DIY Art: box frame
But this post is about a frame I saw on P&I, and just loved. I thought to myself, “Hey, this would look so great in my living room – perhaps one on either side of the TV? Adorn that wall with something other than a plasma?”
Pale and Interesting
But at 80 pounds (yeah, the one drawback, everything is expensive and is located in the UK) – there was no WAY I would be purchasing two of these babies. But it looks simple enough. So I set out to make this, instead.
But the Hubby had the idea that white frames, with a white mat, with white sand dollars, might be a little…well, white for the wall. So why didn’t we make the mat something more visually interesting? Instead of buying special frame mats, which might cost a bit more, I could cover an existing mat in something with texture. We visited a couple craft and specialty paper stores, before the Hubby decided that burlap was the look he wanted.
So I purchased two white Ikea Ribba 9″ square box frames, cost: $6.99 each. I picked up a 1/2 yard of burlap fabric at my local Joann’s, cost: $2.99/yard. I found a website where I could buy “cookie” sand dollars. I needed 18 sand dollars for the two frames (and I bought a few extra in case some were damaged during shipping – but they arrived in great condition!), cost: $.12 each. I already had Fabri-Tac on hand, cost: free. So the cost per frame totaled: $9.57. Much better than 80 pounds – plus conversion cost!
I began wrapping and gluing….starting on the inside….(notice I snipped off the corners so the fabric wouldn’t overlap the outside edge of the mat.)
…then working my way to the outside.
Until I had nicely covered picture frame matting.
Then I assembled everything into the frame, but removed the glass, so I could position the sand dollars, while seeing how it would “look” as a finished product.
I actually used the back of the Ikea paper template, and glued the sand dollars directly to it. If you wanted to alter the hue of this backdrop, it would be easy to cut a piece of printer paper or card stock to size. Fabri-Tac worked really well as an adhesive for this project, and I didn’t have any concerns about drying, ripple-effect on the paper, or similar.
But it came out great!
That is such a great project! I'm sure we'll see many blogs doing the very same picture frame!
That looks great!
This is just gorgeous! I love the burlap with the frame.
looks great!
Thanks again Roeshel! It was so fun seeing my project on your site!
Love it idea!!!
~Terrell @ FrouFrouDecor~
Lovely – definitely going on my 'someday' list!
I love it! I think it looks even better with the burlap. Great job!
~ Tracy
Gosh, I LOVE this!! The burlap does so much for this look!
Love this!!! What a great idea!! Wonderful tutorial!! Thanks so much for sharing!!! Hope you can stop by and say hi :)) Have a wonderful day!!
~ Michella ~
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that looks even better than the original its fantastic!
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pass it on! thanks an have a fantastic 4th of july!