Her Paint Process Turned These Ordinary Frames Into Masterpieces!

The frames had a gold-type finish to begin with but surprisingly, even though she wanted a specific gold finish, she started painting with blues and yellows mixed with some plaster of Paris.

Here is what she had to say about it:

I mixed up some homemade chalk paint using SW Copen Blue, some plaster of Paris, and a little yellow craft paint. I was going for a sea foam sort of color, and the Copen Blue was not quite green enough on its own.

I chose to use chalk paint because the frames had a slick, plastic-y finish, and I wanted to be sure the paint would adhere. Both frames got two good coats of the pale blue-green, with an extra effort to get into the cracks and crevices.

I then painted lightly (with zero effort to get into the cracks and crevices) over both frames with plain ol’ cheap gold craft paint. You can see how the pale blue-green peaks through:

I thought the result was a little too bright, so I followed up with some Rustoleum stain in Kona on a paper towel (just wiped on and rubbed off) to soften the shine a bit.