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    Home » DIY Crafts

    Make Vintage Blueprint Artwork from Your House Plan (With Photoshop)

    Published: Jul 16, 2014 · Modified: Jan 8, 2018 by Christina Dennis · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 14 Comments

    I'm a tad bit obsessed with anything from Restoration Hardware. I'm a big fan of the "vintage industrial" look (mixed in with all sorts of random decor looks that I love), and all of the furniture and art from RH is definitely the epitome of this style. Something that I've wanted to do for a long time is make some Restoration Hardware inspired vintage blueprint artwork for my wall from our house plan. Our DIY House was a huge labour of love (well, it still is), and I thought it would be special to display the plan that started it all in a fun and chic way. With a bit of Photoshopping, I made it happen and I love my new art!

    How to make Restoration Hardware inspired vintage blueprint artwork from your house plan

    Here's how I made my vintage blueprint art from my house plan in Photoshop (I'm using CS3):

    First, I opened up the PDF of our house plan in Photoshop and chose a page from it that I wanted to use. I loved the look of the elevations page. At this point, you can erase or cut out anything on the image that you don't want displayed (I eventually took out the logo on the bottom right hand corner of mine). You can also crop your page to the desired size and resolution you'd like. I made mine a 10' x 8' with 300DPI.

    How to make Restoration Hardware inspired vintage blueprint artwork from your house plan

    I clicked on the Image menu, then Adjustments > Invert. The black lines become white lines and my background is now black.

    I bought a few great textured backgrounds from my new favourite graphics shop, Creative Market, and opened the black one up in Photoshop (you can buy this texture pack here).

    How to make Restoration Hardware inspired vintage blueprint artwork from your house plan

    Then, I ensured the vintage textured background was the same size and resolution as my blueprint and I brought it into my blueprint artwork as a bottom layer. I then changed the opacity of the blueprint art layer to 50% so that my texture would show through and so that the white lines faded a little.

    How to make Restoration Hardware inspired vintage blueprint artwork from your house plan

    That's it! So far, I've printed my DIY vintage industrial blueprint art at home and framed it, but I think I might have a larger version printed up and decoupage it to a canvas for something more substantial on my wall.

    (Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. If you decide to purchase products via these links, a small percentage of the sale will be given to me at no extra cost to you. It’s a win-win – thanks for helping support thediymommy.com!)

     

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    Comments

    1. Virginia Fynes

      July 21, 2014 at 5:23 am

      This is beautiful! What a great idea, It looks like a pricy piece of art! Pinning

      Reply
      • Christina Dennis

        July 22, 2014 at 11:08 pm

        Thanks so much, Virginia! IT was a fun project to do, and I love that it's so personal!

        Reply
    2. Sara Gibson

      August 21, 2014 at 5:32 pm

      I. LOVE. This! I really might have to get you to make me one of these someday!

      Love your Etsy shop too, BTW.

      Reply
      • Christina Dennis

        August 24, 2014 at 11:15 pm

        Thanks, Sara! Yes, I would love to make one for you one day. 🙂

        Reply
        • Eric

          June 12, 2016 at 3:10 pm

          Hi Christina,
          i got a dream home, could you help me making it professional?

          Thanks in advance

          Reply
    3. architectural visualization

      September 30, 2014 at 9:50 am

      WOW just what I was searching for. Came here by searching
      for home design

      Reply
    4. Miki Somos

      February 21, 2015 at 10:18 am

      Christina this is a great idea. One could even make it for their new home they just build. It would make very personal real estate closing gift for a client. It would be great conversation piece at parties and little blue print how to get around the house.

      Reply
    5. Steffany

      March 04, 2016 at 12:03 pm

      Do you still have an Etsy Shop? I am interested in getting one of these made. I tried to click on the link to your shop but it did not work. Let me know, I would love one of these!

      Reply
    6. Val

      April 11, 2016 at 7:27 pm

      Yes, do you still have etsy shop? I would love a blueprint to be made from our house drawings.

      Reply
      • Christina Dennis

        April 20, 2016 at 9:46 pm

        I have had to close it lately because I've been so busy with this blog and my kids. I'll let you know if I open it again. Thank you!

        Reply
    7. Lora

      June 14, 2016 at 1:27 am

      Great.. Thanks for sharing this

      Reply
    8. Grazyna Zusman

      March 08, 2017 at 7:14 am

      Nice information!

      Reply
    9. Carolyn Hoover

      March 03, 2019 at 11:43 am

      I would love to have our new house done! Do you provide this service or know someone who does?
      Thanks so much!

      Reply
      • Lindsay - The DIY Mommy

        March 04, 2019 at 5:07 pm

        No sorry, Christina doesn’t provide this service

        Reply

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