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bushyp75

Trift Store Prints... should I paint the frames?

13 years ago
Putting on SW 7641 Collonade Gray wall, should I paint the frames yellow, blue, stain darker or just leave as they are?
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  • PRO
    13 years ago
    the art is framed well for the pieces, never frame art to "match" a room

    Comments (35)

    • 13 years ago
      I'd leave them, they accent the art nicely and warm up art that might otherwise be too cool in tone. I think they're charming as is.
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      nice, leave them

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    • PRO
      13 years ago
      you have a nice character with the art and the frame.......good design is knowing when to STOP
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      I was hoping to keep them 'as is', thanks for the reassurance
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      now get them one the wall!!!!!
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      I just picked them up today and my husband has promised to drill tomorrow. Will post final resting place
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      i suggest you hang them eye-level in the order you show them, with about 4 " between
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      Planning to hang above headboard of king size guest bed but layout and spacing is very helpful GARY. Thanks
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      I'd rather see them not above the bed.....things above the bed never get to be seen up close....do you have another wall or hallway....they would be great in a hallway used at the same level.....scattered around
    • 13 years ago
      @Gary Finley, ASID..where have u been hiding?
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      JAYMMMMME............................i checke dfor you when I started today
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      thought maybe you went out and got yourself a LIFE
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      a LIfe outside HOUZZ......always love seeing you
    • 13 years ago
      I'd like to see a richer stain, love a espresso/mahogany with gray.
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      espresso will give them that "pottery barn" look.......someone nailed it with the original framing ....leave well enough alone....... dont make them "typical" or 'common'
    • 13 years ago
      Add stain is easy...get some stain at hardware store, an old sock and wipe on. It will take prob less than 5 mins each frame.
    • 13 years ago
      It will bring them to the current the decade, not pottery barn,
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      easy to mess them up......they seem nice and well done. why would one want to draw attention to the frame....?
    • 13 years ago
      Each print has a dark (black) feature in it, with a darker frame...it will look more uniform...not blah.
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      well there is always two + ways to see anything........I believe once they are understood for what they are the will be accepted
    • 13 years ago
      She asked, I have an opinion. If they looked right to begin with...they'd be on the wall.
    • 13 years ago
      I'd say leave the frame if the matting was different, like a dark border beneath the white. Again, my opinion. :)
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      there's right and wrong ways to see things...............................(;
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      to the blah point.......I like to let the mat and the frame help to separate the 'subject' from the wall.......blah can be a good thing to 'set the image up' to be seen....just my thoughts....
    • 13 years ago
      @Gary...HA!! I was out "working for a livin"...Where or where have you been keeping yourself?
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      Husband agrees with not hanging about the bed so we will try in our guest hallway this weekend
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      good deal............................nice save husband !
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      Jayme: Orange County House of Design for the Philharmonic kept me busy,..............check out my striped chairs and contemporary ART
    • 13 years ago
      I like them as they are ,you could change the mat in them and try that .
    • 13 years ago
      Just my preference but I hate frames so I would paint the same color as the mat to make them disappear even more. I agree frames should never compete with the art.
    • 13 years ago
      what a great find. i would paint them black.
    • 13 years ago
      Check out pinterest or apartment therapy for inexpensive ideas for your headboard area. Putting art that you like there is like getting a tattoo on your back....you never see it. :)
    • 13 years ago
      I have two of those exact pictures and I framed them in black and I must admit the art pops more with the black frames.
    • 13 years ago
      Mine hang in a guest dressing area. Natural frames. They look great and despite the size, a simple push hanger holds them in place.
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