What Our Crew Would Do- Shanna

Hey Everyone! This is Shanna from The Wood Connection in American Fork! Today I'm giving a tutorial on how I've painted one of the frames with a fun chevron pattern! For this project I chose the "Sarah" 8x10 frame which sells for $13.95.

I started by sanding the frame around the edges. Then I painted the face of the frame with the lightest color. The colors I chose were White and Empire Gold. I only painted the face of the frame because I wanted the edges to be gold.

Next, using a pencil and a ruler I drew a grid on my frame so that when I created my chevron stripes they would be the same size and angle. I found it easier to find the middle and work my way out to the edges.

Then I used masking tape and created my chevron pattern how I wanted it to be. I went from the corner of one square diagonally across to the opposite corner of the square 2 over and down. Make sure that you really press the edges of the tape down good. So you don't get much bleeding under the tape. After I finished taping my lines I went back and erased my pencil marks where I could so I didn't have to do so many coats to cover up the pencil marks.

Next I painted a couple of coats over the top with the Empire Gold (sorry I forgot to take a picture). And then when it was dry I peeled off the tape.

I then went over and erased the pencil marks leftover on my white stripes. And did any touch-ups that needed to be done along the stripes or to cover any remaining pencil lines.

After touch-ups I painted the outer and inner edges with Empire Gold as well. And sprayed two coats of clear acrylic sealer over the top and added my glass and picture back into the frame! We sell 8x10 glass for $1.95 and a piece of backing to hold the picture in place for $1.00.

And there you go! A super fun and funky frame to display pictures and add some flare to those gallery walls!