There's a slight possibility that I've done this project before on the blog.  I've had this blog for over six years, and while I try not to repeat myself, sometimes it happens.

C'est la vie.

Now that our main living room area is painted, I've been obsessively trying to figure out what to hang on the walls.  I decided to do black and white photo canvases on the wall just to the right of our entry way. 

I discovered I could make photo canvases myself for a fraction of the price to buy them already made, and they look the same as they would had they been made professionally. 

First I needed 11x14 blank canvases (Hobby Lobby had them on sale), black acrylic paint, a foam paint brush, Mod Podge with a matte finish, and 11x14 photos (photos need to be printed with a matte finish). 

I painted the edges of each canvas black, and let them dry completely. 


Then, I painted the entire canvas with Mod Podge and carefully placed the photo on the canvas insuring that there were no bubbles or air pockets.


I flipped each canvas over, photo side down, to make sure it dries flat.  (Adding a heavy book on top of the canvas also helps.) 

Once the canvases had dried, I trimmed any photo edges that hung over the edge of the canvas using a utility knife. 

One wall done, many more to go.

I'm currently working on a gallery wall for the largest wall of this room.  It's been a project in the making for months, even before we bought this house.  It's become a slight obsession.  Stay tuned.