Pretty Frame Tutorial

Well thankyou so much for all the lovely comments both here and on Facebook about my room.  You are all very generous and kind.

There was lots of ohhhhhhing and ahhhhhhhing about the pretty white frames.  So I thought I'd do a quick step by step to show you how easy it is to make something pretty and personal for your bedrom (or any room for that matter)

The first bit is probably the hardest!  Find those frames.  I have been collecting for a little while now, quite often they have a silk painting in them, which is usually stained and destroyed so I don't feel so bad ripping it out!!!

I have found most of them are made in Italy, and they are GORGEOUS.  I *almost* hung them like this, as they were so lovely all on their own, and I think in the right home they would be perfect just the way you find them.... but I kept going :)

Given them a quick wipe over to get off any dirt or dust ( I wasn't to particular about this part)

Grab a can of spray paint.  There are so many colours, and you have the choice of gloss or matt.  For mine I chose matt as I wanted them to have the same texture as my bed which is also done in a matt paint.  Take it all outside as spray paint SMELLS and can be harmfull if you sniff it ! LOL

Give them at least 3 - 4 light coats of paint, this way you don't get runs and you end up with a beautiful result.

Then you can either hang them like this (which looks gorgeous all grouped together) or keep going like I did !

Add some pretty papers.  I choose a mix of scrapbooking papers and vintage music/book paper to match my room.  I simply traced the inside shape of the frame on the REVERSE side of my paper, then cut out the shape abour 1/2 cm on the outside of the line.  I used a liquid adhesive to stick the papers in.

Then they are ready to hang!!  PRETTY!!!!

They make me smile every single time I walk in the room.

Lisa Kate

 
 

Comments

[marg]

And they look beautiful Lisa.....great tut as well.. luv marg xxx

[Mandy]

the only reason any of us have pretty things! love it, Lisa :)

Looking forward to more. xxxx

[Sam Simpson]

Hey Lisa...took me a bit to track you down! I'm going to miss seeing your lovely kids growing up. You sound like you are really loving this interior designing (come to my house will you!!). Hope you're in good health these days (moreso than when I last saw you). Things going well here....new baby fitting in well with the other kids. Growing, sleeping, doing all the right things.

Not going to make retreat this year, but with many changes going on with you, not sure if you are going either????? Stay in touch.

Best wishes,
Sam (Paperdoll)