Vintage Book Page Decor

Recently, I decided that we needed to expand our wall space upward and onward. I am always trying to figure out ways to utilize our high walls in a way that is affordable and paint-free. I saw one of these book page prints at my friend's house and I was so excited to figure out how to make these prints in a colorful and large enough fashion to fit my poor, white wall's needs!

 First, I spray painted black these three 14x16" frames that I have had sitting in my garage since we moved into our house. It took three coats with a fifteen minute break between each.

Next, I scoured my bookshelves until I found a book that was vintagey enough for the look I was hoping to achieve. Okay, it wasn't that easy. I had to beg the hubby to let me cut up this book. 

 An Exacto knife was the easiest way to cut out the pages along the spine. I chose several images that I liked from the Internet and then touched them up in Word until I like how they looked. Conveniently, my book pages were the same size as printer paper. I fed the book pages into my printer and printed the images. It took several trial and error sheets but I eventually succeeded! 

I positioned the printed book pages on black construction paper and then glued them direcly onto red matting board (buy the huge sheets of matting and then cut it down to your frame size - so much cheaper than the pre-cut stuff!). 

I framed the prints in my freshly painted frames and voila! I was so excited with the result and my dear hubby hung them for me that very night.

I went a little crazy that night and kept spray painting and framing pictures... The result was well-worth it!