A Homemade Art Switch In The Guest Room: a house log

We pulled a little art switcheroo in the guest bedroom and hoped to share the play by play. Since it is the room with one of the best views of the house (it overlooks our big green backyard) we hoped to introduce a little more green (to work with the existing green headboard & compliment the view) and some graphic elements (to tie in the especially graphic blanket at the foot of the bed).

Here is a shot of the old art work (striped fabric that we framed a few years ago):

And a close up of the new art that we introduced instead (blown up color copies from a decorating magazine of two graphic green wool rugs which I then snipped into strips so both patterns could appear in both frames):

I enjoy the newer, more interesting patterns and textures going on- and they work like a charm with the quilted bright green headboard that we made a while back (as well as the crisp, modern lines of the blanket at the foot of the bed):

I also took out some old circle art that I made using photoshop about five years ago in NYC when I was in desperate need of some bright, colorful art in my bleak and boring studio apartment.

All the bright reds, oranges and turquoise shades seemed a bit much, so I chose to tone things down and introduce some texture that truly plays off of the brown and white blanket. And who does not enjoy animal prints? This was in fact another image of a rug found in a decorating magazine that I blew up and then cut into sixths:

I also brought in another print in our new green and brown color scheme to tie everything together and keep things looking soothing and fresh for our guests (and ourselves!):

Hope you folks like the switcheroo!