One week left until the big reveal of our boys’ shared Adventuring Entomologist bedroom!!!
We’ve been working hard these last six weeks to pull their room together as a linking participant in the One Room Challenge™. A big thank you goes out to Linda of Calling it Home for putting together this twice annual event. It is going to be so nice to check another room off our lengthy to-do list.
In case you missed | week 1 | week 2 | Week 3 | week 4 | week 5
Today I’m sharing one of the DIY decor projects I made for this space.
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I picked up these 2 hinged shadow box frames several years ago. They were on sale at Michaels (which made them between $10-$12 each). I had planned to use them for another DIY project but never got around to it. When I uncovered them in the attic a week ago I formulated a plan to use them in the boys’ room.
First up, I painted the outside and inside of the frames with 3 coats of an ivory colored chalky finish paint.
I then cut out 2 pages of the 2017 Cavallini Papers Curiosities Wall Calendar for the art inside.
The pages of Cavallini Papers Wall Calendars are perfect for use as high quality wall art. They are made with a thick woven textured paper and look amazing behind glass! I also love using art from calendars because it’s inexpensive and a double value. You get to use and enjoy it as a calendar and then frame your favorites to hang anywhere you like when the year is over. Win win!
Putting the curiosities art in a shadow box is so fitting! It reminds me of an actual framed specimen collection.
Both calendar pages pictured above are framed and ready to hang. You’ll have to wait until the reveal next week to see where they end up!!
As always, thanks so much for stopping in!
Now, don’t forget to jump over and check out how the other One Room Challenge Rooms™ are turning out! The 20 Featured Designers shared yesterday and the linking participants will begin linking up today!
Tha specimen box is so cute to go with the theme of the room. I am very excited to see your project done at the reveal next week!!!!
Thank you Jen! I can’t believe reveals are already next week. It’s gone so fast!
LOVE these! That calendar has such great images! Love the specimens. Your vases are really cool too!
Aren’t the beakers fun!! They were my grandfather’s!
that looks fabulous, jessica! and i just love the little toadstool!
Thanks Cassie. I bought the toadstool (stool) from the barn a few years ago! The little wood toadstool is actually a magnet my mom gave me that she found when she was going through my grandfather’s things after he passed.
Love this! Those little prints are perfection.
🙂 I love the art in Cavallini Papers’ products!
Ok, this is simply adorable! Thank you for the DIY: I can’t wait to see the end result!
Thank so much Marquin!
Perfecto, love how those look, your boys are lucky to have such a talented creative Mom. So far their room is looking fantastic so when you reveal it all will be splendiferous..that’s a word right? The boys must be so thrilled to have a “new” room.
Had forgotten about Cavallini, will go over there to see what I can find, can use. I bought a poster from them couple years ago about bees, so nice, love paper they used. It’s things like that which help give a room special touches, personality
Have wonderful weekend.
🙂 Thank you JaneEllen! I am so impressed with the Cavallini calendar paper! Perfect for pulling double duty after the year is over.
Those are a great addition to this room!! those renderings are pretty darn close to looking real!! I love all the sneak peaks at the decor and I can’t wait to see the reveal next week!!!
Thank you! They really are beautiful images and the paper quality can’t be beat.
This looks great! I am anxious to see the whole room!
Thanks Rhonda. I edited photos yesterday!
Fantastic art! Those calendar pages you used are gorgeous- and it’s so adorable that your stool looks just like the mushroom on the desk -it’s all in the details!
Thank you Diane!
These are great – what an awesome DIY!
Thank you Casey!
Just WOW! Love all of the details! This is the kind of post that makes you want ot linger to enjoy every single little detail. And that toadstool is seriously the cutest thing! This room is going to rock! Looking forward to the reveal! ~~ Susie from The Chelsea Project
🙂 Thank Susie! I’ve always thought toadstool decor is the cutest. I think it may be the polka dots! 😉