I have been searching for some interesting art ideas for the wall that is weirdly angled between our foyer and living room. Unfortunately for the decor I've had a movie poster hanging there since the day we moved in. But it takes me forever to make design choices in my own home, so I waited forever before taking any serious steps to replacing the poster.
We tend to gravitate toward collections in this home because we have 12' ceilings, which makes for a lot of wall to cover- and because collections inspire us. We've always loved going to museums and spending hours in the natural history wings, wandering through the dioramas and gazing at the fossils. When I saw what was hanging over the tub in this showhouse in Utah I knew exactly what we needed for our space.
Even though John loves agates and geodes, and I love pyrite- we selected agate slices to frame, because they were thin, yet colorful and would add dimension to space. I ordered my agates from Etsy. I tested out one agate in a frame prior to purchasing, because I did not want a shadow box frame. and they were thin enough to rest against the glass, and still get the back of the frame on, I did have to pop the rubber feet off the back of the coasters, but they came off without a snag.
To complete the look I taped a piece of biscuit colored card stock to the back of my mat, and because I ran out of double stick tape I used a fancy tape loop on the back of the agate. Simple place the agate in the center of the mat and put the frame back together. I used frames from Michael's Craft Store, I also used the same frames for this project. And I stuck with my favorite brand of metallic spray paint, Rustoleum universal metallic - but this time I got the hammered metal, in the rosemary finish, it has a great greenish silver color.