film reel plaques

I have been working on making our house

more appealing so that we can finally sell it,

and be once again one big happy family.

The main complaint we heard : the basement,

somehow, it was not up to par to the rest of the house.

So this week end, I reorganised it with my sister's help,

and decided to decorate it using a film/theater theme.

And I found just the perfect accessories at Ballard Designs:

beautiful film reel plaques,

and vintage ticket.

Unfortunately they were not in my budget,

so I got crafty with cardboard!

I cut large circles, 2 of each sizes. I used plates and large trays as patterns.

I then use various glasses for the inside cutouts.

I used those extra pieces to build some inside structures,

and then painted both sides.

I first tried craft paint, it looked flat.

So I got my metallic spray paint,

and painted each one a different color.



For the ticket, I used the backing of an old furniture.

I cut a rectangle and removed the 4 corners using again a glass as my pattern.



I painted it a beige color and with black paint, I painted a border.

For the inner border, I used a sharpie, much easier!

I used my slice cutter to make the letters out of black card stock
that I glued to the back.

I did purchase  this metallic collage (for $25), the basement is a large
space!

To complete the look, I made 3 new pillows,

using some cotton canvas, they are fresh and go well with the theme

and the new area rug.

I also reused some picture frames that we had at home,

5 little black ones with DVD photos in it, to replicate posters,

and a bigger one where we can write on, to let everyone know

the movie of choice for the evening.

On the background, I wrote "the Luxor presents",

I was inspired by this post from Get Your Craft On.

Before

After

 

I think overall it is a good improvement,

and hopefully next time somebody looks at it,

it will be a sale!

Oh happy day!