I’m joining some of my blog buddies today to share some DIY farmhouse inspiration. This project comes straight from the heart of an old farmhouse! Well, its bones actually. We have a small pile of old lath boards that came from inside the walls of our farmhouse when we had to remove some of the badly damaged lath and plaster from our living room renovation. I love the idea of reusing these pieces of our home as decor! Check out this super easy DIY rustic frame tutorial.
I also have some vintage 4th of July printables for you to download!
Ready to start? Begin by pulling out any nails from the boards.
This project works best if there is about 1/4 inch of white space on each side of your print, so cut your print accordingly. Our printable has a printed area 7.5 x 10.5 inches, so we cut it so that the printed area + white space was 8 x 11 inches.
Measure the printed area of your print and then mark the height or width on your first board. We started with the top of the frame, so we measured the wood and marked out 7.5 inches for the width. From both ends of your measured area, draw a line out 45 degrees.
Then saw! We just clamped the wood down and used a simple hand saw. Easy peasy.
Repeat marking and cutting the other three sides, then line up your pieces. Go easy on yourself here! Our boards are old, crooked, and are of varying widths, so they were impossible to line up perfectly. Perfection is overrated anyway.
You can either use wood glue to attach the pieces together, or you can be lazy like me and use a staple. Don’t judge. We’re going for rustic here, people! I used a staple gun to staple the center of the seams.
Once you’ve stapled the front, flip the frame around and give each seam two more staples.
To attach the print, you have a few options. You can attach the print to a piece of cardboard or thin foam board and staple it directly to the back of the frame, or if you have a router, you can quickly route the inner edges of the frame. We did about 1/4 inch.
Then, you’ll just need a few of these little dudes:
They’re called glazier points, and you can find them at hardware stores and craft stores (check near the frames).
Place your print in the frame, and then secure it with glazier points by tapping the pointed end into the wood. I’m not sure which tool you’re technically supposed to use to tap the point into the wood, but we just used pliers and it worked great.
Add picture hanging hardware to the back if you’d like to hang the frame.
Here are those free printables I promised!
I added even more to my printables library, so be sure to sign up and check them out!
Don’t forgot to check out the rest the projects & get more summer DIY inspiration!
Click their names or photos below to see each blogger’s project!
Angie @ Knick of Time
Susan @ Love of Home
Julie @ Love My Simple Home
Laurie @ Vin’yet Etc.
Paula @ Sweat Pea
Tammy @ One More Time Events
Stacy @ Anastasia Vintage
Kim@ Hunt and Host
Tricia @ Suburban B*tches
Amy @ My Life From Home
Christen @ DIY Swank
Meg @ Hello Farmhouse
Tara @ Lehman Lane
Visit our hashtag #FarmhouseFriends on social media as well!
Your project is perfect for patriotic decor. I love that you made the frame from wood salvaged from your farmhouse. I’m new to your blog and I’m off to see more of your old home.
Thank you much, Paula!
So simple and lovely!
Thanks, Susan!
The frame is perfect for the printable…Love it!
Thank you, Tammy! I’d love to switch out the printable for each season!
I love how you reused the wood from your farmhouse to make this frame. Your printable is the perfect fit!
Julie @ Love My Simple Home
Thanks, Julie! We still have more lath boards left, so I’d love to find even more projects to do with them!
Hi Meg,
Great job on reusing your wood! Love the patriotic pics in your frame! Thanks for the downloads!
Thank you, Kim! Enjoy the printables! :)
I really love decorating with frames, this one is so lovely and would fit in right with my deco! So easy to make as well! Great idea! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, Katrin! I think I need to make more because I still have lots of prints to frame. I have plans for a gallery wall downstairs, and free frames are definitely the way to go!
We have plenty of old lath laying around and now I know exactly what I want to do with it :). Pinning!
Thanks, Tara! We have lots more, so let me know if you find any other neat ideas to do with them!
Nice project–I love using recycled wood. I’m a bit afraid of miters but I need to try!
Thanks, Lauren! This was my first time doing miters, but it wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be!
I love your gorgeous frame! Thanks for sharing your pretty patriotic project on this week’s #MondayFundayParty!
Oh my, I ‘m always on the lookout for lath, so many uses for this perfectly distressed wood! This frame is yet another perfect use, lovely job!
Thanks, Laurie! I still have more lath to use up so I’m on the hunt for more project ideas. Let me know if you have any!
I love the rustic frame and the printables are great! Pinned and Tweeted. Thanks for sharing at Snickerdoodle Sunday.
Thank you so much for sharing, Beverly!
I SO love this!! It turned out so great! :)
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What a clever idea!! I would never have thought to do that in a hundred years.
What a lovely effective project! I love it & quiet simple enough . Thank you !
I LOVE this! So cool–a great project. Thanks for the free printables!
Thanks also for sharing this at the Grace at Home party. I’m featuring you this week!
Wow thank you so, Richella ♥ I really appreciate you hosting your awesome link party!
Hi! I saw this on hometalk and jumped over to pin it from here.
I like it, staples and all. :)
Thank you for coming here to pin it! Glad you like my lazy staples! :)
Some wonderful creativity evident here :) quite impressive!
This is so pretty! Thank you for sharing at Dream. Create. Inspire. Link! I’ll be featuring this next week!
Thank you so much, Cat!
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simple but lovely. i love your creative idea, seems like making these things give you happiness everyday, right? xD
have a good day!
How easy and so cute!! Those printables are the cutest also!
I love that frame! How cool to have that old lath wood! Thanks for linking up at The Gathering Place.
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