Displaying your prints photos or art.
Making frames for artwork.
Paint the frame s choose one or two paint colors that correspond with the color scheme in your home.
For original paintings you can choose a traditional frame where the canvas painting sits to the inner edge of the frame the lip of the frame and the painting is mounted through the back of the frame.
Whatever it is that you will display in your diy frames go get it.
Making your own picture frames can be a fun and rewarding project and one that saves you some dough compared to paying for custom framing.
But picture frame molding already comes routed with a rabbet cut in various depths so all you have to do is cut the molding at 45 degree angles and voila.
Use the color or colors to paint your frame s.
Type of artwork the type of artwork you are framing whether a painting or a print photograph can determine the type of frame you can have.
It doesn t really matter which size s of frames you purchase.
But there are a few tips to keep in mind that will make.
How to mat and frame artwork finding artwork you love is a lengthy and expensive process.
Make custom art using anything flat from a vintage album cover to a page from a book or magazine.
Typically when making your own picture frames you need a router or a table saw to create this groove called a rabbet sounds like rabbit.
As long as your artwork is smaller than the frame that s the important thing.