was $30.  I can’t even tell you how excited I was when a couple called me 5 years ago and asked if I wanted to come junkin’ (or pickin’ as some call it) in their barn as they were cleaning it out and had a TON of fun pieces and antiques and vintage items.  I never hung it up in our Waco home because I knew we’d be soon moving but I took it with us to Vegas and hung it above my kitchen sink (see here).  I spray-painted it rubbed oil bronze at the time and, after converting the spot from recessed canned lighting to pendant lighting, it gave such a beautiful sparkle when I had to do my dishes.  In May, after moving here, I knew I wanted to spray it gold and hang it in this room.  I sure love this vintage chandelier!

On the other side of the room is where our TV hangs and some other furniture.  However, that will be shared as Living Room Tour – Part 2, since I’m still waiting on something to be finished and I’m also feeling torn on another design decision I made.  That will be on the blog later on in the month.

I’m so glad you joined me today for part 1 of this Living Room Tour!  I hope this has been helpful in making your own style decisions.  Don’t forget to pin this to Pinterest or share to Facebook so that you have it to reference to later.  I’d also love it if you scrolled to the top of the page and subscribed to my email list to receive new posts on the blog and also hear about new items or sales in my online shoppe!

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Wallpaper comes and goes. It’s either trendy or it’s not.  I grew up thinking ‘I will NEVER ever put wallpaper in my home,’ after my mom put up a large, mauve and green floral pattern in our large living room and dining room, ha!  Granted, it was lovely at the time but then it stayed for years and years and we eventually cringed at the sight of it.  Then, we’d visit my grandmother and she had metallic botanical wallpaper in the guest bathroom and wallpaper throughout the whole house.  I felt like I would leave the home and could still see the pattern at everything I was looking at!  Well, guess who eventually grew up and wants wallpaper? I’m raising my hand right now.

Here’s the thing…when you have a neutral palette in your home like I do, you like to make a statement somehow with wall art or subtle pops of color.  A small amount of wallpaper just sounded so fun to me. I’m crushing on so many wallpapers but we’re renting before our final move so I decided to do create framed wallpaper panels for my office.

I’d been stuck for over 2 months brainstorming what kind of wall art I wanted above my desk.  My office is blush and gold and a few subtle hints of light grey.  I couldn’t find one thing, in stores or online, that I wanted for that space.  Half asleep in my bed one night (when inspiration usually comes, so silly), my eyes open and I know what I want to do!  I remember doing wallpaper panels 8 years ago in one of our other homes and I loved it.  That was it!  A beautiful statement piece with wallpaper that can be changed in and out!

The wallpaper I chose is called the “Arlington Pale Gold Large Rose Vine” and as soon as I saw it, I knew it was THE ONE!  Love at first sight.  You just can’t tell in the photograph but the background is this shimmery, pale goldish-blush and it is stunning in person.  I love the different shades of blush on the rose petals.

All I had to do was buy 2 large frames, I used 20″x30″, spray paint it gold and then cut out the wallpaper to fit and stick it into the frames.  It may have taken a few months to decide on, but only took a couple of hours to spray, cut, and put together.  I love the romantic, feminine statement it makes.  I love flowers, anything floral and I’m really hoping I don’t make fun of it in 30 years like I did our wallpaper growing up…ha!  I know I won’t.  This is just the perfect amount of wallpaper and floral and looks very sophisticated.

I know I’m surely not the first one with this idea but I hadn’t seen it done anywhere else.  So I went to Pinterest after hanging my framed wallpaper panels yesterday and was curious to see how others had done it and what wallpaper they had chosen.  I wanted to share a few examples with you for inspiration.

via House of Jade Interiors

This wallpaper panel is so lovely and really adds a bright statement against the darker grey.  It adds that perfect touch of elegance to this bedroom.

via Chinese-Wallpaper.com

I love the the 3 panels of this chinese botanical pattern against the green sofa.  Notice how they kept everything else very simple and clean so that it wasn’t too busy.

via The Hunted Interior

I love these colors together!  It really adds height to this nook and an additional pop of color.

via LaDolceVita

The gold and grey….just exquisite!  And to take them from the baseboards to the ceiling is brilliant.

via Elements of Style

I love this bold black panel.  Just stunning!

I love the idea of 3 panels for a bold statement AND it can be switched out when you fall out of love with it.  You never have to steam and peel and deal with the mess.

Whether you’re a renter or you own your home, making framed wallpaper panels as an option for wall decor is a great way to enjoy wallpaper you love without marrying it!  I’ll be sharing my entire office makeover in the next week so make sure and check back (and subscribe to my email list) to see the update!

Wallpaper:

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xoxo, Summer

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