18 Places to Buy Affordable Art

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When I shared 40 ways to change the interior of your home, I had two questions about where to source affordable art. Ironically, Jacob and I have been looking at various online stores to find the perfect wall art for our dining room. We ended up getting our bright ‘Rosato’ painting from The Block Shop and the price included framing!

After our research, I came up with 18 places to buy affordable art. All of these places were used in my initial research. I also share a technique that has helped me discover new artists. I really believe in supporting local artists (if you can afford to). You’re usually guaranteed with a unique artwork and it feels good supporting someone else’s creative pursuits.

18 places to buy affordable artwork

1. Urban Road – An Australian-based online store which has an extensive range of unique and lovingly created designs and patterns to blend with your home décor. With beautiful and elegant colour palettes, trendy designs and uplifting imagery, Urban Road’s artworks are easy-to-match with both contemporary and traditional settings, complementing your home with dashes of colour and strokes of artistic sophistication. Collaborates with celebrities like Shayna Blaze to offer a unique selection of art.

2. The Canvas Workshop – One of Australia’s largest online destinations for contemporary, on-trend artworks. Their online gallery offers an extensive range of Australian made printed collections, designed and sourced from a network of local and international artists dedicated to providing beautiful, high quality and affordable printed artworks to the modern art collector. Recently collaborated with Jamie Durie for a selecting of indoor and outdoor artworks.
$299

The canvas factory

Pause $299

3. Wall Art Prints – Is a great online store for beautiful and affordable art. If you have a budget and need to add art to your space, Wall Art Prints offer art that complements your personality and design style. They’re online gallery offers stunning prints that are affordably priced.

4. Bek Halliday Art – An Instgram find. Bek creates abstract art for the modern home. A mix of pastel and bright colours, your interior will smile with one of Bek Halliday’s art works. She also does custom prints if you are after something a little different that what is available in her store.

5. Castle and Things – Another one of my Instagram finds as I was searching for round cushions and found Castle and found an array of bright, modern prints, all created by Rachel Castle.

6. Toucan – A great online store for prints for kids rooms. If your home has an edgy, modern vibe, you will definitely find a print (or two) that can be framed.

7. The Block Shop – Any artwork that you admire being featured on the show, you will find here. There are budget friendly art works at The Block Shop. They also have good sales which means you can afford a more expensive painting.

8. Kirsten & Co – My fellow blogging buddy who creates awesome quotes and turns them into prints. Kirsten can also custom make an art work for you.

affordable wall art

Prints available in the Kirsten & Co shop starting from $15 (checkout her free prints here)

9. Ideal Art – launched in Melbourne Victoria, in 2004 by Karen & Paul Beynon. Their aim was to provide people with the chance to easily buy hand painted original modern art to suit their homes. Love that you can choose what colours you are after in your painting and the website shows paintings with those colours. Exuding Blues $165 http://www.idealart.com.au/product/exuding-blue/

10. Page Eleven – Offers a small selection of prints, but they’re colourful and most of all affordable.

11. Typo – Offers cheap prints that can be framed and added to various spaces in the home.

12. Blacklist – A design studio started by husband and wife team Nathan and Jaynie Jonshon in 2008, Blacklist offers an array of artwork to inspire living spaces and those that look at them.

affordable wall art

Escape Print from $119.95

13. Zanui – An online homewares store that offer an array of affordable artwork. Sizes can vary with the price. Offer artwork from overseas that wouldn’t normally be sent from the overseas artists.

14. ZIZO – Another popular online homewares store that offers art work to suit many tastes and budgets.

 

15. Hello Polly – Founded by Sarah Kelk in 2011, and joined by her sister Helen Adam in 2013, Hello Polly (named after the pair’s grandmother) stocks artwork, homewares, ceramics, accessories and whole host of other design-led products from over 100 independent creatives. The prints remind me of Gorman, so if you like the patterns of Gorman clothes, you will like the prints from Hello Polly.

16. Annie Everingham Design Co – I found out about this artist via Peachy Keen Mumma. Love the colours Annie uses and her prints are one of a kind and affordable.

17. Target – I was impressed with the amount of artwork available for purchase from Target  store. The only downfall is the artwork isn’t exclusive, but it’s definitely affordable. There are limited pieces available online, but in store there are plenty of art work pieces to consider.

