Sunday, February 16, 2014

DIY Chevron Photo Frames

I love being able to take leftover scraps and turn it into something cool!  I had some leftover balsam wood from a previous project that's been sitting out in the garage and I got some navy frames from a garage sale that I really liked but were too small to go on the wall I wanted them for.  So I cut the wood (all by myself!), I'm not so good with a saw but I'm getting there.....and they actually came out straight, yay!
I painted the boards in a grey and white chevron and mounted the navy frames to the boards and attached some clips so I can change out snapshots whenever I want.  


First step, cut your wood to size.  I wanted mine a few inches bigger that my frames all the way around so just measure accordingly.  
Next I painted the boards white.  

This picture is a little hard to see the lines but once paint is dry I measured out the board and drew a line with pencil down the center horizontally and the one vertically.  Then I cut the squares in half again by drawing another evenly spaced line vertically through both sections.  I kind of depends how tight you want your chevron to be.  



Taping can be a little tricky, you just want to make sure all of your points match up and intersect at each of the points on your squares and I used exact o knife to make sure all of the points were exact.  
I painted a kind of sloppy coat of grey paint on, I just used a cheapie chip brush on this because I wanted it to be a little distressed looking.  


Peel off your tape and Voila!  Beautiful chevron background for free!!  Next I mounted the frames directly to the wood using liquid nails and just set a bunch of heavy books on top overnight.  


My kids loft is ever changing and will change again but for now I like this new addition!!  :)



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Boogieboard Cottage




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2 comments:

  1. These frames are so cute--they'd go perfect in my house. I'd love it if you came and shared them at the Do Tell Tuesday party at mabeyshemadeit.com Hope to see you there!

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  2. Those are super cute. Great job!

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