Getting My Craft On (DIY Gallery Wall)

 

I have hated these little empty walls to the left and right of my front door for a long time, but hadn't figured out what to put there until recently. Well, until six months ago when I got an art catalog in the mail and clipped some images out: 

Now, six months later, I finally got around to making my art walls.  Here is what I did:

I bought 8 frmaes from Michaels, not paying any attention to the color, only to the mat sizes. I got lucky and found frames with mats to fit (more or less) each print.

Here is an example:

To make them, I removed the back plate from each frame, as most of them were meant to be table top frames.  I taped the new prints into place:

Then I used Gold Rub n Buff on the frames:

I love how they look a little messy and aged.And I assure you, this was sheer laziness. I had wanted to use gold spray paint, but my Michael's stopped selling it, so I used Rub n Buff.  I'm glad I did:

I don't love this messiness - I have to do the inside edges now to "fix" that:

And here they are all hung.  I have more clippings, so I might actually add one or two more to each side of the front door:

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