Every once in a while, we're asked to do our best to recreate large scale artwork. And most often, it's on a small scale budget. Recently, one of our redesign clients showed us this photo out of a magazine and said, "I'd LOVE to have something like this."
The budget? Less than $100. So. Hm. We thought a bit about how best to achieve this (on a smaller scale) and came up with the least expensive solution we could find.
Here's our end result:
It's a bit bolder in color, but definitely provides the visual impact we were looking for. And because we wanted to achieve the shiny, lacquered look above without the expense of investing in 16 different paint colors, we brainstormed a bit. One option was to frame blocks of colorful photos from magazines, but we were also short on time. So we went a little crazy. We used nailpolish. Yep, nailpolish!
Here's the tally:
1) 8 x 8 frames from a dollar store x 16 $16
2) Nailpolish on sale for $2.50 from Target x 16 $40
3) Matte-grade poster board from an art supply store $7
4) Various picture hanging hardware from local hardware store $8
Final total plus tax = approx $75
Our client's reaction?
"You are genius!!!!! The installation piece is incredible!!!! You are so creative!!!!! I love the colors and if you used nail polish like you talked about - well, you need to make more of these and sell them & you'll make a fortune!!!!!!! I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Yay! We love to make clients happy!
Dawn is a Certified Redesign Specialist with Eye to Eye Interiors and specializes in rejuvenating spaces to live and to sell. Serving Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. (773) 350-7020. www.eyetoeyeinteriors.com
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