IKEA Hack: Placemat Wall Decor

I’m making some affordable art for a client’s gallery wall. This ₪9 ($3) Mittbit placemat from IKEA fits her color scheme perfectly, and I framed it with the 40x50cm Hovsta for ₪49 (~$15).

She also wants basket-style wall decor mixed in. Somehow basket wall art is simultaneously ubiquitous and tough to find at a low price point. Instead we’ll use some more IKEA placemats, including one that I painted with some leftover pink paint from the samples I used on Talia’s wall.

It’s a subtle accent on the ₪9 Sluten placemat.

We may also incorporate the ₪19 Soare, ₪29 Ihallig, and ₪19 Lattad. The project is in progress — more to come.

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Talia’s Room

Earlier this year I shared Talia’s in-progress bedroom and plans for updates. Since then I’ve painted her walls pink and added a green mountain mural.

Her room before.

Testing pinks. Ended up going with Tambour’s Baked Alaska (top right).

First coat of green mountains in Tambour’s Green Maiden.

The end result.

This side of the room is still a bit rinky-dink and I may edit the scale of the mountains, but it’s fine for now.

This view I’m happy with. It has the wonderland feel I was going for.