Our kitchen art wall has been a long time in coming. I searched and searched etsy for just the right art. I chose pieces which were fun, bright, and made me smile. I made six printables for the wall as well.
Last time I left you I had given you this sneak peek at our wall
Here’s the completed wall
I am so excited with how it came out.
The five small frames are from Target, 2 others are from IKEA, 2 frames I already had, and 2 are from Goodwill. The frames I already owned and the ones from Goodwill were given a couple of coats of white paint.
Let me show you how we chose where to place the frames.
I knew I was working with an 44 x 44 space on the wall so my husband and I made a 44 x 44 template out of newspapers taped together.
Next we moved around the frames until we were happy with their placement
There is a wide variety of color in the pictures so I decided white frames would help give a cohesive look.
Where did those wonderful pieces of art come from you ask?
Clicking on the links below will direct you to the etsy shops or to my post with the free printables.
You are the Pancakes to My Syrup – Williston Letter Co
Olive You – free printable Big D & Me
Super Dean with Hamburger (made from individual pieces of paper) – Greenbean Art
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry – Graphic Anthology
If You Want Breakfast in Bed, Sleep in the Kitchen – free printable Big D & Me
Baby You Spin Me Right Round – Oh, Dear Molly
You Are My Hot Pot – Oh, Dear Molly
You Can’t Buy Happiness But You Can Buy Ice Cream & that’s Kind of the Same Thing – free printable Big D & Me
Hey Yogurt, If You’re so Cultured Why Do I Never See You at the Opera? – free printable Big D & Me
Lettuce Turnip the Beet (Let Us Turn Up the Beat) – free printable Big D & Me
Give Thanks – free printable Big D & Me
So that’s it. Our kitchen wall is finished.
Except that I want to change a few colors on the printables.
Maybe add another frame.
No. No. No. For now it’s done and I’m pleased it’s done.
Now onto our next big project.
Hmmm, my husbands not smiling.
I, for the life of me, can’t understand why.
The wall looks AMAZING!! Such a great idea! My girlfriend’s mom owned a wine shop – so she created a wall of all wine themed prints. She also found a few iron/metal worked items, and they added such a great touch!
WM
I love your wall art and am so jealous that I dont have a wall like that in my kitchen. I have a kitchenette and a formal dining room. Your art is so cute and I love love love the olive you!!!
how cute is this? LOVE IT ALL! going to share on COM-FB. winks-jen
This is AWESOME!! I am super impressed with the art pieces you created yourself, they turned out great! Having a wall like this in my kitchen to see and read every morning would certainly help me start out my day on the right foot. Can’t wait to see your next project!
LOVE your kitchen wall!!!
This is so pretty. I am going to make some of these and give them to my friend for her wedding.
I love this project so much, and would love to feature it on my blog. Please email me to let me know if that would be okay! http://www.simcoestreet.blogspot.com
OLIVE the Olive You! That very thing was written in Otto’s birthday card this year. When I opened it up at the store, I knew it was the one! (There were a couple martini glasses in the picture as well.)
The wall looks GREAT! I really like the superhero with the hamburger, and the mixer picture, and the pancakes, and… everything!! It’s looks terrific! :o)
How awesome.. I love it…I’m following ya officially from Mad In Crafts Monday blog hop. Lovely blog you have here.Can’t wait to read more.. Hope you can stop by & visit me sometime / follow back.. TY So much.. Have a great week.Marilyn from http://theartsygirlconnection.blogspot.com
Adorable. I love the bright colors and sort of vintage vibe. So cute. Thanks for sharing where you printed them from.
I love all of the colors and how whimsy and fun this is!!! I just love all of it. So cute!!!
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following you now.
love it! You are so creative! I want to come over and see it in person! plus the piano!
