Frames

I am CONSTANTLY looking at pinterest.com and craftgawker.com, and I have seen many different things I could do with old picture frames....I finally finished up 2 of my frame projects today.
Step 1: Find old Frames for super cheap from a flea market, estate sale, garage sale, or thrift store..mine are from an estate sale I went to.

Step 2 paint frames the desired color....

Step 3: chose wire or twine and either a nail/tac/hardware to attach the wire and twine.....

Step 4 (optional): Mini clothes pins--One of my frames I am choosing to display photos...so I will hang the photos on the wire with clothes pins..and I painted them white...

Step 5: Attach the things you want to your frames and enjoy!

This project was super easy and I did both frames for around $10! I will definitely be doing more of these!


By: Liz

Entertainment Center

Step One: Purchase an entertainment center that fits the needs of the project. This center was perfect. It has 3 shelves & was very simple.

Step Two: Take apart the entertainment center in order to keep the sections of the project separate. In this case, I would be painting the lower portion of the entertainment center & doing something else on the top shelf.

Step Three: Tape off the areas of the entertainment center that you don't want painted. I chose to keep the iron rods black.

Step Four: Choose a color. I chose to use spray paint rather than a paint and a brush. This take some time. Be patient with it, otherwise you will have runs & smudges. However, spray paint dries a LOT quicker than regular paint and it's a lot easier on the wallet. I chose a golden yellow & used about 2 1/2 cans to get the whole thing covered.

Step Five: Find old magazines or anything you want reflected on your entertainment center. In my case, I wanted magazines & things that were not in the public anymore. I went to a used book store in Tulsa & found several magazines from the 1940's-1990's. I also had someone give me some magazines from the 1930's, which were awesome! You will then go through the magazines and tear or cut out any ads or words you want on the center. I chose to rip them out to give them a more rugged look. 

Step Six: Get some Mod Podge! This was fun. I took the pieces of magazine that I ripped out and Mod Podged the entire top shelf as well as the base that went between the top & bottom. This takes some time as well. The good thing about Mod Podge is it's simple. Directions are on the bottle & it can be used to "paste" the pieces to an item and also seal them. This takes some time as well, but if you are into collaging, this is right up your alley! Be sure & get any corners & areas of the shelf that you may see when the piece is put together.

Step Seven: After you have sprayed your entertainment center, mod podged the entire areas you want covered & let everything do its magic - YOU'RE FINISHED! Now comes to fun part. Take all of your newspaper/tape off that you used to cover the unsprayed areas, touch up any paint & put the thing together to see your masterpiece created! In order to preserve the mod podged top shelf, I will be getting a fitted pieces of glass to lay on the top. This will make it easier for cleaning as well as keep everything in place. You could also use a liquid sealer in order to create a gloss look & keep everything in place.

This was a fun, easy project that didn't take too much time. It took roughly about 5 hours for all of the steps. The most important thing to do is to be patient with it. Let the paint dry, choose pieces you REALLY want, not pieces you are doing just to get it done & have fun with it! You can also do this with other pieces of furniture, like chairs.