I had an old canvas that I painted a few years ago when we lived in an apartment in college. This was the time when I was in love with everything that was red and black. I’m glad we didn’t throw it away and brought it back to Arizona with us after graduation. It is easy to just paint over it… even if it is for the 50th time!

Anyways, I wanted to repaint it since I’m not into red and black anymore. Luckily for us we had a lot of paint left from painting the house.

So we went from modern…

to simple & feeling right at the beach!

I’m no Da Vinci when it comes to painting. I painted it an off-white color then used the same color we have for the office which is kind of a yellow-ish color. After that.. I have to admit the canvas sat on the floor against the wall for about a month or so. I was waiting for inspiration or the urge to put it up.

One day while cleaning I realized I had some beach decor so why not use them! I got my hot glue gun out and glued the starfish on the canvas. Finally the canvas went up on the wall in our office. If you webcam with me you’ll see this pretty canvas that will make me look like I’m at the beach!