My kids create lots and lots of artwork, and I love to display it throughout the house.
We have kid-made art in almost every room–some pieces are never taken down, and others rotate or change. (On the console, a bowl of felted Alpaca fiber soap and an Eric Carle-inspired painting.) I found a neat frame at Target that opens on a hinge so you can slide artwork in and out easily, and it even has a storage pocket inside for extras. I’ve seen similar ones at Pottery Barn.
For canvases, some are mounted in wooden frames and some hang directly on the wall. I found some nice frames at Michael’s and used a coupon to get them for half price. Some pictures get stored away in a large portfolio that I stash under the bed. Once a year or so, we sort through them, and any that we decide to weed out get photographed with the artist first, although I don’t have the heart to get rid of very many of them.
It’s fun to live in an art gallery!
Jackson Pollock-inspired splatter paintings in the living room.
Painted mat in the pantry.
Collages in the den.
This painting almost matches the view out the window beside it.
Click here to see how we made a display ledge for displaying canvases and switching them out easily.
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