Decorating Ideas With Wall Frames

Empty Frames

• Paint several frames of different sizes in a single color. Once the paint dries, group them as a collage on an accent wall in your home. You can even overlap some of the frames in this imaginative wall hanging.

Big Frame, Small Art

• Hang three 8-by-10-inch white frames in an even horizontal row above your bed. Draw a simple 3-inch butterfly on the page of an old dictionary or encyclopedia. Using a craft knife, cut out the shape, slicing through several pages. You can craft each butterfly from six pages that you glue together. Inside each frame affix one of the cut-outs.

Free Hanging

• Create a room divider by hanging several unused wall frames from chains in the middle of a large room at different heights. You can also hang them from your carport eaves, creating the appearance of an outdoor room for entertaining.

Jewelry Holder

• Staple chicken wire or small link wire mesh to the back of an ornate wall frame, and snip off the sharp edges. Hang the frame near your dressing table to hold your collection of earrings and pins. If using chicken wire, you can clasp bracelets and necklaces around it as well.

Framed Color

• Transform an accent wall with a few innovative strokes of the paintbrush and well-placed wall frames. You'll want to hang your wall frame grouping, tracing the inside of each frame opening onto the wall with a pencil. Pulling down the frames, tape off each frame area. Paint the inside of the space with your choice of a single color or several bold colors. After allowing the paint to dry, hang the frames over these pops of color.

Framed Cups

• Decorate your kitchen with frames that also serve a practical purpose. You can hang several 5-by-7-inch frames on one wall. After screwing coffee mug hangers into the wall 2 inches from the top center of each frame, hang your collection of coffee mugs on the hooks for a stylish display that is also within easy reach when preparing your morning cup of Joe.

Hats

• Pull your resident ball player's hats from the closet. After painting the frames a neutral color or in his school colors, group the frames above his bed. Hang one hat in the center of each frame.

Living Art

• Hot glue floral foam to the back of a 16-by-24-inch metal wall frame, and staple black plastic over the floral foam. Once it is in place, screw a piece of plywood over the back. You'll need to soak the foam in water for about an hour. Cut the stems from two dozen of your favorite flowers so that only 2 inches are left on each. Insert the stems into the foam, and fill the gaps with fresh greenery. Each time you're ready for fresh flowers, simply remove the old ones and dry the foam in the sun for a day before adding a fresh arrangement.