DIY Monochrome Scandi Art on a budget during Lockdown

Its the finishing touches that make the difference to an Interior and it also the fun part…when you have the money?…right? or is it more fun to try and create something yourself.

At the beginning of 2020, I began to change my mindset and become more focussed on things that I wanted. I set goals every month of what I wanted to buy, what I wanted to achieve etc. I had visions of buying certain pieces of art for my newly decorated bedroom but then the Corona virus happened and all of our lives changed and turned into turmoil!

I was furloughed from my work, and I began to become scared about spending money, so I thought I would never be able to buy the pieces that I wanted. However, I also realised I was saving money by not going out, not using the car etc so yes I could probably of afforded to buy some new things. But I thought, lets see if I can re-use some things around the house that were just sitting in my attic.

I took a trip up to the attic and low and behold I had two IKEA frames that had older pictures in them that I wasnt using. So here we are!

To create a very simple pair of Scandinavian inspired pieces of art all you will need is the following:

• Your Frames

• White paper (big enough to fit your frame)

• A pencil

• Black Paint

• Paint Brush

Step 1: The first thing you want to do is cut your paper to fit your frame. So take out the back of the frame, place it onto the paper, draw round it and then cut it out to size. Do this for both pieces.

Step 2: Then you want to draw a scribble which is big enough to fit in the paper.. I practiced a couple of lines in a sketch book below before I began to draw on the final piece of paper.

Step 3: Once you are happy with your scribble, take the plunge and do a larger version of it onto your two cut out pieces of paper.

Step 4: Once you are happy with your shape, simple begin painting using the black paint. Take care to keep within your lines as much as possible but in all honesty, I made the odd mistake and just simply changed the shape of the line. You can see from my drawing the thickness of the lines are not all the same and I think this adds to the effect. (Please excuse the lockdown nails)

Continue to paint the lines until you are complete!

Step 5: Now all you have to do is to frame them up and hang them in your desired location! I wanted to create these to go above my bed side tables to finish the space off!

To create these, they didn’t cost me anything as I had all the materials in my house! It really did make me think that I don’t always have to buy new things to get the look I am after! I am really happy with how they turned out in the space.

If you are interested in the pieces featured in this space. Check out my inspiration blog for this room here.

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed the post!