{"id":27225,"date":"2013-11-05T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/?p=27225"},"modified":"2014-01-27T15:13:49","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T20:13:49","slug":"doily-wall-decor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/doily-wall-decor\/","title":{"rendered":"Doily Wall Decor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By contributing writer\u00a0<a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/At6r4u\">Jackie<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Recently I needed a gift for my sister-in-law and decided I wanted to give her something homemade yet sentimental.\u00a0I remembered that I had some of my grandma&#8217;s hand crocheted doilies and wanted to give her one of them to display in her home.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27331\" title=\"Doily Wall Decor | The Happy Housewife\" alt=\"Doily Wall Decor | The Happy Housewife\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/11\/Doily_Wall_Decor_2.jpg\" width=\"357\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/11\/Doily_Wall_Decor_2.jpg 357w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/11\/Doily_Wall_Decor_2-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With little children, I have never found it practical to have doilies on end tables, so I decided to come up with a way she could hang the doily on her wall.<\/p>\n<p>A canvas frame and some burlap turned out to be the perfect way to display the doily.\u00a0This project literally took about 15 minutes to make. It was a frugal project too. I paid 25 cents for the brand new canvas at a yard sale and used burlap from my stash.<\/p>\n<h2>Doily Wall Decor<\/h2>\n<h4>Supplies Needed<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Stretched Canvas <em>(Size of Choice)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Burlap<\/li>\n<li>Doily<\/li>\n<li>Glue Gun &amp; Glue Sticks<\/li>\n<li>Scissors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27228\" alt=\"Burlap Canvas 1\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-1.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-1.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Instructions<\/h4>\n<p>1. Lay the canvas on top of the burlap and cut the burlap around the canvas leaving 1 1\/2 to 2 inches excess on all sides.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: My burlap was wrinkled so I gave it a quick pressing with my iron after cutting it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27229\" alt=\"Burlap Canvas 2\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-2.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-2.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Use the hot glue gun to adhere the burlap to the back of the canvas on the wood stretching slightly as you go.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27230\" alt=\"Burlap Canvas 3\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-3.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-3.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the how the back of the canvas looked when I was finished.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27231\" alt=\"Burlap Canvas 5\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-5.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-5.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-5-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the front of the burlap covered canvas. At this point you could do anything to embellish the canvas.<\/p>\n<p>However, as I mentioned earlier, I wanted to put a vintage doily on mine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27226\" alt=\"Burlap Canvas 4\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-4.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-4.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. Lay the doily on top of the canvas, centering and arranging it as desired.<\/p>\n<p>4. Use the hot glue gun to glue the edges to the canvas.<\/p>\n<p>I found that lifting a small section at a time, putting a thin bead of glue on the edges, and then gently patting the doily in place was the best method.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27232\" alt=\"Burlap Canvas 6\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-6.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-6.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-6-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You are now ready to hang your new artwork on a nail with no special hardware needed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27233\" alt=\"Burlap Canvas 7\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-7.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-7.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-7-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I used a smaller canvas for this doily. Don&#8217;t you just love the intricacies of the doilies?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27234\" alt=\"Burlap Canvas 8\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-8.jpg\" width=\"357\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-8.jpg 357w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/10\/Burlap-Canvas-8-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am so happy to have a way to display my grandma&#8217;s beautiful handiwork.\u00a0Do you have any vintage doilies?\u00a0Even if you don&#8217;t you can find some at yard and estate sales fairly inexpensively.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/author\/jackie\/\">More projects from Jackie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By contributing writer\u00a0Jackie Recently I needed a gift for my sister-in-law and decided I wanted to give her something homemade yet sentimental.\u00a0I remembered that I had some of my grandma&#8217;s hand crocheted doilies and wanted to give her one of them to display in her home. 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