Wall decor on the cheap
If you have very little cash flow and your place sorta resembles a clean room in a secret government lab, then this might be exactly what you need. With very little investment you can create some neat, super cheap pieces to hang on your walls.
Required materials:
- Thumb Tacks
- Paperclips
- Nicely aged book you don’t mind destroying
- Black foamcore
- Craft Knife ( like X-act or something )
- Straight edge
- Gluestick
- Needlenose pliers
First find an old book that has some pictures or neat typography you don’t mind cutting up. It’s also a good idea to look it up on the internet first to make sure you’re not destroying the next Voynich Manuscript.
Get a straight edge and cut out the pages you want.
Next cut out the foam core with a craft knife to fit the pages. I left about 1/2in of space around the page and maybe 3/4in on the bottom.
Center the page and lightly mark the corners with a pencil. Use the glue stick on the back of the page around the edges and carefully lay it down on the foam core. ( Don’t use any kind of wet glue because it will absorb into the paper and make it look like a raisin. )
To create the holders take a paper clip and open it up by pulling out the middle loop and flattening it so it’s opposite the outer loop. Next take the pliers and about 1/2in from the end of the smaller loop bend the loop 90 degrees. Then about mid-way down from that make another 90 degree bend so it looks like paperclip the picture.
Now you’re pretty much done. All you need to do is find a good place to hang it and attach the paperclips to the wall with the thumbtacks. Then when you slid the picture in it hides the fact you’re a cheap-ass and used paperclips to hang pictures of a mutilated book.
Tada!
My phone takes pretty terrible pictures so I apologize for the quality of these.
