So one day I was chilling in my room with my boyfriend
and he started commenting on the pictures I had up on my walls and that’s when
it hit me I have way to many baby pictures of myself up. Also why the fuck do I
have orange and yellow picture frames in a purple and grey room and why so many
baby pictures I’m 19 literally why.
That’s how I decided to revamp my picture frames by
painting them and changing the pictures in them.
This is the before (well actually I forgot to take a
before picture so this is after I sanded them down)
1.The first thing you want to do is
sanding them down so the paint will pick up better and show up more. You don’t
have to sand them too much and spend too much time doing it just get rid of the
shine.
As you can see my colorful picture frames where
slightly
sanded and in my wooden ones the sanding didn’t even make any
difference.
2.Choose your colors, depending on the
room you want them in and the pictures you in them.
As I mentioned before my room is purple and
grey so I decided to paint my picture frames also purple and grey so the grey
frames will go on the purple walls and vice versa.
3.Get your painting station ready. A
good idea is to do the painting outside so you don’t choke on the fumes and
your house doesn’t smell forever. I recommend to put a first layer of nylon and
on top of that some cardboard. That way any paint spills will fall on the
cardboard and be absorbed and if the paint bleeds through it will get on the
nylon and you will be completely protected.
I chose to do it in my garden.
4.Get your tools ready. You will
obviously need paint and paint brushes. Also don’t forget to take the backs of
your frames out. A mask and gloves would also be helpful, we already have them
anyway.
This is what I am using maybe a smaller brush
would be better but this did the job. Also the paint I used was house paint and
it worked fine so you can do this with whatever paint you have laying around.
5.Get to painting, just do it. Just try
to apply an even coat of paint throughout.
6. Let it dry depending on what your
color’s instructions say. Honestly if you are impatient just check every hour
till it’s dry otherwise if you have plenty of time let it 24 hours for best
results. For the first hour of drying move them a couple times so they don’t
stick to the cardboard.
My instructions said 1-2 hours, but I let them dry for 3 hours after the
first coat and after the second I let them dry overnight.
7.Depending on your starting color,
your paint etc. you might need a second or third coat of paint. Where you will
repeat the same thing.
I did 2 of coats
8.You are done!! Now the only thing to
do is take cute pictures and put them in or you can just download from the
internet a good source obviously is Pinterest. You can also make your own art,
a painting, a collage or literally anything else, now you have a very nice way
to display it.
An easy
craft you can do, in a day or in the course of a weekend that can really change
the vibes of your room and upcycle some old picture frames.
A few extra
tips
- Wet your brush before using it and
let it dry for a little for a better application.
- If your paint is old use a stick or
something like that, to mix the paint as it might have separated. Also you can
use the same stick later to move the frames around.
- Make sure that as the frames dry,
drops of paint aren’t created on the sides. To avoid this blend the paint
nicely and after a few minutes of drying blend the sides of the frames again.
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