If You Like It, Then You Should’ve Put A ‘Frame’ On It

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March 27, 2013 by Decorum DIYer

Have you ever owned a piece of artwork or two, or three, or four that just didn’t work in your space because the scale was all wrong?

You know, everything about the art works with the room: the subject matter, the colors, the style, but the piece, or even pieces, are just too small.

Although, I haven’t shown you Ascher’s nursery (previously Claire’s nursery) yet,

I had this very problem with the artwork above the changing table.

But first, I had to change out those coral/seashell prints for something less feminine:

(Ignore the awful photo. You get the idea.)

A better subject matter for a little boy, but the scale was all wrong and there was nothing to define the space above the changing table.

My solution?

Put a frame on around it!

Sure, I could have searched for a large frame the perfect size, or had my husband build me one, or even just purchased new artwork, but you know me…, I solved my problem with paint!

I’d seen something similar via a Pottery Barn catalog, which was helpful in convincing my husband.  Then, I saw this pin on Pinterest.

This was really easy to do.  I only required the following supplies:

• paint (of your color choice)
• painter’s tape (I used FrogTape.)
• level
• pencil
• and a bit of confidence with a plan

Here’s a progression of photos.  It was looking pretty scary throughout the process, but I really love the finished product.

First: Drew my plan using a pencil and a level. Then I taped according to my ‘framed’ pencil lines.

Next, I painted the inner frame band in Behr’s ‘Cottage White’.

Followed by my second color choice (colonial farmhouse red) for the outer frame.

Remove all of the tape, and voila!

The trick to getting such a clean line is to use the appropriate painter’s tape and to first paint the tape’s edge’s with a coat of the wall’s base color. Seals the edges! No seepage!

Add your photos/art.

Looks great, doesn’t it?

Of course, if you don’t want to (or can’t) paint, you could always use washi tape.  OOOooh, think of the possibilities.  Next time, I’ll show you how I added Ascher’s initials to the frame without using purchased vinyl decals or a Silhouette machine.  I’ll also share some other little embellishments around Ascher’s nursery. (Pssst, you can see those here!)

Want to see the entire nursery that was pieced together for only $46.00 dollars?

You can see that post here!

Until next time…, happy decorating and painting!

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