Love Frame....

Hi Everyone,

I'm starting a new Gallery Wall in the living room.... I have a few ideas for the wall and it may take a little while to have it completed so instead of waiting for the final reveal, I will show you what I'm creating as we go along.....

I bought this frame from the thrift shop last week. I had spotted it a week before and thought about it for a while. It was $6, a little steep, but I loved the pattern on the frame. 

Once I had bought it and was on my way home I realised that the frame was so musty, I couldn't bring it inside the house....

 

I quickly primed it to stop the horrible musty smell and painted it white..... 

Sean cut a piece of MDF to fit the back and I covered the wood with a piece of scrapbook paper... 

Thinking a white shell in the middle?

 I hated it!!!!!! It had to be changed... (don't you agree?)

 I dry brushed a brown colour along the raised pattern to add some dimension...

 I flipped the MDF over and glued 3 different pieces of scrapbook paper onto it - they kinda matched! 

I added a painted shell with thread and a "love" wood flourish (love the wood flourishes you get by KaiserCraft)... and lightly varnished it all.....

 I have to say I'm really happy the way my experiment worked out...

And it looks awesome up on the wall....

What do you think? 

Thanks for stopping by....

 

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