Wholly Scrap...Inexpensive Art For the Vanilla or Vacant Home

Artwork is a must for the vanilla or vacant home. It can be expensive to supply a home full of artwork to dress empty walls!

As I'm getting ready to stage a home in Greenland, NH this week, I've got a home that has several nice frames, but I wanted to tie in certain colors and add a more contemporary flair.

In Hampton, NH, there is a scrapbooking store called Wholly Scrap that is to color as IKEA is to furnishings. Probably if you're reading this, you appreciate patterns and colors, so bring your checking account and head over!

My idea is to cut the patterned paper (which matches my color scheme) to the desired size to fit into the frames that the homeowner already has.

You could also cut the scrapbooking paper to make a collage if your frame is larger than 12" X 12".

If you have dry pressed ferns, herbs or other nature, you can purchase a solid color paper and use it as your background to tie in the other colors in the room.

Cost is roughly .70 cents per page.

Another option: buy a small bottle of gold craft paint and either stamp on some patterned highlights or use a narrow brush and outline part of the pattern here and there to add more dimension to the image.