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Giant Frame Wall Art

We built a large muliti section picture frame. The frame itself was 7 feet tall by about 14 feet wide. We used materials from the Stott family's old barns. The frame we made was about 3" thick.

Materials Needed:
100 feet of board about 1" to 3/4" thick.
Floral art paper for the backing

Procedure:
1.) Start by building the frame. For the vertical pieces, measure the inside dimensions of your frame. Cut pieces to fit inside the frame and attach. You can make your own call on the spacing between each one.
2.) The next step is to do the horizontals. This will be more time consuming because for this size frame there will be a lot of pieces. Measure the inside dimensions between the verticals. Cut your pieces to fit inside and attach horizontally throughout the frame. You can make your frame sizes different or make them all the same.
3.) Once the frame is finished we will start on the backing. We used assorted kinds of floral art paper with some texture and real flowers and leaves in it. Turn the frame over to the back. To attach your backing, use a staple gun to go around the edges and staple down the fabric or paper. Use a ruler or straight edge to get the staples straight in the places you are unable to see.
4.) Since we used old wood and wanted to leave the color intact, we sprayed our frame with a polyacrylic clear finish. Paint or stain desired color and start placing pictures or anything you want framed.

Because it is a big piece make sure to place hangers in wall studs or something that will hold the weight.