Tuesday, April 10, 2012

IKEA project

So at the beginning of March, my mom was able to visit. I spent far too much money at IKEA, but it was worth it. No trip to IKEA is complete without an adventure in the as-is room, and I found a couple of doors that match my bookshelves/coffee table/entertainment center. They're not from the same "line", but they're the same wood type!

I'm probably not the first one to think of it, but my first thought was, "These would make awesome picture frames!!" There were a couple of them there, so I bought 3. 1 larger (the glass is about 13" x 13") and 2 smaller (the glass is about 4" x 13"). They all have the brown-black wood around the glass, about 4" wide or so. (I haven't done any real measurements, so these are all guesses.)

I was going to get a picture of my man & I printed for the large one and leave the smaller two empty, but I found some scrap material that I think I like almost as much. I had to buy picture frame hooks (about $2 at Walmart for a pack of 6) and the doors ($15 for the 3 of them). I already had the hooks to nail into the wall and the scrap fabric, so for $17 I think I did pretty well! I used IKEA picture hangers (the whole set is $4) that I had previously purchased. I put two picture frame hooks on the large door, it is kind of heavy and since I hung it over my bed I don't want it falling on me!