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7th June 2022

EASY DIY PICTURE FRAMING TRICK

Interiors - By Alexandra Stedman

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I’ve painted a lot of frames before, but thanks to Alex Beard I was recently inspired to try painting picture mounts in the same colour as the frame. And I have to say, it is a gamechanger!

Having saved all of our tester pots from the renovations I was *almost* ready to clear them out, but this is such a great use for them I’m really pleased I kept them. I’d had some Wilko frames for years and they were feeling a bit lacklustre, so they were ripe for a transformation. 

One of my previous frame makeovers

If you haven’t got any old frames lying around and don’t want to buy new ones, this makeover would work equally well on charity shop frames – I’ve also done this before with great results. Don’t be afraid to freestyle – if it’s not possible to take the picture out of the frame (sometimes they’re taped shut), paint comes off glass very easily, so don’t stress if you make a mistake.

The art below is by Poppy BH which I bought from the Studio Sale via The Auction Collective. Because it has raw edges I thought it would look better on top of the mount rather than hiding underneath it and I must admit, it looks as good as taking it to a framer! Here’s how I did it…

Step 1. Sand your frame

Step 2. Paint your frame – I’m using an old tester pot of Farrow & Ball ‘De Nimes’

Step 3. Paint your picture mount in the same colour – this took five coats

Step 4. Put it all together!

By Alexandra Stedman

Fashion Editor, Blogger, Realist

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Comments

  1. Charlotte Hoare says

    5th January 2023 at 4:31 pm

    I love this idea and I’m really keen to give it a go! I’ve potentially got a very silly question… what type of tester paint are you using? Interested as you’ve managed to use it on the frame on mount.

    Thank you! X

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