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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Chevron Wall Art

Lately I have been incredibly bored with our cream colored walls and while I have things in the works for a few of our walls I still had bare areas. Then I found this idea on Pinterest: Chevron Wall Art. Two things I LOVE right now: Chevron Design and Gold- um perfect right!? Plus the original post found here is super helpful, has a great tutorial, and gives you a link to print our the chevron design! Score.

Here is how mine turned out:
[ I <3 them]

I started with the three pack of 20 x 20 canvas on sale at Joanns and printed out the chevron pattern 

Then using a push pin and the tutorial found here I made marks of where the tape should go:

And continued that process until all three canvases were ready to go!
Be sure to really smooth down the tape :)

I used Martha Stewart's Paint in Gold and applied a thin coat first

Then, once that dried I applied a thick coat of paint - going with the chevron pattern.

One they were totally dry I carefully pulled of the tape:

And put them up on our walls! 

The whole project cost me $25 dollars and about three hours! There are a few spots where the pain got under the tape but it is not noticeable unless you are right in front of it! I am super happy with the end result. 
What is your favorite quick and easy wall decor??


32 comments:

  1. I am so in love with gold right now! this gives me the idea to make my own chevron gold fabric! thanks for the inspiration:)

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    1. I am in love with gold too!! Thanks for stopping by! You should definitely make your own printed fabric - this was super easy! <3

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  2. oh that is all kinds of pretty and I love that you have a sweet grouping of threes... love.

    Aloha,
    Following ya now from the GFC hop. We're riding the wave of life together at Local Sugar Hawaii. I'd so love it if you'd join us.

    xo,
    Nicole
    localsugarhawaii.com

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  3. Wow brilliant idea! Thanks for sharing!
    Thanks for linking up at the friday chaos this week.

    Kerry
    www.ohsoamelia.com

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  4. That's a really cute idea!
    Following you from the Blog hop! Hope you follow back :)

    www.lovinglifeinthefablane.blogspot.com

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    1. Hi! Thank you for stopping by and for following! I am already following your blog!! :)

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  5. Oooooh Girl! Those are GORGEOUS! And you make it seem like it's so easy! Got to try!! Found via the Aloha Friday Blog Hop
    xoxo,
    Nikki at www.bedazzlesafterdark.com

    Enter my Giveaway to win $100 right now!!

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  6. Those are so elegant, and definitely not hard to make--just probably time consuming because of the tape! I love DIY wall art because then you get exactly what you wanted! :)

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    1. Yes, they were super easy - the taping took about an hour so not too bad :) Plus they were not expensive to make either!! :) Thank you for stopping by!

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  7. I love chevron art designs and thanks for linking up in Thee Networking Blog Hop. I'm now following you. I look forward to reading more.

    Tranae
    www.becomingfab.com

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    1. Hi! Thank you for stopping by and for following! I will hop on over to your blog now! <3

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  8. hi! stopping by from thee networking blog hop! i'm one of the co-hosts and just wanted to say thanks so much for joining the hop and following my blog. Following you now :)

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  9. love the gold and white! hopping over from Aloha Friday to say aloha Sunday! Hugs

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  10. Stopping by from the GFC linkup! I'm loving gold right now, too & you can never go wrong with chevron! :)Would love to have you stop by!

    Amy @ keepin' up with the Smith's

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    1. Hi! Thank you for stopping by!! I am obsessed with gold right now too! I will hop on over to your blog now! <3

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  11. Happy Holidays. Visiting from Thee Networking Blog Hop! Please visit my blog & follow if you haven't already. :)

    Kristina
    http://www.yomichaelmichael.com

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    1. Hi! Thank you for stopping by and for following! I will hop on over to your blog now! <3

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  12. *love* an easy diy that turns out looking amazing! New to your blog and glad to have found your creative spot on the web:)

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  13. I hope you're having a great week my dear!

    Thank you so much for linking up to last week's Aloha Friday Blog Hop!!

    If you have time, we'd love to have you come and link up to the Aloha Friday Blog Hop if you haven't already!

    Aloha,

    Jean {What Jean Likes}

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  14. new follower! love this project - i love everything gold and chevron, so what a perfect combo!

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  15. Seriously cute! I have been trying to decide what to do on my walls... maybe I'll try this project! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  16. Fabulous! I'm trying to figure out what I want to do for a wall. I have lots of blank spaces that are in need of some DiY art. Dropping in from Live Laugh {linky} party.

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  17. These turned out awesome!!!! I did something similar a few months ago, but ended up monogramming the chevron fabric instead. I think I will add this to my list of to-do's!You can check out my project here: http://domesticsuperhero.com/2012/12/03/diy-monogrammed-canvas/

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  18. I love chevron. I am doing a cool project with chevron in my kitchen. I am hosting my very first link party. I'd love it if you link up.

    http://www.ifitsnotbaroquedesignblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/my-first-ever-link-party.html

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