Reframing old paintings

I never quite felt like a real adult until I framed my first piece of art. All through college, I pinned giant collages of unframed art to my walls like a life-size scrapbook. Post-grad, I’ve slowly started framing my favorite pieces. Custom framing is expensive, so I scour thrift stores for well-made frames with glass and hit up my local art supply store for the rest of what I need to do my own custom framing. Ready to get started?

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Upcycle ugly art and paint over an old canvas! This is a great way to repurpose old canvases and mass produced art with a few simple tips!

I showed this floral oil painting to you in my master bedroom progress post here. I found it on a road trip years ago in a little second hand shop in Kagawong, a small town

Hello lovelies!! Today, I'm back sharing how you can create brand new wall art with old frames and transfers! If you were expecting a round of smalls today, don't worry, I will be back with those on Thursday. Redesign with Prima recently released a whole bunch of brand new transfer designs, and I just received

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Hey ya'll! Well, we are still in the throes of laying tile in the basement. It's going along at a decent pace, so I'm hoping to have a few in-progress pics to show you eventually. They may not be pretty pics, but I'll show you anyways. Jesse has been doing most of the heavy lifting, so while he's been busy downstairs, I've been working non-stop trying to finish up the rest of the upstairs. It's a deal we struck. He got the short end of the stick. The 'rest of the upstairs' basically includes…

Thrifted art is so easy to come by, but often it needs some TLC! Learn how to update thrift store art with 1 simple step for a vintage look.

Update old artwork by changing the matte and painting the frame with chalk paint! The look is fresh and very easy to achieve!