It started with this art that I bought about 3 years ago for 5 dollars at a thrift shop. I intended on painting over it (this is what artists do) but liked the message so hung it on the wall and it’s been there ever since. When I was watching tell
It’s 36” long and 16” wide and about 1” deep. It was the perfect size to go on the side of my bookcase. Now all I had to do was figure out what I could attach to the back of it. I didn’t want to use wood. It’s too heavy and I am not about to saw
Well, well, well - I had these extra IKEA frames I couldn’t use because the plexiglas was so scratched. The backing of these frames is Masonite (I think). And I had three. And they were exactly 16” wide. Shut the front door!
I mean, what are the chances? The Masonite was 16” x 12” which fit almost perfectly on the back of that canvas. All that good karma from the canvas must’ve paid off. I just popped off that hanging hardware with a screwdriver & presto!
I laid the three of them on the back of the canvas and measured and marked each hole to be about 1 1/2” apart and made five rows. I grabbed some paint tubes and eyeballed how much space should be between rows.
I drilled the holes with my trusty Bosch drill. Just as an aside, I love this drill! It’s cordless and so easy to use. I hated asking (& waiting) for my husband to do stuff like this for me. And I am quite capable of learning anything (SO AR
I don’t care for cleaning (as you know by now) so I taped a trash bag to the outside of the island I was working on to collect the dust from the Masonite. I drilled all the holes first before attaching to frame. disclaimer - do not do this on y
I included a pic of the screws and nuts I used, although I used all different lengths of screws, which i do not recommend. If I were doing it again I would use 1 1/2” screws, that way it’s easier to put the nut on. It certainly wouldn’t hurt to ma
You also need some type of a wrench to hold the nuts on one side while turning the screw with the other hand. I love this little all in one thing. It’s very handy.
That’s basically it. One nut goes under, the other over and then the screw goes in. It was a lot of drilling but it went fast. The hardest thing to do was hold the nut with the wrench underneath while turning the screw with the screwdriver. I wo
I used picture hanging rings and attached to back of frame, put two really long screws on the side of my bookcase & hung it up.
I attached mine to the side of my bookcase because I like to use every space possible. The bookcase is mega-heavy, so it’s secure, but I could’ve just as easily attached to the wall or the inside of a closet.
As a bonus the frame was about 4” wider than the bookcase so you could see some of the words on the canvas, which didn’t make a whole lot of sense, so I grabbed my white paint (I knew just where it was) and whited out some of the words that you cou
Look often. ART. Love. Life World Love (that’s an ArtResin sticker) one day. Isn’t that fabulous!
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