I found this dimentional frame at a thrift store and painted it black with Rub'N Buff pewter highlights. I had my husband cut it to fit over the shadow box pictured below.
Above: this box was (from Marshall's) a shell in a shadow box. I know the glare from the window behind blocks the actual contents of frame. Below: the results. A more textured substantial picture. I placed a bracket shelf I found at Ross under it to appear as holding it up. They were similar in carvings.
Below: This frame was made out of left over Red Oak flooring. I used gel stain to match my cherry furniture and stamped leaves on it with gold paint.
Below: When we were in a different home we made this mirror for the buffet below it. We used stair tred left-overs from a job and made the large frame and put the mirror in. I used to work where they sold mirrors and we could have the left over pieces. They polished the edges for me and we made the frames around those sizes. We made the smaller mirror and I gel stained the cherry bands you see, then we siliconed the smaller frame onto the mirror in the larger frame. We had a maple wall unit that we wanted to match at the time.
Beaded necklaces that are sold at yard sales and flee markets that are no longer in style (or not your style) can be put on a picture frame like this one I did on an 8"X10" frame. I just glued it on an existing frame.
I put a candle holder on it to show you what I meant by a stand! The mirror has bolts on the sides to tighten so it won't move so it is sturdy. What a great lift for some Christmas stuff!
I put a candle holder on it to show you what I meant by a stand! The mirror has bolts on the sides to tighten so it won't move so it is sturdy. What a great lift for some Christmas stuff!
