Thursday, 15 November 2012

A whole lotta frames.






You have been warned. This post has a lot of pictures of frames! I seem to keep finding pretty ones and since our home has an incredible amount of wall space - thanks to very high ceilings- I feel compelled to fill it up a little more.
You've already seen my frame earring display but today I thought I'd share a couple other ways I have used thrifted frames in my home.
I found these little frames on a garage sale and I thought they'd be great to attach magnets to and use on the fridge. After all who doesn't like to pretty up their fridge a bit. They look nice too with our scrabble magnets.
before:
The first frame was filled with a gorgeous card I found at a garage sale. I then printed a lovely quote for the second frame but decided it looked nice on top of my wardrobe so I didn't end up adding magnets.


Another way to update a tired old frame is to turn it into a pinboard.

I found this old frame on a garage sale and  was already pleased with the colour but needed to find the perfect use. Since I'm setting up my office area I decided I could do. This was super easy and took next to no time to complete.

I had an old pinboard from an old craft project which I didnt really like and decided to cut up and make into a few other pinboards that I would actually like and use.
I simply cut the old corkboard to size using regular old scissors and inserted it. For finishing touches I added
my scrabble thumb tacks.
Woohoo you've made it to the end of this frametastic post.
I'm linking up with Southern Lovely ,We Like To Learn As We Go,The Shabby Creek Cottage,Someday Crafts

Happy thrifting 
Lisa x

4 comments:

  1. Thanks for the inspiration and getting motivated to do something with all the frames I keep collecting.

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    1. Happy to inspire. I'll keep checking your blog and see what you do with your frames:)
      L x

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  2. I love love love frames/photos/quotes and I really want to turn awesome old picture frames into blackboards! The pin up board one looks great! Thanks for the ideas x

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    1. Hehe I've had to expand from blackboards as I just have too many now but chalkboard paint is absolutely amazing. I actually had another frame exactly like the pin up board and I turned that into a chalkboard but I felt like I've already posted up too much of my chalkboard paint love :)
      L x

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