I love this! So cute! You picked out such a cute collection of printables and the white frames just look so fresh and clean and pretty! : )
What a cute way to spice up a kitchen area. I’m pretty much obsessed with gallery walls! Come check me out when you get a chance. http://www.alivedinhome.blogspot.com
So cute! I love your choices and the arrangement! Stopping over from S3 where I shared how I also changed up my kitchen wall: http://honeysuckleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/diy-plate-wall.html
This is so cute!! Love all the fun art!
Love it!! When are you coming up here to work on my house…maybe late October, early November and then we can do a long run together as well 🙂
I love the wall. You have done an excellent job.
Super cute! Love the white frames…it looks so bright and clean and fresh!!
Hi! Newest follower…I love love love this idea of kitchen wall art, you did an awesome job!!
Looking forward to reading more from your cute blog 🙂
Have a great week!
Kerry
I love this! All of the cute pictures are perfect for the kitchen. Great Job 🙂
Would love it if you would link this project up at my turquoise lovin’ party going on right now!! http://www.sweetlittlegals.com/2011/09/turquoise-lovin-3.html
I adore the lettuce, turnip, beet print! That is so cute! The whole wall looks fantastic too!
What a great display! And, your kitchen bench seat is awesome.
Stopping by from Sweet Little Gals Turquoise Lovin’ party. I love your artwork!! It’s so fun and creative. I love all the white frames too. You did a great job!!
I absolutely love it! I love the look of wall collages and its really obvious that you put a lot of work into yours. It looks so great.
Wow, love the you spin me right round one! 🙂 Very nice work, keep it up!
I think it’s perfect and wouldn’t change a thing. I think all the colors work great.
Love the wall! Great prints!!
i absolutely love it! great job!!
This completely adorable! I totally love it.
That is so cute! I love the retro feel of some of the pieces. Pinning this. 🙂
This is SUCH an adorable idea!! I love it. What a great way to bring color into your kitchen
Thanks for linking to TAke-A-Look Tuesday – you were featured today!!
–Mandy, http://www.SugarBeeCrafts.com
ooh this is just adorable!! fantastic i love it!
love this so much! i’ve been wanting to do a kitchen wall art display as well. this might just have given me the inspiration! 🙂
i would love for you to come link up this or any other amazing project at my creativity party going on right now!
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thanks so much for sharing!
Oh I agree the wall looks amazing. Really it turned out so cute!!
LOVE IT!
Therefore I have ONE word for you: STICKER!
…Stop by tomorrow to button-up!
oh my gosh, how fabulous. i love all the bright colors in the prints, and the way you displayed them. how fun is the breakfast in bed one, that’s my favorite! love the whole wall!
That is awesome!! What a great collection of artwork. The mixer is probably my fav of all of them. Following you from Hooking up with HOH.
This looks fantastic! Thank you for sharing this link with me. I always wonder where my prints end up!
Genesis
http://graphicanthology.etsy.com/
Oh wow this is fabulous… I love love this idea… Thank you so much for sharing.
I am new follower.
I saw this on Pinterest and thought it looked amazing! I’m glad I found you through the Link Party at A Glimpse Inside. I love the attitude of the wall, each print had me laughing.
THE COOLEST gallery wall ever! Hands down! Love it. Thanks for sharing!
Oh I love this! I have 1 gallery wall already and am working on my second and third. This is now the inspiration for my fourth, but I need to figure out where I am going to put it!
Great job!!!
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This wall is awesome. I love the combination of fun, playful art you put together.
You might have just inspired me.
Stopping by from Amanda’s Weekend Bloggy Reading Party!
This is such a great wall, so fun!
That is adorable! What a great idea! I want to do something like this above my cabinets 🙂
That is seriously so cool! I love the variety of colors and how you “tamed” them all with the white frames. It’s perfect!
I’ll be featuring your wall tomorrow… Come visit and butto-up 😉
Seriously… how fun is this? I just love the ice cream saying it has always been one of my favorites… I might have to incorporate it! Thanks for showing off!
