Looking for ideas for these frames

Kari Lavecchia
by Kari Lavecchia
My husband and I found these great frames on our anniversary trip but I don't want to put photos in them what else could I use to make them more decorative? They have great beveled glass as well.
  21 answers
  • Joni Thorn Joni Thorn on Jan 18, 2014
    Make some pillows for your couch and use the leftover material to put inside the frame to make wall art ...your can change them anytime you want to ..
  • Pat Pat on Jan 18, 2014
    mirrors, decorative paper such as wrapping paper....or put a smaller oval pictures inside of the frames. Your wall would look like matting around the smaller pictures. If you wanted to take the glass out, you could put a small shelf with a statue/greenery/vase on it.
  • Janis Hill Janis Hill on Jan 18, 2014
    Love these frames! Why not use them as the beginning of a gallery wall? Fill them with maps of your town, silhouettes, pictures of your dog or flowers or whatever you love.
  • Janis Hill Janis Hill on Jan 18, 2014
    A couple of other ideas.
  • Nancy Wiebel Nancy Wiebel on Jan 18, 2014
    Without the glass in them, you could hang an initial on the wall inside of one. Or, you could hang small wreaths from the top of them so that they hang in front of the open space. Lots of possibilities for these neat frames.
  • Colleen Colleen on Jan 18, 2014
    Nice looking frames, would you consider painting with chaulk paint? Do you have any special photos you could put in ( if they're too small for the frame use an accent background paper to fill the space) ?
  • Mary Mary on Jan 18, 2014
    Paint the wall a nice complimentary color and make mirrors out of them! Gorgeous!
  • Charlene Stiffinella Charlene Stiffinella on Jan 18, 2014
    Ive seen where frames are nice empty! In a set or collection of diff sizes of old ones!
  • Jennifer G Jennifer G on Jan 18, 2014
    My mom had a set like that with dried pressed flowers in them… they were so pretty!
  • Flo H Flo H on Jan 18, 2014
    Crochet Doilies of all sizes!
  • Karen Holcombe Karen Holcombe on Jan 20, 2014
    what about making a silhouette of cats (yours or just random)?
  • Wendy Wendy on Jan 20, 2014
    make silhouette of your kids or you and your husband facing each other like you are going to kiss
  • MaryAnn Winkelwoman MaryAnn Winkelwoman on Jan 20, 2014
    Put fabric in them!
  • Paula H Paula H on Jan 20, 2014
    Silhouettes of your kids would look nice
  • Liliana Wells Liliana Wells on Jan 21, 2014
    I like Janis Hill ideas. The variety of frames and subjects lend interest to the wall.
  • Amy Ogden-Paparone Amy Ogden-Paparone on Mar 04, 2014
    These are great frames! you could also do a frame inside the frame hung by a ribbon. You could use a picture from your trip inside the smaller frame, and hang it inside the bigger one by a nice fat silk ribbon. (pick your favorite color) I'd have the pictures printed in black and white so that they add to the big frames rather than detract. It'd also give the whole look over the sofa a more 3 dimensional look :)
  • Kat Davis-Moran Kat Davis-Moran on Jul 27, 2014
    Depending if you want the glass to stay in them, the wood one in the center I would do a French country design in either cloth or stenciledp, the other two I would take out the glass staple chicken wire to the back then a French country material behind that. Or any other theme to go with your Devore.
  • Jackie Howard Jackie Howard on Jul 28, 2014
    I would hang the sun in one and the moon in the other.
  • Dobi Dobi on Dec 28, 2014
    Instead of using them on the wall, why don't you use them for trays? You could put them on different tables to make table scapes! I use them all over the house! I am always looking for trays and sometimes you just have to improvise!
  • Dobi Dobi on Dec 28, 2014
    using greenery around things like this as well as shelves adds to interest and adds depth too!
  • Kathy Bettis Marez Kathy Bettis Marez on Mar 19, 2015
    These lovely frames can become focal points on your wall. One of my favorite things to do is get some old skeleton keys and hang them from the center top of the frame, under the glass so you don't have to dust them. You can add a light colored backing to the frame if you prefer, or leave it off. One of the other frames would be neat to mount the initial of your last name inside. If you have old doillies made by your grandmother or great aunt, they also look lovely mounted on a backing and placed in this type of frame.