Cavallini Wrapping Paper as Inexpensive Artwork

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A recent Design Sponge sneak peek and this Apartment Therapy House Tour reminded us of a great source for artwork — wrapping paper from from Cavallini & Co. Each sheet is sold for $4.50, so it's definitely artwork on a budget. We love the variety of options from vintage maps to images of food and of nature.

Best Online Source for Cavallini Paper
• Kate's Paperie

More options for framing wrapping paper: Look! Using Paper for Your Art Gallery.

Comments (13)

There's a groovy little card shop in Park Slope that sells these - on Fifth Ave, between Union and Carroll.

yep. the food ones are especially great for the kitchen because you don't have to worry about them being ruined. I mean... those are priceless originals hanging above my stove!

Every time I see this wrapping paper, I wonder who would actually use it for its stated purpose. I'd totally frame it.

This works well with any large-print wrapping paper, I have a red poppy print in my living room. You don't even need a frame to display it. Just buy a sheet of posterboard, cut it to be a little smaller than your picture, and wrap the posterboard with the paper so that the edges of the paper cover the sides of the posterboard. Then stick the whole thing to the wall with those double-sided foam sticky squares. Voila, new art! The volume that the posterboard gives it makes it seem less like a piece of paper on a wall, and more like an actual object.

what a coincidence. i have a cavallini calendar with vintage-esque travel images...i just framed one and hung in the bathroom. it looks great.

I've used quite a few Cavallini papers for framing, and just love them, I found a good assortment at PaperSource (chain of stores and website) and on eBay. If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area, Cavallini is in South San Francisco (separate city, it's between SF & SFO airport), and a week or two before Thanksgiving they have a warehouse clearance sale.

I love these. A friend (in grad school and with NO extra money) put up several in her shared home. It looked great as if she had paid quite a bit of money for them.

This is a fantastic idea. Another good place to search is Japanese stores; there are some lovely Japanese wrapping papers that can be used similarly.

I use their map calendar (after the year is over) as a "series," I really love their stuff

I use Cav paper for wrapping. It's fun! I also use it making dust-jackets for my books.

I've seen a few sold at Kate's Paperie - SoHo and the location near Carnegie Hall (sorry, too lazy to google loco).

has anyone actually framed the cavallini paper? i just bought a few and the 29 3/4 x 19 1/4 dimensions are difficult to find frames that aren't $115 a piece for custom framing...