Easy DIY Chicken Wire Photo Holder From a Thrifted Frame
Make a quick and easy chicken wire photo holder from a thrift store frame for super cheap. Perfect gifts for teens, moms, and weddings or fun home decor.
Yield: 1 frame
Calories:
Cost: $10
Equipment
- Sandpaper (optional to distress)
- Light duty wire cutters (you can also use the wire-cutting part on most needle-nosed pliers since this wire is very thin)
- Staple gun and staples
Materials
- 1 Thrifted frame in desired size
- Paint for frame (if painting) – spray paint or acrylic
- Chicken wire to fit frame opening
- Duct tape for back (to protect wall) – optional
- Picture hangers
- Mini clothespins
Instructions
- Paint frame and let dry thoroughly. We needed a few coats and ended up brushing paint on in order to fill all the little holes in the frame.
- Distress frame, if desired, by sanding edges with rough sandpaper.
- Measure chicken wire to opening of frame and cut to size with wire cutters.
- Staple chicken wire to the back of the frame, pulling gently to make wire taunt and evenly spaced (the wire can easily be bent).
- If you want to protect the wall surface like we did, you can cover all the edges of the chicken wire with duct tape.
- Apply picture hangers, if needed. For our daughter’s college room, we are using velcro picture hangers since you can’t nail anything to the walls.
- Use the mini clothespins – or another type of clip that would work – to hold photos and mementoes.
