Ronda from The Batchelor Way made these awesome DIY beadboard frames. What a great idea and they look way better than anything you can purchase, don’t you think? Here is her post:
Beadboard Frames Tutorial
I get these visions of what I want, but can’t afford. This time I had a vison of 6 square frames (one for each of my children) hanging from a wrought iron bar wrapped in red garland. So I started searching. But the cheapest I could find square frames was for $7. That’s $42 for 6. Plus those you had to pay extra for the glass and paint them yourself. I really liked the idea of them being made out of beadboard. Well we had scraps of beadboard panneling left over from our kitchen island project and the mud room. I started thinking I could just make them myself. My Hubby said, “No, we will never be able to get the center cut out straight. ” But I keep thinking I can do this. So I measured my iron bar to determine how big I could make my frames to fit under the bar. I got this bar free from my great neighbor Shelly! They could be 12″ squares, but to be able to make 6 from my scraps they ended up being 11 3/4″. So I started by cutting out six squares from the panneling on the table saw. Then I cut out my opening, which was about 7″. I had to drill holes in the corners and used a jig saw to cut from hole to hole. Yes, my husband was right, it looked terrible. But I kept plugging on.
Then to get them to look chunky, I cut strips of left over 3/4″ MDF. Which I glued around all the edges. I need some sort of trim to cover my ugly openings. I ended up cutting more of the beadboard into small strips.
Then I mittered the corners and glued them over the ugliness. Framed the opening wonderfully.
Next I spray painted them. First I started to paint them black, but changed my mind. I tried cream, yes! This was the first thing I had to purchase. Two cans about $6. (I could have used one if I didn’t have to cover three frames I had already painted black.)
Then I used a dark chocolate glaze and wiped most of it off.
This is the finished frame, I love it!
Next I needed glass. Again my neighbor Shelly had a large piece of broken glass which she gave me. So I took it to Lowes to have them cut it. Wrong! They will not cut your glass, only glass purchased at Lowes. But the manager showed me how to use a glass cutter so I bought that for just over $3.
It was pretty easy. Just measure and score. Only score it once. Don’t run the cuter back and for.
Then line the scored line up with the edge of the counter and snap it off. It worked
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I took pictures of my kids and printed them out at home and mounted them in to frames. Then time to mount everything on the wall. The hardware that came with the rod stuck to far out from the wall. So I found alterative brackets, I think they were from the plumbing department at Lowes. Only problem was they were silver. So I painted them with brown and black craft paint. It was a close match to the bar.
Here is the finished product on the wall. I love it. I love the texture, color, and style. But most of all I love that I actually made them. Total cost$12.74 ($6 paint, $3 glass cutter, $1.24 mounting brackets, $2.50 ribbon.)
I had bought this red garland awhile ago at DI for $1. So make that total $13.74. So what do ya think leave a commet!
Awesome and creative job Ronda! Beautiful way to display photos! Thanks for sharing!
Check out other great DIY projects by Ronda HERE!
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I absolutely LOVE this!!! I really want to try it out, thanks for the great idea!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE those frames!!! They are amazing!!!! I knew I should have kept that piece of broken glass I threw out last week! 🙂
Wow, those frames turned out AWESOME!!! LOVE the way they are displayed on the bar and with the garland & ribbon. She did a Great Job
holy crap. that is amazing! i have to make those!!!! I have the perfect spot too!!
Those frames look amazing!
These are awesome. Great idea. Thanks for sharing!!!!!
Great tutorial for a great idea!
Debbie
I'm impressed! Those look SO perfect! Even the way she hung them is creative and awesome. I have leftover beadboard and would love to try something like this. Thank you!
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Wow it turned out so pretty. I love the frames!
Love them!
Cute!!! Thanks for the heads-up on giveaways, too!
I love all the attention to detail- every bit of it is awesome! 🙂
OMGoodness! This is amazing! I wish I had more walls in my house so I could do this! LOVE it!!!!
The frames turned out wonderful! Great job!
AWESOME craft!!! Love Love Love it!
Wow! What a great idea and how creative you are to be able to envision this and then make it happen. Great job!
So cute! I love them. Great job.
Wow! Looks awesome – I will definitely be making this one and visiting her blog…
Danielle
I love this idea. Thanks to you, I now know what to do with my leftover beadboard 🙂 Have a great Monday. Monica
Those are REEEEALLY CUTE !!! Great job.. They really look lovely hung up.
Love, love this project~!!!
What a uniquely creative idea!!
Those are awesome! I love them.
These are A-dor-able!! Thank you for sharing!!!
Sooo cute and such a great price! These would look GREAT in any house and so elegant looking!!
Thanks for sharing!
These are beyond fabulous, but I got tired just listening to all of the stops and starts. Hanging them for the pipe is cool, too.
Such an awesome project!! Who knew that cutting glass was so simple!
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Angex
I love those frames. SO SO cute. What a great tutorial. Thanks!
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Jen
These are beautiful! What a unique idea!
These are great!!!
Love these! Thanks for the great idea. I am going to have to try it!
I totally love this and how it turned out. Gorgeous!
Great frames. I do have a few questions, did you use the solid white bead board and where did you get it. The white bead board I've found is slick and afraid the paint won't stick. Also, what is the name of the glaze? We went to a few hobby stores and no one has it. Thanks for your help!