Gold Painted Frames: From Cheap to Fab
Channel: Old World Farm House
Date: 03/07/2021

Photo Credit: The Breakfast Room, Calke Abbey, Phil Sangwell, United Kingdom, Wikimedia Commons Uploaded by oxyman, CC BY 2.0  https://bit.ly/3zlJxvU

Painted picture frames add beauty for pennies. Chalk paint, spray paint, acrylic paint, latex paint, craft paint, even milk paint can work beautifully over inexpensive frames from the dollar store, Walmart, yard sales, or Goodwill. I love to paint picture frames because it's a quick and easy way to add interest to a room. Painting an old frame is a perfect way to start that gallery wall you've been dreaming of. Start with one painted frame and add on as you find more, or go out to your thrift store or dollar store and buy all the frames you want to fill up a wall, and paint them all at once.
I wanted some gold frames for my new cozy English style library. I had some old artwork in the form of posters, but posters were not going to fit my home decor vision. 

I wanted this room to look like that picture of Calke Abbey, this one here where there's these big beautiful oil paintings and these gold frames. Only problem is, I don't have big oil paintings and i don't have gold frames. So what to do? Can I turn these super cheap frames from Walmart into something that will look like a million bucks in my new English country house library? 


For this decor project, you will need:

Picture frame. Or picture frames. I used these from Walmart:
https://bit.ly/3woMPvX
https://bit.ly/3xlF7nC

drop cloth
https://bit.ly/3yorB2D

paint brush. I used this Purdy angled brush.
https://bit.ly/3htMbI1

damp cloth
https://bit.ly/3hu1bp7

sandpaper or sanding block
https://bit.ly/3dF2dNW

Valspar EE2015B, Driftwood, Interior Signature, Semigloss, Base B

Valspar Brilliant Metals Aged Brass
https://low.es/3wa9Yln