Picture Frame Flip
by
Lori Haught Harper
(IC: blogger)
4 Materials
$55
1 Hour
Easy
Here is a quick and easy method for transforming the look of a framed picture without having to remove the art.
This is literally a 3-step process - Tape, Paint and Shimmer!
If you don’t have a Habitat ReStore in your area, you are missing out! I bought this awesome Monet print – The Basin at Argenteuil – at my local ReStore for $10 a couple years ago. I loved the beautiful colors and the nice heavy frame.
Fast forward, I still love the picture but the frame doesn’t go in my new living room. Black Dog Salvage Furniture Paint to the rescue!
This paint was designed with a super high adhesion rate and the ability to stick to a variety of surfaces, including those that traditional chalk-style paints cannot. It goes on glass, metal, wood, ceramics, over old paint, varnish or lacquer. So it was a perfect choice for this picture frame that had a kind of slick surface.
TAPE AND PAINT
First I taped off the inner edges of the frame with masking tape. Next I brushed on one coat of Galvanized – a nice smoky gray that went on like silk!
PEARL EFFECTS
After the gray dried, I wanted to accentuate the lines of the frame and give the color some variation. I love the light pearlescent shimmer that General Finishes Pearl Effects give to a project, so I used two colors to get the look I wanted. Lightly dipping my brush into the glaze then dabbing it on a shop cloth saves your project from blobs of color. I alternated Bronze Pearl Effects and Argentine Pearl Effects until I was happy with the result.
Normally I would add a topcoat at this step but since this will be hanging on a wall and not handled, it wasn’t necessary.
REMOVE TAPE & HANG IT UP!
Pulling off the masking tape made cleanup super easy and I didn’t have to scrape paint off the glass.
The picture with its fresh, updated color looks perfect in its new spot.
That’s all it takes to change up a frame in no time!
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Suggested materials:
- General Finishes Bronze Pearl Effects (https://www.woodcraft.com/products/general-finishes-bronze-pearl-pt)
- General Finishes Argentine Pearl Effects (https://www.woodcraft.com/products/general-finishes-argentine-pearl-pt)
- Black Dog Salvage Furniture Paint - Galvanized (https://www.woodcraft.com/products/black-dog-salvage-galvanized-gray-furniture-paint-pintplus)
- Note: It only takes a dab of each of these, so you will have plenty left over for more projects!
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
Published April 20th, 2017 1:26 PM
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Naomie Moore aka baileyanddaisey, Castaic CA on Apr 20, 2017
Great share! I can only get to the Habitat store on Saturdays if at all. Generall pretty picked over by the time I get there. Glad you all score the deals though!
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Lori Haught Harper on Apr 24, 2017Thank you, Brenda!
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