Art doesn't always have to be an oil stretched onto canvas or a print matted, framed and hung on a wall. For me, ordinary objects can be art as well.
A large garden gate is art layered behind a framed map in my living room.
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| A Garden Gate as Art and as a Back Drop |
In my sun room, a pull-down classroom sea life map is my over-sized art.
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| Pull-Down Classroom Map As Art |
An iron window grate is art on my mantel.
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| An Iron Window Grill as Art in Family Room |
I filled a container with a collection of shed antlers.
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| Shed Antlers in a Glass Container as Art |
The cloche on my porch has a mercury glass bird and coral.
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| A Bird and Coral Fill a Cloche |
More shells fill a large faux shell on my mirrored table.
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| More Shells as Art |
A large garden gate is art layered behind a framed map in my living room.
I placed a remnant of my Trina Turk fabric into a frame for some modern art.
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| Framed Fabric Remnant as Art |
I applied architectural book plates to book spines.
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| Architectural Book Plates Applied to Book Spines in My Pantry |
An architectural fragment, urns, and globes are "art" in our bedroom.
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| A Column Fragment, Globes and Urn "Art" in Our Bedroom |
Faux taxidermy is art too. My Anthropologie elephant trophy is a fave.
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| Anthropologie Elephant Trophy as Art |
On my screened porch, a large metal ceiling tile is my art.
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| Antique Metal Ceiling Tile on My Screened Porch |
A wall sconce, leather books and an architectural fragment are my foyer art.
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| Foyer Art: Wall Sconce, Architectural Fragment, and Leather Books |
I've had a pair of these wonderfully weathered farm machinery gears for a while.
They need to find a home in my home soon.
I'd love to know what you have as "un art" in your home.
