Easy DIY Vintage Frame

Here is an easy DIY vintage looking frame that anyone could make, best part it’s cheap!

I absolutely love old frames and frames with character, but I can never seem to find the size that I want.  When I received a beautiful piece of art from my husband that had a simple black frame, I did not want to spend hundreds of dollars reframing it.  So the more I thought about it, the more determined I was to create a frame that would suit the picture   – and to do it for next to no money.

Out shopping for a client one day, I came across some beautiful crown moulding that mimicked the rose pattern found in my ceiling medallion, and boom!  A light bulb moment, so to speak.

I picked up two planks and brought them home with the idea of creating my own frame.  Now, that was 3 months ago…… but today, I finally got around to creating that frame.

It was so easy.  Here is how I did it:

Remove the picture from the original frame.
Measure your dimensions – I went slightly larger then the smallest inside dimensions of my frame, which was 30 1/2″.

I cut each corner on a 45 degree angle, stapled them together and then brad nailed (using my compression air nailer) the new frame to the original frame.

I wanted to create a frame that looked old and went with another decorative piece that I already had.

To do this, the first step was to chalk paint everything white.

Next, I dry brushed a grey over the white to make the details pop, and then applied a brown glaze to dirty it up a little.
I finished it with a top clear coat wax.

It was so easy to do and I was only out the cost of the two planks – which came to a whopping $12.79.

Here is the before and after.

So if you need a frame, and can’t find what you are looking for in stores, or don’t want to spend an arm and a leg, here is an easy and inexpensive way to create the look that you want.

Karan

XXOX

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