Add Impact To Your Art With A Backup

July 1, 2011

Kick it up a notch by covering a stretched canvas with a coordinating or colorful fabric and hang it on the wall behind your leaning art to create more impact. Layering your art in this way adds dimension, interest, and will highlight your favorite pieces.

Simply staple fabric to the back of the canvas frame with a staple gun. Make sure to keep fabric straight and taut as you staple.

It will end up looking like this on the back. . You can buy stretched canvas on frames at most crafts stores. They are in the Fine Arts area and come in many different sizes.

Leaning art on a colorful backdrop – is an easy and inexpensive way to add impact not only to your art, but your room, too.

Diane is the author of Instant Decorating, a book that was based on creative tips and tricks that she learned when she worked as retail display designer. She uses those skills and her expertise to help homeowners decorate their homes in their own style without breaking the bank.

When she is not busy creating DIY decorating and crafts projects for her blog, In My Own Style, you can find Diane out thrifting for treasure or on her Pilates Reformer. On the weekends, Diane will be on the bike trail with her husband or wishing she was sitting on a sunny beach reading a good book. She has appeared on Lifetime Television many times demonstrating projects from her book and her work has been featured in national decorating publications. The best two DIY projects Diane has ever made are her two grown daughters who she lovingly refers to as # 1 & # 2.