Recently I needed to frame a couple of large pieces (one photo, one painting) and wanted to avoid the high cost of standard framing. Check out my solution of recycling inexpensive thrifted frames:
Here was my first item, a picture of my Husby at work. I know, I know, he's super cool.....😍
I love this photo of my husband (in action welding some pipe) and had it printed in a 16x20
After looking briefly at Walmart, I saw that a photo frame this size was going to be around $25, unless I went with a lesser quality (read-not as pretty) poster frame for around $6.
My other item was this painting of my daughter that was created by my Grandpa. I know, I know, he's super....talented 😄
This watercolor is amazing and also pretty big, measuring 12 x 17.5
I didn't even bother pricing frames for the painting because by this point I had an idea.....
Thrifted Frames!
Why not buy super cheap framed art, already furnished with pretty frames, and just swap out the pictures? Genius!
I found the large sketch at Goodwill for $6.99, but the 50% off color-of-the-week tag brought it down to a mere $3.50! That very same day, literally on the way to Goodwill, I passed a yard sale and found the framed painting for $2!
If you are keeping track, that's a whopping $5.50 for two very large, sturdy frames. Yes! 😎
Fresh Paint
After taking the frames apart I gave them a clean coat of gold paint before inserting my photo and painting. In the interest of total transparency, I'll admit that I was actually out of gold spray paint (the horror!) and had to pick up a new can at $5. You can go ahead and add that to the project total if you'd like 😉
And here they are all done, not too bad for under $11!
This project worked out so well that I've already added three more large frames to my stockpile. They were only a dollar apiece at a church sale that I visited yesterday so I snapped them up. I also found some Jadeite and so many craft items, but I'll have to share that at a later time.
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I hope you enjoyed this thrifting post, thanks for stopping by!
This project worked out so well that I've already added three more large frames to my stockpile. They were only a dollar apiece at a church sale that I visited yesterday so I snapped them up. I also found some Jadeite and so many craft items, but I'll have to share that at a later time.
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I hope you enjoyed this thrifting post, thanks for stopping by!
-Jennifer
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