Many bloggers out there have duplicated this numbers canvas from Pottery Barn.

Image courtesy of Pottery Barn

Fortunately that means I got plenty of info on how to make my own 🙂 It’s discontinued now, but that doesn’t mean I can’t have it in my living room. I mostly used this super detailed and helpful tutorial from Simply Sarah. First I designed the canvas in Paint Shop Pro with our anniversary and birthdays.

I decided to just free hand the numbers instead of trying to blow up my design to the 30×40 canvas size. If you’re not artistically inclined, you can follow Sarah’s method of printing it on multiple 8 1/2×11 pages and piecing it together. It turns out that the free-handing allowed me to be a little more creative and I completely changed the arrangement from what I designed. *sigh*

Using unbleached titanium with accents of titanium white, I filled in the numbers.

Using raw umber, I filled in the background. I painted the edges as well, wrapping the numbers where they “fell off” the edge.

Once it was dry, I hung it over our couch.

It’s not perfect (freehand, remember?!), but I do really love it. It works perfectly with my new more neutral living room. I was so happy to get rid of that blue and green flower print that hung there for almost 4 years! Would you ever try one of these? If you have, do share!

Update: I’ve entered this in the Knock It Off Contest at Seven Thirty Three, please vote for me starting February 13th!

*****Linked Up******

30 Responses

    • Lovely Crafty Home

      Thank you everyone! It was not without effort, soooo much eraser! 🙂

      Reply
  9. Kassi

    I LOVE that you free handed the design!!! That really makes it YOUR own creation! And what a perfect choice in using your birthdays and anniversary!

    Reply
  10. Jennifer

    Very very cool! I’m so impressed that you freehanded that! I just signed up to be your newest follower. I’m a new blogger, I’d love if you’d stop by and maybe return the favor. Take care, can’t wait to see what you come up with next.

    Reply
  12. Nicole

    HI! I’m your newest follower. I just stumbled onto your site and I love it. You are very creative and I cannot wait to see what else you will inspire me to make.

    Reply
  14. SimplySarah

    First off, THANK YOU so much for linking to my tutorial of this. I really appreciate it. Secondly, I love you freehand job. Turned out great!

    Reply
  15. Jamie @ Happy House, Happy Home

    This is just fabulous! You did a wonderful job, especially for free-handing it! I’m so envious that you did such a good job! I would love to make something like this… maybe with letters, instead. Thanks for the great tutorial and idea!

    Loves,
    Jamie

    Reply
  16. Kayla

    I just wanted to say that I.LOVE.THIS! And I love your blog…seriously I just spent probably over an hour scrolling through it. Great stuff! I’m your newest follower!

    Reply
  25. » Living Room Update

    […] trying to figure out what I want to do with the wall space between the gallery and the number canvas. Should I continue the frames more into the living room? Or put a different […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.

CAPTCHA

*