18. Kmart – Again, limited prints available, but it’s budget friendly and you can afford to change the art each season.

If I can’t find anything I fancy from these places, I usually search through the hashtage #wallart on Instagram and this has helped me find artists I wouldn’t have known before.

Where have you gone before to buy wall art?

I’m linking with Essentially Jess for IBOT.

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Skirting Around The Issue: Bold and Bright Skirts Summer 2016

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Last week I went through my wardrobe (again) to re-organise and cull some clothes that I haven’t worn in a couple of years.

The thing is I have a few favourite pieces that I’ve been reluctant to sell or donate simply because I’d like to one day wear them again… if I end up losing the 20 or so kgs needed to get back into said items.

I went through my clothes again and while I still kept half a dozen items ( and yes, I still can’t fit into) I did have a pile of items that I don’t think I will miss if they are donated.

While I was doing this cull, I reacquainted myself with my current clothes to see if there were any new possible outfits I could put together for #everydaystyle.

There is a pressure to wear something different everyday and there comes a point where new clothes are needed to offer some sort of difference to the existing outfits I’ve shared.

While I scanned through my current stockpile of clothes, I rested my eyes on one of my favourite skirts. The skirt was bought from the Cue Factory Outlet at Harbour Town and it has been a wonderful addition to my wardrobe.

bold and bright skirts Veronika Maine

Wearing my Veronika Maine Skirt

The colours in the skirt allow it to be paired with a number of different tops to create different looks. I realized I could make a new outfit with a t-shirt I acquired at my Katies shopping haul last year. I’m now considering what other tops in my wardrobe can be paired with the skirt.

Which then got me thinking how wise it is to have a skirt like this in your wardrobe. A bright and bold coloured skirt that can be worn with a number of different tops. It’s a fashion rule basic to buy items that can be mixed and matched with other basics in your wardrobe.

I’ve found just a few of these skirts available online – in limited sizes because of the sales that are currently on. If you want to wait to find a similar skirt, the best places to try are Gorman, Cue, Veronika Maine, Review and Boom Shankar.

bold and bright summer skirts 2016

  1. Portmans Flirty Flip Into Skirt $79.95
  2. Gorman Walala Pop Skirt $159.20
  3. Cooper St Blurred Lines Skirt $69.99
  4. Gorman Birds and Bees Skirt $183.20
  5. ASOS Abstract Stripe Midi Skirt $85.00
  6. Dotti Races Floral Skirt $69.95
  7. Review Palm Springs Skirt $99.00
  8. ASOS Lavender Floral Print Skirt $17.50

By choosing some coloured tops that pick up a colour in the skirt, you can potentially create a weeks worth of outfits – from the one skirt.

bold and bright skirts

Image sourced from here and here.

Don’t be afraid to mix patterns with your bold print skirt either. The key to making this look work is by ensuring 1 colour is constant in the skirt and top. Or you can mix similar tones from the one colour.

Are you a fan of a bold and bright skirt? Have you culled your wardrobe recently and reacquainted yourself with new pieces that can be given new life?

I’m linking up with Essentially Jess for IBOT.

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Back-to-School Fashion Ideas for Mums

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Next week I will have my first baby starting Prep and I’m excited. While I’ve sorted out uniforms, new shoes, new bag, new lunchbox and etc, I’ve also been thinking about what I will be wearing each day to make our new morning routine smoother. There will be no time to faff about, but I also don’t want to drop my daughter off to school looking like I got out of bed either.

I’ve put together some back-to-school fashion ideas for mums who will be in the same boat as me. I’ve specifically chosen dresses for most of the outfits because they are easy to wear and require little time to put on. I’ve created fashion ideas for the Workout Mum, Corporate Mum, Stay-at-home Mum (me), Just-go-out-of-bed mum and the Pregnant Mum.

Workout Mum

The Iconic has just launched their new sports wear range online and the pieces are fabulous. I don’t really have time to work out, but if I did, this is what I’d see myself wearing.

work out sporty mum fashion ideas

From left to right, clockwise: Target Active Cold Shoulder Top $20, Atmos & Here Sky Hooded Vest (sale) $31.47, ASOS Animal Tee Jogger set $55, Nike Juvenate Jogger $129.95, Atmos & Here Nora Tights $49.95, Target Active 3/4 Abstract Leggings $29

Corporate Mum

A dress is the easiest, most chic way to rock up to work, and when you have to add makeup and put a bit more effort into being presentable because you have to go to work, a dress is the perfect choice.

