Yesterday I stained a picture frame! My mom gave me this picture she used to have hanging in her front room a few years ago (although every time she sees it she says I stole it). We have had it in our living room since we got married. The frame has never matched the other frames in my living room so I finally decided to do something about it. Here's what I did, you can decide for yourself if it turned out or if I ruined it... I'm still trying to decide myself.
Here it is... Pre-stain.
I sanded it down and used some handy dandy Rust-oleum stain (my favorite....although I have only stained something once before this *teehee*). I also had to tape around the frame because for the life of me I couldn't get the back off the frame!
I let it dry overnight and waalaa! It's a little shiny because apparently I didn't sand all the finish off and therefore it dried shiny on some places. Ah well. It's not perfect but I think it's better. Now I just need to figure out how to decorate my mantle, it's kind of hodgepodgey right now so if you have any suggestions let me know!
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