Do you 'member I mentioned there had been lots of tissy-ing up going on over at my hive?
Well, something I had been wanting to change for a while were the bird prints in my living room.
(Here's how my living room looked around 18 months ago)
They are cute and I do like them though the proportions were never quite right and it was simply time for something different.
At the moment I'm really into vintage illustrated nature studies; botanical, anatomical, zoological (anything with a 'cal' on the end really!).
For my living room I ended up deciding on botanical fern lithographs, mainly because I think they're cute though also because of their green foliage.
You see, to a fickle girl like me who can't seem to commit to colour, green foliage adds that little punch of life to an otherwise unsaturated room whist maintaining an overall sense of harmonious neutrality.
I always like to include foliage of some kind in all of my spaces.
I switched out the original chunky frames for finer ones I found at a cheap dollar store.
To better fit with the proportions of the new leather sofa I created two rows of four prints (and yes, my 'new' leather sofa is over a year old now!).
(Please forgive the reflections)
I found the fern illustrations on the NYPL Digital Gallery. I edited them a bit using Photoshop then simply printed them off.
I really love the way they look though best of all they were virtually free!
I know I'm being stingy by not showing more of the room as a whole though I have made so many changes since getting the leather sofas it's practically a new space! So I'm planning a proper reveal post to showcase the entire makeover soon (promise :-).
If you're interested in using the same fern illustrations as me, for convenience I have included them below.
Just click on an image to open it to full size then simply save it to your computer.
Just click on an image to open it to full size then simply save it to your computer.
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