A Little DIY Home Decor...

For those of you who don't know, I live up in Illinois.  Yep, the great state where the weather can be completely unpredictable :)  We had 80 degree temps back in March, and now that spring is here, we are impatiently waiting for the spring temps to return.  With this last week being gloomy, rainy, and cold, I couldn't help but to notice the lack of decor in my home.

You see, we just moved here about two months ago.  With 3 kids, it can be quite difficult to actually get unpacked and settled within a reasonable amount of time.  Well, we are finally unpacked and situated!

Since the weather has been AWFUL, I have been stuck inside day in and day out.  With that, I couldn't help but notice how little decorating we have done here.  I am big on home decor, whether it be family pictures, candles, sconces, whatever.  But, I have been on this crafting and DIY kick lately, so I decided to combine the two and do some decorating on my own!

I love my new family room!  It has beautiful gray walls; walls that seem to never end with our extremely high ceilings.  But, what can you do to liven up a room with gray walls??  At first I thought it needed color, but nothing seemed to look right.  Then I thought, why not add more of the same tones to a room which is already all gray??  Same tones, being black & white.  I really thought it would be quite a challenge to come up with something fun, but lively.

But, then I came up with this...

I had so much fun making these panels.  And the best part...they were so easy!!

I purchased 9 12x12 canvas panels, then went to my local hobby store and searched until I was able to find 9 different patterns, all of which had to be black/white contrasting prints.  I threw them on each of the canvas panels, attached the fabric, and there we have it!!

Simple.  Fun.  Decorative.

What more can I ask for!?!