Framed Vintage Key Display

August 18, 2021

Framed Vintage Key Display

Happy Wednesday everyone!

How has your week been going? My son decided he wanted to do something different with his bedroom, including rearranging his furniture and adding a different paint colour to his walls. You know how I love a makeover! And this one was well overdue. So we have been busy painting and redecorating. Stay tuned for the big reveal. 😊

I have small project to share with you today that I completed this week. It was another one of those trial and error attempts. I had a bunch of vintage clock and door lock keys stashed in a drawer that I have been wanting to display somehow/somewhere for a while now.

So I came up with this framed vintage key display!

I started out with an old photo frame. I removed the inserts.

And then took out the metal clips on the back with the pliers. They were tough little buggers. 😠

I also had a few planks of wood that had been joined together for another project which I decided to use as backing. So I marked out the length of my frame and cut the planks to fit. The width was fine already.

To attached them together, first I covered the back of the frame with wood glue, then screwed through the existing holes on the old planks.

Where I wanted to add more screws, I pre-drilled first. (Always a good idea with pine so it doesn't split.)

While I was drilling and screwing, I attached a metal wire so I could hang my display on the wall.

I decided to use my own chalk paint mixture (grout and flat white paint) to paint the entire piece.

Then I lightly distressed the edges of the frame with a sanding block.

I worked out where and how I wanted my keys positioned and then glued them on with my hot glue gun.

Then I hung it on the wall. I liked it, but it was too white and blended too much with the wall.

So I got out my Rustoleum Brown Decorative Glaze and went over the frame, then lightly on the backing. But I still wasn't convinced. It just looked a bit "fake".