We love frames of all types. Tiny ones, inset with small stones, oversized baroque ones, rickety wooden ones -- frames can show off a photo, a print or a piece of art...or they can do so much more. Here are some ideas, some of which we've blogged before, of what to do with them...
9 Things To Do With A Picture Frame (Besides the Obvious)
- Frame a piece of cork
- A mirror
- Or a piece of wood coated in chalkboard paint (or have masonite cute to size) to make a blackboard
- Slip a piece of wallpaper behind a piece of glass, remove the hanging mechanism and use your frame as a tray. Works especially well with an ornate or deep frame (a framed mirror can do double duty as a tray or leaning against a wall as a looking glass)
- Hang a piece of art on the wall, then hang a frame separately, deliberately letting the wall space between frame and art peek through. Works best on a brightly coloured wall.
- Boring medicine chest? Find a frame to match the size of your mirror and glue it on. Or forgo the mirror all together as Adrienne blogged here
- Spray paint a collection of frames the same colour, then hang them on your wall empty, letting the frames be the art.
- Make a French ribbon board or a mat board with pockets to organize your receipts and small papers.
- A large frame can double as a headboard -- empty or framing a piece of fabric.
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Other ideas :
stamps, vintage silk scarves, vintage cloth (towels, handkerchiefs, doilies...), printed scans from books, vintage victorian newspaper engravings, fancy tiles, vintage boxes with interesting graphics (unfolded and flattened), silhouettes (18th or 19th century ones, take a sample from a book and trace on dark paper), a sconce, a fan, kitschy souvenir items, photocopy an old engraving, then bathe it in tea to give it an authenic look, ...
actually about anything I guess.
view Daniel Poitiers's profile
or, on a wooden frame, add two drawer pulls on each end and make it into a tea tray.
view Daniel Poitiers's profile
I'm making an antique brass frame into an earring holder for a friend. Cleaning it and then giving it a coat or two of red laquer spray paint. Attaching a crossstichting screen to the back.
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If you want to make a board with cork but don't think cork is very pretty (like me) cover it with a piece of nice fabric. It can be white for a clean look (goes nicely with a colored frame, for instance blue), or a pattern with a white frame.
view Nina79's profile
I put postcards I get from trips in frames or art exihibits I like. It makes it more personal for me seeing a postcard and then remembering the good times during that vacation.
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Laptop holder!
Slip nice fabric/image in frame. Hot glue velvet or other soft material on the back (which will rest on your lap).
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