Picture Project

Since Briggs has been here...it's gotten me motivated to get some pictures on the walls. I was in search of a cute mixture of frames that would look good in our living room. So after a few months I wound up with the frames pictured below. I didn't like the colors on all of them, but I knew I could change that.

And just a quick tip...I found these frames at lots of different places (antique malls, thrift stores and yard sales) and paid a total of $30 for all of them. I thought that was pretty good b/c most people would probably pay $30 for just one at a normal store. Just shows that being patient can pay off :)


To change the color of the frames, all you need is some newspaper, a brush and some paint as pictured below. It only takes a small amount of paint and these colors I already had from another project I had worked on. So I didn't have to pay anything for supplies (but just FYI...the paint is about $1 a bottle and brushes aren't much either)


Here are the final colors of the collage of frames. All I did was take the glass out of the frames, lay them on some newspaper and paint them with a dry brush. I left two of them the color they were originally and painted one blue and one green.


While I was painting the frames (above), I decided to update my other frames so thought I would give a quick little glimpse of all the progress I have made in the past week.


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Finally...here is a pic of my finished project hanging on the walls...


For all of you overly observant readers out there...I am aware that the bottom picture is turned upside down...that's only because I put the pic in wrong and had company coming so had to get it on the wall. I'll get to it one day (but the backing I had to take off and put on with pliers, so not top priority on my to do list today). Oh well..it looks cute...even upside down :)


I am really pleased with the outcome and it was a relatively easy project. It's always good to remember...if you have a vision for a particular frame, piece of furniture, lamp, etc....you can always change the color, but it's much harder to change the shape of the actual object.