How can I use an odd sized poster that I don't want to frame?
I was thinking modge podge onto a piece of wood, but not crazy about modge podge finish. I live near Lake Michigan and it is a poster showing the shipwrecks. I have rustic/beachy/nautical decore throughout the house. need some ideas.
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You can frame the picture using branches cut to size and joined together like a frame using sisal rope. To get the nautical theme, you can paint the wood using chalk paint.
Hi Tiz. When I need frames I go to Good Will and a thrift store named New Uses. There is a lot of art work available there. If it doesn't quite fit right, I use a mat to make up the difference.
Hello I understand the problem of very costly frames and frames for unusual sized projects.
Most times I will buy a discounted frame from a consignment shop or thrift store and design art to go in that frame. Very often for a few dollars you get a frame glass mat for a ridiculously low price. Secondhand frames can also be spray-painted. I have sucessfully changed a gold frame to a burnished antique Pewter.
Also-In the past if I’ve had a large odd sized art piece that I wanted to frame —I get a colored mat board and I will mount the art piece on top of the mat board and then purchase a standard size frame adjusting the mat board size to fit the standard frame. Sometimes with craft store coupons you can pay a discount price that’s easier on the budget.
Alternatively these links below may have a DYI that may suit your framing need— if one can meet your decor aesthetic.
Frame wood slat at top and bottom.
DIY Scroll Style Frame For Any Sized Print | Hometalk
https://www.hometalk.com/diy/decorate/walls/scroll-style-frame-for-any-size-print-28128431?expand_all_questions=1
Custom frame diy
https://www.frugalfamilytimes.com/2013/03/diy-make-huge-frame-for-way-less-money.html
I agree with your desire to avoid modge podge— it tends to make a cloudy almost milky finish with some depth or distortion of fine art.
Hope this helps!
Scroll Style Frame For Any Size Print
Visit your local flea markets and see what they have, usually lots and lots of old pictures where the frame is the only redeeming part. They usually have the glass in the deal, if not a piece of plexi-glass may do the trick. Take your needed frame size and shop around, they are usually willing to bargain, so glad to get rid of that item.
Here's how we made an affordable frame for a huge poster: https://www.frugalfamilytimes.com/2013/03/diy-make-huge-frame-for-way-less-money.html
this is a $1 museum poster but I had the frame. We are fortunate where we live as our town has a "swap shop" and there are always frames there. For your project I would use a light weight piece of plywood, use Elmers to glue the poster on (spreading the glue from the center out and using a roller so it all is covered) have the board be a dite larger than the poster and wrap rope around the edges to further the water theme. The paper probably has a finish so I would not think of doing another one. You could also use some rough boards and make the "frame" larger than the print and just paint a border on the boards. Or you could glue seashells around the frame edge. We live near the ocean so I understand the "water" theme And we have lots of half hull models and sea paintings in our house.
Thanks for the idea. I love it. I did get a framed picture at a restore shop, $7, but now I like the picture that's in it! I did see another idea using a window that would not "ruin" the poster as my husband seems to think. this way I can display it, and put stuff around it on the outside glass. This may solve my quandry.