Metal Artwork Before and After

Remember when I showed you the metal artwork I recently bought? Well, today I thought I'd show you how my hubby transformed it for me. Here's a before pic:

I loved it, but I didn't think it was substantial enough for that big wall. I felt it needed a little something extra to take up more wall space.

I do love the chicken wire though!

I decided to have my hubby make a wooden frame for it. I wanted to paint the frame grey and then distress it a little.

Here's the frame he made. He just bought two 4 inch cedar fence pickets and one 6 inch fence picket. The were all in the clearance bin, so he only paid about $2 for all three.

This is the primer I used. You can see I also used my PAINTER'S PYRAMIDS. :)

Here it is after I primed it.

These are the paints I used. Valspar "cathedral stone" and a white acrylic paint in "snowflake." First I put a light coat of cathedral stone on with a regular paint brush. Then after that dried, I mixed the white acrylic paint with some water and applied it with a damp paper towel to give it a distressed look, especially around the corners. 

And here's the finished product! I'm much happier with how much space it takes up now. 

Here's a closer look.

I love how the paint turned out. 

Here's another look at the whole thing. (I'll show you more of the whole wall/room with the big paint reveal post Friday) The frame is independent of the metal art. I wanted to keep them as two separate pieces in case I ever change my mind and want to use them separately. 

And that's it! Thanks for stopping by!

~Lisa

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