I love frames whether picture frames, window frames, mirror frames, I love decorating with them all, especially when they are antique/distressed. So, this post is going to show you how to turn basic black 8x10 frames that you can get at any dollar store into beautiful distressed décor pieces.
I saw a video on Facebook the other day of a lady doing this, and I had to give it a try to see if it actually worked, and it does! And it's very simple.
All you need is:
1) Paint
2) Frames
3) Bar Soap
Yes, a bar of soap. I thought it was crazy, too. But it does work.
Take the glass and back out of your frame (if it has it) and then take your bar of soap and rub it all over the frame. Make sure you cover the corners and any other areas where you want it to look extra worn/distressed very well.
After you covered your frame with soap, paint the entire frame. I used a light grey chalk paint for mine, but you could use anything! I think using some colors like a bright yellow or red would be very pretty to do this with if you wanted your frames to make more of a statement.
Make sure you cover it very well. It will look awful at this step but that's ok! When I did the first one (pictured below), I thought that this was going to be such a waste of time and materials, but believe me, it will look good at the end!
Let the paint dry for a few hours. Then, lightly scrape over the entire frame. You can use practically anything to scrape it. I used the end of my paint brush, the side of the glass that was in the frame, a pencil... anything works!
Just keep scraping until your happy with how it looks, and there you have it!
These can be used for their intended purpose of displaying pictures, or can be sat around or hung empty for décor in any space!
Happy Decorating!!!
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