Repurposed Frame with a Textured Paint Treatment

Every once in a while I skip the thrift

store and go straight to the clearance department

of one of my favorite stores...

Marshall's and TJ Maxx have some great clearance

bargains... only most people don't know it.

On this trip I picked up several broken, scratched,

and damaged items from the clearance shelf.

These potentially beautiful frames were too 

scratched for Marshall's so they have them 

marked down about 3 times to $3.00. 

A great wooden frame for 3 bucks... I can do that!

My first step using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in 

Country Grey was to paint the frame with a very thick

coat. When that first coat was dry I went back in and

blobbed on more paint in areas then let that dry.

As you can see I was not too neat. 

Annie Sloan suggests you don't be too neat when 

you use her paint... she likes the old world look 

you can achieve by being just a little bit sloppy

when applying the paint. 

So I was.

When the paint dried I coated it with clear wax

then immediately used a coat of dark wax. The clear

wax first helps the dark wax move around on the 

paint evenly. Using dark wax only will cause the wax to 

soak into the chalk paint and be too blotchy. 

As you can see, the dark wax settled into all

the brush strokes and texture I created with 

a thick paint application.

I added a little bling to the top of my frame....

and now the Marshall's $3.00 frame is saved

from the Marshall's dumpster.

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