![]() Not only do I love the look of warm-toned wood, but knowing that I can create easy and simple projects from scrap wood is always a plus. I love to display a wood picture frame for several reasons. But I had no concern hanging these picture frames – as I knew they are light and are not breakable. ![]() I rarely hang anything above the kids’ bed. I just want to mention this here, in case some of you are feeling paranoid -like me – about hanging stuff above the kids’ bed. We recently redid our son’s room, and I installed the COOLEST WOOD SLAT CEILING! I also made these fun and easy DIY pictures frames to hang above his bed. I always encourage people to display more of their photographs in their homes. Taking pictures these days has gone out of control as we can use our phones to do so ( which is really great!), but most people would share them on social media and forget about them. Especially if I am gifting my close family members. As a photographer and artist, I always choose family photos and handmade gifts over any other gifts. I used a “self leveling” picture hanger to hold my frame up to the wall.And now that we are closer to the holidays, I think these easy DIY picture frames would make an amazing Christmas gift to someone with the perfect photo in it! Or maybe even an artwork.These allows you to change the picture, clean the glass etc and then put everything back. The screws mine came with were too long, so I had to use shorter. Cut a piece of cardboard to work as the backer for the whole thing.My staples went through the narrow molding a little bit into the wide molding without going all the way through (1/2 inch staples) Use the staple gun to staple across the joints. This leaves an inset area in the middle for the glass and backing to rest. Glue the narrower molding pieces to the edge of the wide frame.I did this the reverse way on mine, but I think this way is better. I just held it up to the glued wider frame and marked it. The long pieces will be the same as they were for the wide molding, but your top and bottom pieces will have to make up the difference in thickness. In addition to the wider molding – we’re going to use a narrower piece on top.Glue edge to edge in the formation shown in the diagram and in the photo below.Sand all edges a bit to make sure they look polished. Cut your wide molding to length using the miter box and hand saw.The side pieces are the length of the image PLUS the thickness of the top pieces. The way we’re going to be doing it, the top pieces are as long as you image is wide. First of all, calculate the WIDER molding.Glass or plexi (I hear Lowes will cut the glass you buy there.Screws, if those with your Turn Buttons are too long.Turn buttons (You might find these near the glass section at your hardware store.Heavy duty stapler and 1/2 inch staples.Also, if you are so inclined, you can make 45 degree angles on the corners with this) Hand saw and miter box (This helped me cut straight. ![]() I wasn’t able to find any, so I improvised! What You Need: ![]() I know there is such a thing as picture molding, that has that routered groove built in. The basic premise is to stack molding to substitute the routered groove that the back of most frames have. I KNOW I will be using this little trick again! And there’s a bonus some of the screws and such I bought are left over, and I can make another frame if I just get more molding and glass. Really, making my own DIY picture frame was SO easy and actually cheaper than buying a frame at a department store. Recently, I resolved to figure out how to build a picture frame for that lovely print, and I’m so glad I did! As a result I was able to build a picture frame that showcases my lovely print. It’s a strange size and since I wasn’t going to have it custom framed for a small fortune, it has been sequestered to a box in a closet. I’ve had this beautiful art print for years that I just haven’t been able to find a frame for (I blurred bits of it for copyright stuff). Some are square, some are wide and squat, some are tall and skinny. Heck, not all of them are a proportional rectangle. Not every pretty thing fits in an 8×10 frame. ![]()
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