five refinished picture frames :)

[edenfalling]

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I mentioned a couple weeks ago that I was stripping and repainting some picture frames as a birthday present to my mom. In the event, I was able to finish five of them before I headed down to NJ for New Year's. The sixth is kind of broken, in the sense that its support wire both snapped and tore out of the frame, so we agreed I'd do that one last; Mom will pick it up in February.

Today Mom sent me photos of the pictures rehung on the walls of the upstairs hallway. I think they look pretty good. :)

(The pictures themselves are various scenic parts of Rome, which my grandparents purchased on a trip around 1950. I am not entirely sure of the medium, but I think it may be a combination of colored pencil and some kind of paint -- watercolor, perhaps.)


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Comments

[branchandroot]

Oh, those turned out really nicely!

Maybe a staple gun to replace the wire-anchor? If a small one can be had.

[edenfalling]

Thanks! Some of the fine detail of the frames got lost under the new paint -- the original paint was much thinner and more metallic, almost like actual super-fine gold foil, and the frames have a bunch of super-thin grooves to show it off -- but I think the trade is worth it to clean up sixty to seventy years of fading and flaking.

I think my mom's current plan is to take the last picture to a local frame shop and get their advice, because the backing is pretty chewed up where the wire tore loose.

[heliopausa]

They look great - and it's really good to see what we've been reading about. :)

[edenfalling]

Thanks!