corporate mum fashion ideas back-to-school

From left to right: Belle Bird Shirt Dress 129.95, Portmans Harriet Houndstooth Dress $99.95, ASOS Fashion Union Dress $53

Stay-at-home Mum

This is me and I will be wearing a number of my t-shirt dresses with my Frankie 4 shoes, while pushing a pram full of kids and possibly carrying one heave backpack.

stay-at-home mum fashion ideas

From left to right: Bohemian Traders Classic Scoop Neck Pinstripe Dress $79 (on sale), ASOS T-shirt Drape Dress $47, Bird Keepers Swing Stripe Dress $69.95

Just-got-out-of-bed Mum

Good news for mums that have a habit of sleeping in, forget about getting dressed and rock up in your pyjamas instead. If you wore any of these, no one would know you had just slept in them.

just-got-out-of bed mum

From left to right: Peter Alexander Boho Roses Nightie $79.95, Peter Alexander Cactus Tee $49.95, Peter Alexander Cactus Pyjama Pant $59.95

Pregnant Mum

Mums that are expecting need to stress the least as they rush getting their kids to school. A dress that can be used for breastfeeding means your maternity wear will do double duty.

maternity mum back-to-school fashion

From left to right: ASOS Nursing Stripe Dress $51, Target Maternity Bodycon Tee Dress $29, ASOS Black Tulip Maternity Nursing Dress $32 (on sale)

What kind of mum will you be dressing as at the school gate? Do mums really judge each other on what they wear at school drop off?

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Hello to a New Blog with an Interiors Section!

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Last week I decided Styled by Bec needed a website make-over and required to be converted to a blog, with a page offering my services as opposed to my services being front and centre instead of the blog.

What do you think?

I’m excited by it because I’ve opened up a few new categories to share about on this space which include Lifestyle, Beauty and Interiors.

My role as an editor for a fashion and lifestyle website inspired me with some blog post ideas that would work on my blog, hence why I opened up the interiors section on the blog. You can read my first interiors blog post about how to incorporate colour into your interiors here.

I’m always a sticky beak when it comes to seeing how people decorate their homes. I’m not sure if the love developed when dad and I started our domestic plumbing maintenance company and we’d walk through different homes to do our job.

There are a few blogs that focus on the interiors of one’s home, but not many that look at how one store’s their clothes, and this will become a new series called In Her Wardrobe where I share the state of someone’s wardrobe and get them to share about what they love in their wardrobe – or maybe what they don’t like.

I’m also going to offer a service exclusively for women who want their wardrobe completely sorted out and organized. We sadly live in times where buying new clothes has become a habit, but if our wardrobes are organized and have clothes that we love, we won’t cry in our wardrobe complaining we have nothing to wear.

If your wardrobe is already in working order, I would LOVE for you to contact me so I can share it on the blog. Send me a comment below or message me via my contact form. If you need your wardrobe completely culled and sorted out, you can get more details here.

So what do you think of the new blog? Have you made a change this year that you’d like to share?

I’m linking up with Essentially Jess for IBOT.

Ways to Embrace Colour in Your Home

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I love bright and bold interiors. Whenever I see colour, I’m immediately attracted to a space.

While I very much appreciate neutral colours, I will choose a bright coloured space over muted tones any day.

I find that I dress similarly to this as well. I love bright and bold prints and colours in clothes and accessories. Wearing colour and seeing colour makes me happy.

It’s with this in mind, I’ve found some ways embrace colour in your home – no matter your interior style.

I think colour is a fun way to add personality to your home and it can work well, providing you choose the right pieces and colours.

If you shy away from colour, why not choose a block coloured item and see how it changes the feel of your space? Dip your toes and be adventurous and see if that coloured piece brings a smile to your face each time you see it.

ways to embrace colour in your home

Embrace colour by adding a block coloured chair or lamp. Use cushions to tie it all together.

The easiest way to add colour to a neutral room is to add artwork, cushions and a throw. Rather than have everything match, add an accent colour (the blue cushions) to break it up.

A block coloured bedside can add colour interest to a neutral schemed bedroom.

A bright coloured door, is an easy way to add colour to your entryway.

Cushions and bright, patterned sheets can lift a monochromatic look.

Here are some colour décor pieces you might like to add to your home if you want to add some fun to the interior of your home.
colour decor pieces for your home
6. Feeling Light Art Print sizes vary with price $29 – $98
Do you like bright colours or muted tones in a home?
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