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I don't have them up now because I didn't get around to doing any significant decorating this move and am about to move again, but in the past I've liked to decorate with cut-up old wall calendars (I have fairies and fractals and sealife and Kinkade paintings and will have pictures of glass art after this calendar year ends). They're not framed, and I don't really wish to frame them because that's expensive, but is it worth matting them on colorful construction paper or something? Or do they not count as "posters"?
Good job! Pictures from calendars, books, etc, are actually a GREAT way to make it look like you spent a lot more on decorating than you actually did. At that size, it's likely that you can find a decent photo frame for them when they go on a half-of sale at JoAnn's or something. Picture frames are MUCH less expensive than art framing.
A calendar print in a good photo frame can easily look like expensive art!
Another option for you might be decorative memento boards. They can cost upwards of $30 to buy outright, but are pretty easy to make, using cork board and elastic. You can cycle through displaying different art pieces. I just made one last week. I've got a pic, to show you what I mean, but don't know how to post it in a comment, so will post it in the OP, for you to see.
(I also made the necklace holder in the background, for like $4- pretty gold-colored nails hammered into a wood piece)
For other ideas, you can google "turn calendar art into wall art" and get a significant amount of relevant hits.
I don't see the picture in the OP.
Sorry, I couldn't figure out how to get a pic posted in the main post editor either, and then I had to go to work.
I just put a couple up in dropbox
Here is the pic with the memento board. It was made with a corkboard, black elastic, and a couple of brass pushpins.
Also, here is a picture of the entryway to my room to demonstrate what I mean by "accent wall" (the dark brown one is the accent). There's going to be a really pretty black and gold old-school Singer sewing machine on the stand, once I get it back from my friend's house.
Sorry for the low-quality. All I have access to is a friend's camera-phone.