I’ve been taking my time decorating for Christmas this year, and finished up the picture ledge above our couch this weekend. I filled the frames with free art printables and wrapping paper and am proud to show it off to you today!
This picture ledge has become my favorite spot to decorate this year. I DIYed it for $10 around this time last year, and have been rotating the art with the seasons all year long. It’s so fun to move things around and try out different arrangements. I’ve mostly been using frames here, but have also incorporating some smaller objects throughout the year. For Christmas, I also made a cute fabric garland to drape across the frames.
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Whenever I’m resetting this ledge for a new holiday or season, I take everything off of it so I can start with a blank slate. Then I set out to gather up new things to frame.
For this Christmas picture ledge, I framed a few free printables from some fellow bloggers that I found via Pinterest. If you’re looking for printable art, I pin a ton of it to this board on Pinterest. If you’re looking for the exact printables I used, here are the sources: Red Station Wagon, Three Black Trees, Baby It’s Warm Inside, Geometric Black Tree.
The rest of the frames are filled with standard wallpaper, and I also added in that large red tin tray.
I created the fabric bead garland while watching TV one night. Can you believe I found all three of those fabrics at the thrift store this year? How amazing is that? I used the red buffalo check fleece, the green polka dotted fabric, and the black and white check is actually part of a blouse.
I used these small styrofoam balls as the base of the garland. I poked holes through them with a wooden skewer, and then used a glue gun to cover the balls with thin strips of fabric. Once they were all covered in fabric, I bent a paper clip into a makeshift needle and strung them on embroidery floss.
I used the same fabric and process to cover old ornaments for our Christmas tree this year. If you missed them, here’s the tutorial.
Doesn’t my couch look so festive now? You can see it right when you walk in our front door, so I love that the picture ledge makes it easy to switch things up for different holidays and seasons.
I hope you enjoyed my quick Christmas picture ledge tour today!
Here’s a little trip down memory lane of some of the past looks of this picture ledge:
Happy holidays!
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