Okay, so here's the deal with this project...our neighbor down the street is moving and was throwing out loads and loads of junk. Well, me and my junk-loving self + my mother, decided that this "junk" should not be thrown out for nothing. We literally got about 50 picture frames that this person was just going to throw away. Judge if you will, but that's just crazy. If you don't want them- have a garage sale, give them away, take them to Goodwill, I don't care, but throw them away?! Just...no.
Now, while most were newer, more plain picture frames, this one jumped out at me. It had that vintage/antique feel that I just love! The only problem was that it was a little chipped and I wasn't a fan of the color. So I decided to repaint it and make it my own! Here's how that went...
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| This was the original frame. Very pretty, but the color was kind of a yellowy, dingy white with more brownish accents than gold. Plus the edges were chipped so it needed some help. |
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| This was the frame I used for inspiration. It's from Hobby Lobby if you are ever so inclined to purchase it! |
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| So to start, I painted it black for the base coat. My plan was it paint it black, then spray paint it white and sand some of the white off so the black would show. |
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| And here it is after I got the white over it. |
Now, as I said, I wanted to sand the white off so some of the black would show through. Well, that didn't work so well. Maybe I sanded too hard, or the black acrylic paint that I used wasn't strong enough, I don't know, but it ended up sanding all the way back down to the original color.
SO! Plan B: re-paint it black using black spray paint this time. So I did that and about an hour later spray painted the white over it. Before the white was completely dry, I took duct tape (yes, I got a bit ghetto and used the first thing that came to mind) and used it to peel some of the white off. AND IT WORKED GREAT!!
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| Final product! I'm not sure if you can see it, but the paint is a little crackled along the inner ring. I probably didn't wait long enough between coats or maybe the damp air (it had been raining) caused the paint to crackle, I don't know. But I actually like it! |
So that's that! It took me a while to get it done, but I personally love it. I hope y'all do, too!!
One last thing...the whole time I've been writing this post I've had the Miranda Lambert song "Old Sh!t" stuck in my head. If you've never heard it, it's pretty great and expresses exactly how I feel about antiques and old junk. The link is below; viewer digression advised as it does say the "S word" multiple times. Listen or don't, I just love it :P
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