An added bonus, when painting furniture, you want to make sure to use a quality non-toxic furniture paint.Īpply the stain to your plywood board for your DIY picture frames, make sure to get around the edges. You can find great quality furniture paint and stains online HERE. Pay attention to the cut lines and make sure to smooth any rough edges. Now that you have your plywood cut, go ahead and sand it smooth.
The reason that I’m cutting the plywood this size is because the printables will be printed on standard 8 1/2″ x 11″ paper and I want a small 1/2″ border around the printable on all sides. There’s a sign on the machine that says ‘no precision cust, nothing smaller than 12 inches’ but it didn’t stop me from asking him to cut 9 1/2″ by 12″ – and he did ? I confess, that I feel a bit naughty when I have them cut my wood since I’m perfectly capable of doing it myself.
You can even cheat a little and have the lumber guy cut the plywood for you to save yourself the step. If you don’t, no worries, a quick run to Home Depot and were all set. This simple do it yourself picture frames project can be done with scrap plywood if you have any laying around. We are making a new display for these affirmations on a simple and easy DIY picture frame. This is the very sad, handwritten piece of paper that I have sitting on my desk. I no longer have that quiet alone time in the car so I need a new routine to remember my daily affirmations. But since retiring from the NYPD I have found it more difficult to ‘re-set’ my routine. I used to make it a regular part of my drive home from work each night. Before we get started on our DIY frames, I just want to share that I am a big fan of daily affirmations or positive affirmations.