Kmart Australia: how to create textured artwork

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How savvy DIY enthusiast transformed a $10 Kmart print into a VERY on-trend artwork using buys from Bunnings – after the one she wanted cost $350

  • Amateur DIY enthusiast transforms a Kmart canvas into a chic piece of art 
  • Chareen copied a $350 artwork with a few affordable products from Bunnings 
  • The end result perfectly matched her room’s décor style and only cost $71

By Louise Allingham and Carina Stathis For Daily Mail Australia

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An Australian woman has shared how she transformed a $10 Kmart canvas into a chic work of art.   

Chareen needed two pieces to hang above her bedside tables but didn’t want to fork out more than $350 each for the ones she was after.  

Using three small tubs of multi-purpose filler and one tin of water-based polyurethane gloss, she started painting the two canvases to look like the pricey artwork she originally wanted. 

Into this textured white artwork

Before and after: Chareen transformed a Kmart canvas (left) into a textured white artwork (right)

Chareen said final result looks amazing on her wall and only ended up costing her $71

Chareen said final result looks amazing on her wall and only ended up costing her $71

Chareen said final result looks amazing on her wall and only ended up costing her $71. 

Her post on a popular Facebook group attracted hundreds of likes and dozens of comments praising her handy hack and sharing their own DIY décor ideas. 

‘This is such a creative idea, I have seen someone else do this but added a few swipes of colour,’ said one woman.

‘I’ve been wanting to do this for a while now as I love these pieces but not the price tag,’ a second wrote.  

Another user noted some people are selling their DIY artworks on Facebook Marketplace for more than $100. 

While most people thought Chareen’s artworks were a fantastic idea, others were not as impressed. 

‘She’s done a great job but I don’t get it’ one woman wrote. 

‘I love a beautiful piece of art but this does nothing for me,’ another replied. 

How did she transform the Kmart canvas into an stylish artwork?

What you’ll need:

– 2 x $10 canvases – Kmart – Chareen used the Le Femme Framed Canvas

– 3 x $6.18 multi purpose interior filler – Bunnings 

–  1 x $19.90 water based polyurethane gloss – Bunnings 

 – 1 x $1 plastic scraper – Bunnings 

What to do:

– Apply the multi purpose filler to the canvas using a filler applicator to suit the style you’re after

– Once it has dried, paint over the filler with the polyurethane gloss

The $39 Egon Side Drawer originally had black legs and wood-like laminate

Camilla transformed the look using oak half round moulds and white paint

Before and after: Mum-of-one Camilla impressed thousands online after revealing how she turned a $39 side table from Kmart (left) into a luxurious high-end piece of furniture (right) 

Thousands of Aussies have been sharing their own Kmart hacks on social media. 

Mum-of-one Camilla had never attempted a home project before but impressed thousands by transforming a Kmart side table into a luxurious high-end piece of furniture that cost a mere $169.20. 

The $39 Egon Side Drawer originally had black legs and wood-like laminate, but Camilla transformed the look using oak half round moulds and white paint.  

Similar designs from expensive brands can cost up to $599 per cabinet. 

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