DIY Custom Art Made from Lattice Wood
22 Apr
I want to share with you an art project I made using wood strips. The entire project cost $4.00 since I used old art frame and leftover supplies.
I was on a mission to find some type of art that tied together several colors in our living room: burnt orange, green and various browns. I could never find anything just right so I decided to make my own piece of art. For my first art piece, I think it came out quite well! It really fits in the room and the pieces of wood give the room an earthy and natural touch.
The project started out with this piece of art. It is a modern acrylic art deco kind of piece. It wasn’t horrible. It actually looked great in our old house when we lived in Austin, Texas. This is our old living room and the art I am referring to is the one with red on the right.
Our old house was somewhat mid-century modern with contemporary furniture.
Our new house in Los Angeles is nothing like that and that piece of art just didn’t fit. Plus, I had owned that piece of art almost 8 years and was just sick of looking at it. Sometimes you gotta change things up! 
I thought about selling the art but figured I wouldn’t get much for it. Then the idea came to me to reuse the frame for a new art project. The frame was solid wood, heavy and nice and would be a great base for a new piece of art.
I had the idea to cover the surface with different colored wood strips. For my project, I chose wood lath. This is redwood lath. It is typically used to make lattice and is lightweight and cheap.
(Please note, this project could also easily be recreated using MDF or plywood instead of an old art frame).
I bought mine for .38 cents for an 8 foot strip. The hardware store cut it up into the lengths that matched my art frame — for FREE! I spent approximately $4 total for the redwood laths.
Next step, staining the woods strips. I chose various colors including two brown colors from Varathane, Early American and Espresso and three stains from iKea, white, green and red. When painted with only one coat, the red color actually looks orange. (See here also).
Then time to glue! A glue like gorilla glue can be used. I actually opted to use tile grout to adhere the wood since we had quite a bit left over from a a home improvement project.
The wood strips were attached in random patterns.
Since some of the strips were lifting, I put objects on top to help keep them secured while drying.
All done! For now, I have the frame resting vertically against the wall. I need to hang the art on the wall horizontally but first… buy a stud finder. The art frame is so heavy now!
What do you think??! Do you like?
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What a great idea Angie!! I want to make an art piece that like too!
I love this idea! And my husband was reading over my shoulder when I was reading your post and he loves it too – so some new art may be in our future! Thanks for the inspiration!
Allison, it was so easy!!! You definitely should do it. If you make one, we’d love to see it!!
Thanks so much for linking….that is such a unique and beautiful idea! You have an amazing home!
Love it! I love wood, it looks beautiful…I know just where something like this may look in my house too….
This turned out awesome and looks great even just leaning against the wall.
Awesome!! What a cool idea!
This is really amazing, and so much work!!
This is amazing! I bet it is really heavy, tho…
But so pretty! Great job!
I LOVE this…GREAT idea! I looks fantastic!
Wow – how wonderful! I would never have thought to do something like this!
I love the artwork that Angie made too! She did an incredible job! xoxo, Carrie
What a brilliant idea!
Thank you!!
wow! this is really beautiful! Love it
it’s organic and linear and the colors are great in the room. if it’s not in danger of falling, I think it looks good leaning. maybe some rubber non skids to help it stay upright?
Thanks! I actually like it upright also! It is pretty heavy and does not appear to be skidding so it is probably safe the way it is. Maybe I’ll keep it this way and it will save me $$ by not having to buy a stud finder!
This is gorgeous! Please stop by http://www.laughloveandcraft.com and link up to my Share the Wealth Wednesday Link Party!
Laura, thank you!! I am hoping over to your blog right now to share more!
The art looks beautiful! Nice work! (I saw your post at The Tattered Tag’s Keep It Simple Sunday — thanks for sharing!)
Awesome! It looks great against the wall, love the colors! Thanks for linking up at Creative Blogger’s Party and Hop!
Thank you!!!
it looks great sitting on the wall actually. great piece.
Thanks! I like it on the floor also! I think that is one of the reasons I haven’t hung it on the wall yet. Maybe I’ll just keep it this way.
How creative and beautiful! What a great way to recycle! The colors are beautiful and I’m like Tiffany it looks cool propped up against the wall for now! Thanks for sharing this with us at Inspiration Friday At The Picket Fence!
Heather
Thank you!! We loved sharing and if you don’t mind, we will be back sharing with you again this Friday
Thank you so much!!! We’ll post and share more this coming Friday!! Thank you!!
Angie, this custom art is one of a kind and so pretty! Linking this up with us made the Creative Bloggers’ Party & Hop better and more special. Thank you!
Thank you! Enjoyed discovering your blog and will be sharing again!!!
I will be featuring your art this week on Thrifty Thursdays!
Awesome!! Thank you so much!!! Can’t wait – woot!! xoxoxoxo Angie
Wow! You did a GREAT job! It’s gorgeous!
Thank you!
Oh my goodness, this is amazing. I LOVE-L.O.V.E this.
What brand were those stains? I know one was Ikea.
This is so beautiful! I would love to have you come over to Remodelaholic for a special guest post about this. If you are interested, let me know and I will send you the details.
Thanks,
Cassity
Cassity – WOW and YES!!!! I would love to do a guest post!! THANK YOU!! You can email the info to me at angie@221vision.com
LOVE this! great idea and the texture and shades are wonderful. Will look so nice in your pretty home
Thank goodness for stud finders, right? The last piece I made was pretty darned heavy too and hanging it was more cumbersome than actually making the piece!
Diane, I hear ya! Making the art was so easy but hanging…well, I still haven’t done it. LOL! I need to get a stud finder soon or maybe start making lighter stuff
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