For my Kitchen~

Since moving into our new home I have been on a redecorating race! You see if you have ever been to any home I have lived in then you would know that everything is country and when I say country I mean COUNTRY!! (*minus the wicker baskets) Horse pictures lined the walls surrounded by real wood and barbed-wire frames and all! This is how my husband contributed to the housework, he insisted that we "follow his country ways" and just go with it.... Well I think not, anymore!!! I have seen enough cowboy boots and green pastures to last me a life time. Mind you, I am by far not country. Even though I do own 3 pairs of cowboy boots, but I can say that I have grown to only wear them when it rains. So Yes, I am trying to convert the old man to modernism as well! :) Anyways on to the redecorating.
I painted my kitchen a great pistachio green and I have black furniture in there. So my first instinct was to create a wine theme and tone down the green with some purplish accents and keep with the strong black features. When trying to find a design to go on the dominant and really only wall in the dining area I found a lovely design done by an artist on ETSY. Only one problem - I don't have the money to buy it or ship it here..... Which leads me to the here and now and what this blog is all about. My lovely artwork recreation on a very mindful budget. Only $4 to be exact!!! (The cost is from the wine and cheese colored test paint bottles that I purchased to complete the picture.)

So here is the original and its crediting artist to which I can thank for the lovely art influence>

 BY: Giardino's Shop on Etsy

This print is perfect for my wall..... however $18 to buy it is not my idea of worth it. What can I say, I am a cheapo and I knew that I could do something similar on a way smaller budget and next thing ya know I spent the next four weeks piecing it all together! 

And this is the final results!

I like it! The next step now is framing it. I think I am going to buy a large heavily decorated frame, spray it black and hang it up around the image! Super excited that my house is coming together very nicely! :)

Hope you enjoyed my new found artist - ME!!! 

~With Luvz,