More books!
I feel like librarians everywhere are probably cringing as I tell everyone to buy books simply to rip out the pages.
I really do love books and feel bad about harming them. So another suggestion could be to purchase the books and then have copies made of what you want to use as artwork at your local copy store.
Here are a couple more suggestions for chic & some what cheap artwork:
Botanicals Butterflies & Insects: $34
Art Forms from the Ocean: $ 16.50
The Parrots: $67.49 (This book is on the higher end, but I flipped through it and it’s pretty amazing!)
The Roses: Used copies for 7.99
Besler’s Book of Flowers and Plants: $9
What other inexpensive ways do you use to get artwork for your home?
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My living room is one of the rooms that evolved drastically from when we first moved one. Originally I painted the walls chocolate brown and did accents of white, blue and orange. That lasted maybe 2 years.
Our dining room sat empty for months. Okay maybe it was empty for just a handful of weeks and then we couldn’t take it anymore and put in a folding table and plastic outdoor chairs, but in my mind that was still empty.
On the main floor of our house we have a Florida room. Being that it’s a Florida room it is a considered a 3 season room, because there is no heat in the room. The previous owners used it as an indoor patio with outdoor furniture and it looked like this when we moved in.
I found a great suggestion here – iammommahearmeroar.blogspot.com/2010/05/low-budget-framing-solutions.html. She uses photos from calendars. Isn't that clever?
I dont have any, but this is such a great idea. I think I need to keep an eye out for some books like this at used book stores 🙂
I think buying books just to rip out the pages are a great idea! It becomes great art with the perfect frame. If you want to get a little more crafty, you can use them as envelopes or stationery! Books that are by LIFE magazine have great photos!
Great finds!! Postcards and scrapbook paper have worked for me as art before.
This is a good idea. I also frame a lot of my own photos.
There's a book i bought my son called Big Plans i loved the front cover so much i wanted to frame it, when i took it to fedex kinkos to have it copied and blown up they said no and that i needed permission from the author.So I ripped out matted and framed it myself.
I've been using old calendars for years.
Love the butterfly books – I have so many bird related pictures — but no butterflies. Great ideas!
Tear, tear away!?! Yes! I actually work for a library and over the years we have digitized many similar images and made them available on our website. We have hung reproductions of our rare collections on the walls, sold them as posters and postcards, and even to Hallmark.
噴泉的高度，不會超過它的源頭。一個人的事業也是如此，它的成就絕不會超過自己的信念。.................................................................
Great options for artwork! Other ideas for inexpensive artwork: having kids lends itself to having plenty of artwork in the home that can be framed, putting very special momentos in shadowboxes creates meaningful art and framing maps of places traveled/lived is another great option.
Yep, librarian here- totally cringing. My one suggestion is to make sure that the book that you are ripping up is not a valuable rare book! If not, then go ahead. And Paula's suggestion is great. Many libraries, including New York Public (I don't work there, just love them) have fabulous digitized images available for download or purchase!