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Chalk Painting Old Vintage Frames White & Creating a Neutral Gallery Wall

March 6, 2019 / 741 Comments

Vintage picture frames come in all sizes, colors, and shapes, but to create a refreshing spring look I decided to find a stack of pretty frames and paint them all white with chalk paint! I found all the picture frames from thrift stores, and because they are vintage they are usually gold. I do love a gold frame display, but especially for Spring I wanted a lighter and brighter look. Here is how easy it is to chalk paint old picture frames for a fresh new farmhouse look that you can create at home with this easy DIY project.

To begin, find yourself a stack of old vintage frames in varying sizes. I went with all rectangles here, but ovals are also very cute. The more ornate the frame, the better it will look! Some of the frames I found were actually already varying shades of white, but they did not look nice when put together so I decided to paint them all the same color of chalk paint. I love Chalked in Linen chalk paint – it is a good price, paints easily, is a true white and dries nicely. I also use this set of chalk paint brushes for all my projects. Below are the frames I collected and I just love how ornate these frames are!

Cover your workspace, open your chalk paint, stir/mix well, and you are ready to paint your frames.

Use thin coats. You need to do a base coat, wait for it to dry about 20 minutes or so, and then do a second layer. You will have nice, even coverage if you paint in thin coats.

The small, pointed chalk brush is amazing for painting old vintage frames. It gets into all those little details – look how well it covered this frame!

You can see in the frame below that the new white is very different from the original color. All the frames will match when you are finished!

When you are finished, let them dry for about 20 minutes then add a second coat. Your frames should look like this when they have both coats on.

It takes just about an hour to complete 5 frames. When you finish chalk painting all your old vintage frames, you will have a set of beautiful white farmhouse shabby chic frames to decorate with!

I like to display a mixture of black and white art prints (typically that I find thrifting) in varying sizes and shapes of frames. Add some chippy accent pieces like corbels or toss in some potted greens in white pitchers and you have a beautiful shabby shelf display!

Decorating above our TV has always been a challenge for me, especially because the TV in against a small wall in the livingroom and it is hard to add large furniture to the area to hide it. These DIY chalk painted picture frames are the perfect solution! Light and airy and full of farmhouse charm, they definitely perk up the TV area and make it look much better!

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