Turning my mother's taste into my own

I got very lucky when my mother gave me her art work some years ago! I got 3 paintings in total. Two of them were paintings done by the mother of a childhood friend who is a well known artist in Puerto Rico, so they held great sentimental value, and the other was a watercolor from back home.

The only issue was that they were framed to my mother's taste. Not that she doesn't have great taste is just that it's not mine. All three were  in beautiful gold frames, but gold did not go with my decor and felt a little old.

So, I decided to revamp the frames to not only fit my decor but bring it a fresh and younger vibe.

The paintings by my friend's mother are vibrant and full of bold colors, something I wanted to highlight. I did not have $400 to  frame the paintings so I decide to work with the ones I had. I spray painted the frames silver ( my home decor is black ad white with highlights of silver and soft lavender)and then I used paint and pastel art crayons to paint the previously beige (and boring) matting. And lucky for me the result was great and for under $20 (I already own the acrylic paints and pastels ).

The watercolor now needed to be done, but I choose to do it in black.  Below is the before and after photos, which came out great.  You can really see the transformation from my mother's taste to mine.

Here it's what the watercolor looked like when my mom had framed.  It didn't pop enough for me nor did the gold go with anything I owned.



corner of the frame

I went to Michael's Craft store, bought some spray paint and went to work.  Below is what it looked while i dried it on my balcony.

The end result was exactly what i was looking for!!  Now I have great pieces of art in my house that cost me next to nothing to revamp. 

Girls, don't be scared of those great pieces those older important women in your life have given you...bring them out of the closet where they have been hiding and revamp them into great statement pieces of art.  Don't worry, your mothers will get over it!!