This is a quick little post to show some additions we’ve made to the walls at the cottage lately. I love signs and original wall art and was inspired by some art I  have had for a while and by some new items we just picked up. Of course it involved a little paint but they were all easy to do and anyone can do it!

I have had this beautiful print of a heron by Lucy of Craftberry Bush .com for 2-3 years but wanted to add some interest to the canvas. Layla of The Lettered Cottage had shown an idea on an Instagram post for adding some salvaged wood trim to a standard canvas print and I knew just what to use to do my own. We had some leftover salvaged wood from a school in Norton that we had used in the bathroom and my daughter’s bedroom. It matched the colors in the artwork so I had Mark trim it down and nail it together to put around the canvas. I love it even more now!

The second piece of wall art I embellished was by way of a piece of wood I found at a yard sale in Riverside-Albert a few weeks back. I love pieces that are architectural in nature. They look awesome painted up or embellished. I have some in the cottage that I just left as I found them also with their original paint and/or sand on them!

Here is the original piece:

And here it is with a couple coats of Miss Mustard Seed milk paint in Typewriter and sealed with Hemp oil. I then added this little typographical ceramic sign I picked up at Front Porch Mercantile in Moncton . ( where you can also get the Milk Paint and Fusion Mineral paint). I put it up above the sink and think it looks cute there ! –

Our third wall addition was a piece of art I had been debating about getting for a while. I couldn’t decide which one to get and I’m sure most of you have seen his work by now. These prints are by local graphic artist Eric Goggin  who owns Goggin Signs and Graphics in Salisbury. He has ventured into doing these types of vintage poster prints in the last few years. They are hugely popular for gifts for loved ones to remember their hometowns and places dear to their hearts. You can find all his prints and options for hanging at Destination Art.ca .  I wanted one for ourselves to hang in the cottage. We ended up getting a print of Fundy Park in the stretched canvas format. I wanted to add some depth and interest to it to make it more of an art piece. I painted up some MDF we had leftover with Fusion Mineral paint in Algonquin and Mark again nailed it together for me. It’s hanging in our hallway at the cottage. I hope to add another one of local interest sometime in the future as well ( there has been a request to make one of Grindstone Island – hint hint).

I hope this has inspired you to look at some options for artwork and signs in your own space or to add to what you already have with a little wood and nails and paint!

Cheers to a great week!