My roommate Emily had a great idea for a poster frame to go in the living room of our new place. Thought I would share it here since so many people loved the Doorknob Coat Rack I did a while back.
We started with an old salvaged window. One side of the window was an awesome reddish-brown, but we wanted the hardware to face out, so we ended up painting it. I used some of the leftover paint from a bookcase Jason and I built. I only put one coat on and streaked the paint a bit to let some white or chipping show through - get a bit of a distressed feel.
Once the paint was dry, we had to get the poster to lie out flat on it. This was the scene in our kitchen for several days... see the cool color on the flip side?
Once the poster was flat, we put magnets on both sides of the glass to hold it in place. The poster is behind the glass to protect it. I used some eyelet screws and wire from an art frame I reclaimed to mount the whole thing on the wall.
Couldn't resist getting my pic in here too I suppose...
Closeup shot of the magnets and some of the distressed paint.
I plan on hitting up some of the local reused and reclaimed building supply stores in order to get another window. The plan is to get one that hangs lengthwise with another poster. Cool matching tip - paint things that are similar but don't match the same color to bring them together visually
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