Revamp Your Home (Without Leaving)

Beat the pandemic blues with a little home therapy

Someday we’ll be back in dreamy LA…but that day is not today // Photo by Roberto Nickson on Unsplash

If you’re like me, a nomad living in Northern Italy, dreaming about our someday LA apartment, you’re scowering YouTube and Pinterest, learning how to re-floor a kitchen.

I’m craving an art project! So, let’s roll up our sleeves together and make something.

DIY art

I love painting with acrylics. Turns out, there are tons of easy things to paint that actually look professional. The first thing I do is get onto Pinterest.

I usually search the specifics of what I want to paint: mid-century modern paintings…simple color block paintings. I never take on anything too crazy, because I am a laywoman artist. When I get home, I want to build at entire stylised GALLERY WALL.

Gallery Walls are incredible because you can really pair art together in a way that showcases your lovely art, but that creates a cohesive piece of art, together. Plus, it makes me feel like I’m in a museum!

My DIY sunrise, inspired by two paintings on Pinterest // Source: Flannery Maney

Whether you’re in a temporary living situation (hello pandemic), or a permanent one, DIY art is a great way to…