Weekly Tip: DIY Abstract Art

Making your own abstract art.

Saturday night was date night. The husband had been studying all day and I had been doing my usual rearranging/nesting/sprucing - whatever you want to call it. I had been thinking a lot about this post I had written just a couple days before. The lack of color in our tiny little apartment for 2 was driving me crazy so I set out to change that... in a big way! 

One thing led to another and we found ourselves at the hardware store staring at the wall. You know which one I'm talking about -the one that gives all indecisive people {like me} an anxiety attack!

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We stood there for a good 10 minutes thinking - not about which color to choose but how we were going to get one of each chip without the little man wearing an orange apron giving us a frown. We're talking around 300 paint chips here people...

  No one ever said a word or gave us the look so this is what we came home with! Cool.

Here is where the Weekly Tip comes in {sorry for the long intro}. 

Supplies:

- As many paint chips as you'll need

- A roll of Scotch masking tape

First I laid the chips out on the floor and decided which pattern would look better: alternating tints & shades or a gradation. Alternating was more exciting  and seemed to actually flow a bit more naturally. This part is really up to you and the look that you want to achieve! My inspiration came from here but decided on something more unique to me.  

I then measured the wall to figure out exactly how many of these chips would be needed!  For this wall it ended up being 15x18. I wanted to leave a little bit of white wall on each end to frame the art.   

*The masking tape worked just fine. I didn't want to use an adhesive that would take the paint off of my walls!

I started from the top and did the very first column from ceiling to floor. Since it would be the guideline for the rest of the wall, I made sure it was straight! 

After about 3 hours we were done and in love with the statement piece that now adorned our living room wall! {Thanks to my husband for his help! He was getting a kick out of reading some of the color names as they went up.}

The best part about it: the total cost was $0. 

{not counting the tape I already owned}

We grabbed a few shots before heading off to church...

Done.