Picture Make-Up

I scored when I bought this at the thrift store for $6.99.  It was too great of deal to pass up because it was signed and the print was numbered.  The picture does not work in our house, but would be great in the cabin except the color scheme is wrong.  The blue mat and whitish blue accents in the frame (may be hard to see in picture) drew out way too much blue to match the room it is going in.

An easy way to solve this problem if you come across it,  is disassemble the picture and spray paint the mat the color you want.  No need to prime the mat first. This frame was wood so I ran a light sandpaper over the frame one time and stained it.  This removed the white/blue color to it.  If you have a non-wood frame, just prime it with a spray paint primer and then spray paint it the color you want.

I get almost all my pictures from thrift stores and do this to them.  

Before:

Close up of the frame before (there really are no marks on the mat, the picture I took just makes it look that way)

After:

 Frame after stain.  It's hard to see the difference from the pictures, but there definitely is one.

I went from a picture that would not work to one that will look great for $7 some spray paint and stain.  I love saving money!

Keep on junkin'!