Style your house with shabby canvas frames for the autumn

This is an article how to create shabby canvas frames in a DIY fashion, an original and economical way to renovate your home during the autumn in a few simple steps.

Like all seasonal changes also the arrival of autumn can be a good opportunity to renew the look of your home. Just a few small changes and decorative touches can transform a habitat of you home, like the living room. Here we will present some ideas of home decor for the autum. Today we want to guide you step by step in making shabby canvas frames, good idea to change the look of a wall and renew the image of a room. Here we go!

What you need:

canvas frames with visible veins

Stiff bristle brush

Sandpaper

Boater

Brush

Acrylic painting

Wax obtained by white candles

Transparent glue.

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How to:

1)	Take your canvas frames and scrape it by hand using sandpaper. Apply pressure, if the frame is already painted. Make sure to remove all the paint. If you start from raw wood, the work is definitely easier and faster. 2)	Scrape the frame vigorously with a copper wire brush trying to follow the grain of the wood. 3)	Using a brush the same size as your frame, paint the entire surface with an acrylic paint. You do not have to worry about being very precise, even strokes of inhomogeneous make the look of your frame even more special. Choose muted colours (eg white, cream or blue) for a shabby chic style setting. Be aware that even the most intense colours such as dark red or dark blue suit very well for pickled objects, for example, are perfect in a country kitchen. 4)	Melt the wax of a white candle in water (or you can simple purchase a wax paste) and when the acrylic paint is dry rub the wax over the entire surface of your frame. 5)	Passate a second coat of acrylic paint, choosing a colour in contrast to the first paint you used (eg blue for the first coat and dark blue for the second hand). 6)	Wait for the paint to dry, then rub hard the entire surface of wood with a scourer, in this way you will make the paint look below the layers and you will give your canvas frame the famous shabby effect. 7)	Protect your hard work with transparent glue. Now you're ready to hang your canvas frame!

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