Ballard Inspired Kitchen Art

We finished our kitchen makeover just before Thanksgiving, and I decided to wait on adding decorative touches until the holiday busyness was over.

I'm learning that it's never really over.

Nevertheless, I decided that it was time to add a few things to the walls, and I hopped online for a little inspiration. I came across this picture from Ballard's site and loved the vintage artwork.

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The prints are $59 apiece, so I set out to make a knock-off of a few of my favorites.

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If you look closely at the Ballard prints, there is handwriting on each one that looks like it's in French. Instead of trying to decipher and copy the original text, I just used Google Translate to translate the name and definition of each object.

For example:
English: rolling pin: a long cylinder for rolling out dough
French: un rouleau à pâtisserie: un long cylindre pour rouler la pâte

I picked up some cheap frames at the dollar store and spray painted them white.

Then, I ripped the stands off the backs of the frames so they would lay flat against the wall and hot glued hangers on them.

We hung the prints above the doorway leading to the back porch.

The process was really simple, and I love how my prints turned out. I saved about $230 by doing it myself!

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