Monday, October 24, 2011

Same frame, two ways

I cut out some frames out of scrap wood in my garage the other day. They both started out with a plain square piece of wood with a square hole cut out of the middle like this...


For one of them, I covered the wood with cut out strips of galvanized metal found in the roofing section at Home Depot. I just measured, cut the metal with heavy duty scissors also found at home depot, and then nailed it on.


I left it outside and sprayed a little water on it for a couple days so it would rust up a bit. It was kind of hard to cut out the metal straight but I figured it out in the end.



The second one, I just added some extra molding I had to the middle and painted a chevron print on it in black and white paint.


I sanded the crap out of it and wiped it down with my favorite stain, Provincial from Minwax.




I'm still getting ready for the barn sale and am getting super excited. I have tons of furniture, accessories, and a bed. I'll post pics in a couple days of some of the inventory.

9 comments:

  1. I'm not a huge fan of chevron but you make it look so awesome on these frames! I also love the galvanized ones- swoon!

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  2. Holy geez woman! How about you make me some of those beauties for muh bdaaayyy.

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  3. That is brilliant!!!! Absolutely brilliant!

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  4. Your blog is my very favorite design blog out there!! I am so inspired by all of your incredible ideas. I especially love these! If you ever decide to sell, please let us know! :)

    Whitney
    elmstreetlife.com

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  5. LOVE!!! I cannot decide which is my favorite!! You've got me totally inspired to try making something with galvanized metal!
    www.inside-outdesign.blogspot.com

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  6. Hey Nikki!
    I will take 2 of those Chevron frames, please????
    How much??
    I would love to have some of those..seriously...how much???

    -Cassie
    www.designstocker.blogspot.com

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  7. Love these frames! What are the dimensions? I'd like to attempt them!

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  8. OMG! I LOVE LOVE LOVE these frames! I found them on pinterest, any way you could ship? I wouldn't want the distressed look, just the chevron paint look would be fine!!

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  9. They are gorgeous, shared them on my facebook & twitter pages. I just found your blog, and can't wait to check the rest of it out!

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