I had never in my life used stain, let alone used it to "paint" with. But when my friend and I (hi Linds, if you're reading this! ) had a yard sale this summer and she was about to put it on the free table, I asked her if I could take it. I really had no idea what to do with it, so it just sat for a while.
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(The color she gave me was English chestnut.)
I had been hating the "tackyness" of my gold frame for a while now. I am ashamed to admit this sat in my house for almost 3 years this way. In my defense, I love Monet and I purchased it at a church yard sale so kids could go on mission trip to Ecuador. That is a deadly combination for me, by the way. As if I need any more incentive to go to a yard sale!
Anyway, I figured it would be impossible to get uglier, so I simply brushed two coats of the stain on, and this was the result.
It has a much more coppery look to it, and it picks up the reddish browns from the print. I most definitely have not cleaned the bottom yet - you can see where my horrible painting ability got on the glass (I couldn't take the print out because it was professionally done.)
Simple, easy, and best of all?
FREE.
![ASPTL](http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/ee349/GDest07/Kimba/kimbabutton.png)
Linking up to Kimba's site!
Very inspiring! I hate to think how many frames I've let go just because they were ugly. Great site!
ReplyDeletelooks good....
ReplyDelete(linds) :)
Neat idea, it looks great. I never thought of using stain over a gold frame like that.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea!! It looks so much better with the stain! :)
ReplyDeleteLooks so neat! Thanks for the idea. I wouldn't have thought of that.
ReplyDeleteNancy
free! best price. I'm glad you took the plunge and tried something new! It looks a lot better.
ReplyDeletegail