DIY: Wall Art for Under $50

As a woman with a keen eye for spotting metaphorical diamonds in the rough, my mom recently snatched up a coffee table book of botanical seashell drawings from the sale cart at Barnes and Noble.

Besides indulging a secret love for the skeletons of dead marine invertebrates, whatever would one do with such a book?

Create a beautiful wall display for less than $50, of course.

I love how the wall in her dining room turned out—and luckily, it’s easy to copy. My mom cut eight of her favorite pages from the book with an X-ACTO knife and used double-sided tape to adhere them to burlap. She then cut the burlap to size and framed it in glass clip frames, like these.

The symmetrical arrangement fits with the formality of the space, but you could use the same idea for a more freeform display. If you want to try it, here are a few books that will provide excellent prints for framing.

The Mandala Book: Patterns of the Universe - $16.19

Raphael to Renoir: Drawings from the Collection of Jean Bonna – 29.95

William Morris Textiles - $38.84

Goya: Order & Disorder - $41.36

The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss - $22.79

National Geographic Simply Beautiful Photographs - $29.51