Decorating with Book Art

By Jen

When I was decorating the playroom in our new house, I wanted some bright, colorful art for the wall, but I didn't want to spend a lot of money. So I bought some cheap frames from IKEA, painted each a different color, and then went looking for something to put in them. 

(Some of the pictures are family photographs and two were painted for me by a friend. It's the ones in the colored frames that I'm talking about.) 

I decided to take some of my daughter's (and my) favorite books and use them. I made color copies of the pictures I chose because I had to adjust the sizing for my frames, but you could just cut out a page from an old book or hit up a thrift store to see what they have. Another easy idea would be to frame a book jacket. 

Mine turned out beautifully and I love how they look in our cheerful playroom. I chose pictures with no text on the page (or used my photocopying to cut out the text) but I think it would be lovely to choose a page with your favorite lines on it as well. 

{All images by me and I'm sorry they're crooked, I had to stand on a tiny chair to reach them.}

This is a very versatile decorating technique, as you could adapt it to a baby's nursery, an older kid's room, or even an adult room or a living space. 

Comments

[meaghan]

I wanted to do this with Dick & Jane books for the baby's nursery, but somehow we ended up on something different. Never though to just scan it though - how smart!

[jennielynn]

What a great idea!