Carlee
What a great idea…I love the pop of color it gives to the room! I hope you will link up with me here:
http://www.thegingerbreadblog.com/
Wow. I LOVE this. I can see how this would take a long time to figure out. What a great job you did!! Thanks for sharing =)
What an awesome collection for a fun kitchen art wall! LOVE this. I’m saving this on my pinterest for future reference. We just moved and I have a new kitchen to decorate
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This is so cute! Great idea too- I’ve never seen this in a kitchen. I have a wall like this in my office that I love! I love the white frames!
So cute! My favorite is “Baby you spin me right round”! I love that song!
How fun! It looks fantastic and we are so glad you shared this with us at Inspiration Friday this week!
Vanessa
Wow! It’s beautiful and fun! You have such a great idea. I really like it!
Your kitchen looks amazing! So much fun and the prints are awesome! My favorite it the mixer.. gotta love the mixer.. it’s my best friend in the kitchen after my hubby of course! Love it! Thanks so much for sharing with the Pink Hippo party!
I came across your wall on Pinterest, and I fell in love! I adore gallery walls, and especially whimsical ones! This one would make me smile every morning. Great job!
Kerri
apopofpretty.com
Adore. Love all the graphics and your fun placement on the wall ~ that is the hardest part, eh? 😉 Wish I had more wall space in my kitchen now!
This wall is so cute! I’m jealous!!
This turned out so well! I’ve been needing to put art on the walls of my home, so you have definitley spurred my creativity:)
Thanks for sharing! You are being featured this week at Lines Across My Face.
Rachel
http://linesacrossmyface.blogspot.com/2011/09/cure-for-common-monday-8-flashback.html
Jennifer, You are soooo creative and I love this wall! You always sound like you have so much fun with these projects, too. I really admire you and what you do—both with your house decorating and your kids. Love to all, Betty
This looks awesome!!! LOVE that KitchenAid print!! I literally just went to try to buy one and she’s on vacation! Bah! haha! Thanks for sharing this on Fancy This Fridays! Oh… And check out the facebook page to see it featured there! 😉 http://www.facebook.com/TrulyLovelyBlog
You’ve been featured today at Happy Hour Projects. Thanks for linking up at Freestyle Friday!
Adrianne
http://www.happyhourprojects.com/2011/09/monday-highlights-0912.html
I love all of these great ideas and featured them today!
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I found this post via Pinterest while I was looking for some retro/colorful art for my kitchen. This is dead. on. !! My husband and I have been married exactly a month today and are trying to spruce up our apartment with color without breaking the bank. We are both drawn to humor and retro/vintage art and decorating which is exactly the vibe I am getting from this art collection. Thanks for the inspiration – you did a great job! I’m offer to scour the web for some art of our own, but we will definitely be adding a kitchenaid print. My hubby is a chef and his greatest love is the kitchenaid mixer!
Great job mama!! I featured you tonight. 🙂
http://polkadotsonparade.blogspot.com/2011/09/toast-of-tuesday_13.html
just wanted to let you know that your kitchen gallery wall was featured over at let birds fly for being one of the most viewed links! come check it out, grab a featured button if you wish, and link-up something for this week’s party! thanks for participating!
Totally loved all the frames.. and the print outs.. Awesome!! Your wall now looks stunning!!
This is really fabulous. I would love for you to stop by My Dream Canvas as I too am hosting a giveaway!
It turned out great. It is definitely giving me an idea for 0ur kitchen 🙂
I featured this today at my party!
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Come over and grab a Delightful Order Button for your blog, if you’d like.
DaNita
Wow…this wall turned out great! I especially love the lettuce turnip the beet one! I think your idea would be perfect for my brand new linky party!
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I featured you here!!!!
http://www.thegingerbreadblog.com/2011/09/sweet-saturday-v5.html
Thanks for linking up to the Creative Genius Link Party! I’d love to see you link up again tomorrow!
Words can not express how much I love this! Well done!