revamp & repurpose | old frame into chicken wire photo display

Hey everyone! Today, I present to you an easy, 20-minute project (one I wish I would've done a whole lot sooner). I call it "the chicken wire photo display".

 

Supplies I used:

An old, boring frame

Sandpaper

A chain

Chicken wire

A staple gun

Photos and other memorabilia

Wire cutter

Tape measurer

Mini clothes pins

Sandpaper? A Chain? Weird ingredients for a photo display, right?

The first thing I did was take the back, photos, and glass out of the frame. Then the fun part began! I used the sandpaper to kind of rough up the wood of the frame, then I (kind of) gently hit it with a chain to put some dings and dents into it. It sort of gave it an old, worn out look. Beav said, "Whoa, you really took a big chunk out there!"

Yeah. It's a great project for if you have a lot of built-up anger.

Next, I measured my frame and cut the chicken wire to the appropriate size. I then simply flipped over the frame and stapled the chicken wire to the back of it. I clipped my photos up with my mini clothes pins, and wah-la: a fancy, new, shabby-chic photo display (all made with recycled materials!)

LOVE.

Notes about this project...
- The mini clothes pins were kind of a pain to work with. I broke a few on accident just by "opening" them up.
- I wish I had close-ups of the dents and dings that the chain put into the wood. You get the idea by looking at where the missing wood is, right? Haha.

Love,

Kalli