Brighten up a Bare Wall with this Floral Watercolor Printable Art

Add interest to a bare wall with this printable flower art.  Learn a budget friendly way to frame this printable floral wall art (cheery watercolor floral print)that could work in a dining room, kitchen, living room, bedroom, or bathroom.

When I was working on our Spring dining room centerpiece and decor this year, the color yellow was my inspiration.

Along with the printable yellow floral place cards, I wanted to add in some art.

This DIY Large Wall art was the end result of trying out a new technique with a large scale free printable. It was the perfect, budget friendly solution!

DIY Large Wall Art Project with Free Printable Art

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The main event of this DIY wall decor project is this free watercolor floral art print.

How to print off the large scale free printable art at Staples

As opposed to many of the other free printable art that have been featured in the past (like this set of farmhouse sign printables), this printable has been designed as a large size and cannot be printed on a home computer.

But, the steps to print it at your local office supply store (like Staples) is easy! Here’s how:

1.Enter the Free printables library and click on the link for the free watercolor floral printable.

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2.The link will open up a PDF file in Google Drive.

3.Insert a memory stick into your computer, and click on the down arrow in the upper right corner of the PDF file to download.

4.Download the free printable PDF onto your memory stick.

Take note of the title of the free printable as it will appear on your memory stick. It is titled “Large Art Floral Print”. The dimensions of it are 16 by 20 inches.

5. Take the memory stick to your local office print store (like Staples or Office Depot), and ask them to print it off as a colored engineer print.

An engineer print is a large scale print printed on paper that is thin – like normal computer paper. Engineer prints used to only be done in black and white, but now are offered in color.

(*Note: I’ve heard that some print stores no longer offer color engineer prints. Inquire at your local shop as to what they do.)

Engineer prints are a much more affordable option compared to others. This engineer print only cost $5.99 Canadian.

To see another way to frame an engineer print, click here.

Once you print off the art, you could easily just put it in a 16 x 20 inch frame. This one is a really nice option.

But, since I wanted to put it in our DIY Poster frame, I needed to mount it on a firm backing before putting it in the frame.

How to Mount a Free Printable Engineer Print on Poster Board for a Simple DIY Frame

Watch the video on how to use a DIY frame for this large wall art project

I videoed the process of how we framed this large engineer print with a super budget friendly DIY frame. You can watch it here. All the details of it are listed below the video.

Supplies needed:

• Free printable art 
• DIY photo frame (Click this link for the directions on how to make one.)
• Poster board
• Repositionable spray adhesive
• pencil
• scissors
• packing tape
• staple gun
• sawtooth hanger

1.Center the frame onto the printable art and trace around the edge with a pencil.

2.Leaving a 1 inch margin larger around each side, cut out the print.

3.Lay the frame on the poster board, trace around it, and cut it the same size as the frame.

4.Spray a thin layer of repositonable spray onto the poster board.

Be sure to protect your surface with a drop cloth of some sort. The over spray makes everything sticky!

Carefully lay the print onto the sticky poster board, print side up. Make sure it is centered the way you like it. Press down firmly and turn it over.

5.Clip the corners of the overlapping paper in a diagonal.

6.Fold the paper tight around the poster board on all sides and tape down with the packing tape.

7.Staple the art to the back of the frame with a staple in each corner.

8.Attach a sawtooth hanger to the top middle of the frame.

Looking for some more budget friendly wall art ideas? Check out these options:

• 100+ Botanical Prints– perfect for farmhouse or Cottagecore Room Decor
• Modern Farmhouse Printables for Spring
• Potted Plant Printables
• Large Picture Frames – DIY them yourself!