Or you could go the old fashioned way with a Miter box and a Hand Saw for about 8 bucks. Happy framing, guys! This is simply to get rid of burrs. E: info framing4yourself. Mark the lengths on the outside edges of the moldings and cut the degree corners in a miter box Photo 1.

When you make picture frames, measuring accurately is crucial. Repeat for each of the four frame sections until you have four frame sections miter cut at each end. Test the pairs of frame sections for exact length by laying the frames on their backs and lining up the miters. If you detect a discrepancy, sand to correct the miters using a rotary sander. See the Logan Elite Precision Sander.

Put a dot of wood glue on the miter face. Do not use Gorilla Glue. Then clamp two mitered moulding sections into a corner clamp. Tighten the clamp. The joiner shown here is the Logan Studio Joiner but there are other joiners.

To see an article comparing the different joiners, click here. A V-Nail is a V-shaped staple with a sharpened edge. Place it on the nose of the frame joiner sharpened edge down. The nose of the frame joiner is a magnetic pin protruding from a black cylinder.

The V-Nail with cling to it. Turn the clamp over so the moulding is ornamented side down. Slide the moulding under the magnetic nose of the joiner red arrow. You are ready to make a picture frame. Arrange the V-Nail so the wings are on either side of the seam and press down on the lever.

The magnetic pin retracts into the cylinder and the V-Nail is squeezed firmly into the wood at the back of the frame. Careful not to take any length off, though! Once everything is dry and sanded, lay out your frame upside down.

The baseboards have a slight angle to them, so I used scrap pieces of moulding under each side to make the frame corners line up. Carefully lift the corners and glue each angle together with wood glue.

I also went back with wood glue and painted a little into any gaps in the corners when the frame was laying upside down. Once this glue dries for a couple of hours, attach 2 corner braces Make A Picture Frame From Moulding Guide in each corner. We put them on the raised part of the back of each baseboard to give us a little thicker wood to screw through. Use your finger to smear a little bit of caulk over any gaps, then wipe excess away with a wet paper towel.

You might need to do this two times to really fill in the gaps. I wanted my frame to have an antiqued look to it, so I gave the frame a base coat of black matte paint. This base coat does not have to be perfect by any means.

Allow it to dry for about an hour before moving on. For my gold layer, I used this paint in the color Champagne Mist. It is a gorgeous paint and I love the color. Make sure your Make A Picture Frame From Moulding Javascript paint is completely dry and go over the raised edges very lightly with a finer grit sandpaper.

Going over very lightly with the sandpaper gave it just a little bit more wear and really brought out the black undertones. I used a wire picture hanging kit to hang Build A Picture Frame From Moulding Zip this frame. This allowed the frame to sit off of the wall a little bit, which was needed since our canvas is just a little bit thicker than the finished frame.

Double check your kit to make sure it supports the weight of the frame. This frame makes me smile every time I walk in our Build A Picture Frame From Moulding Words bedroom now. I am so incredibly pleased with how it turned out and how I saved literally hundreds over having a frame made for this canvas. Happy framing, guys! If you want to check out more of my DIY project, click here.

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I wanted to find out what the depth of your canvas painting is, in order to compare to what I am dealing with. Want to make sure mine is not to thick for this type of frame.

Thanks, Sarah. This one is a. It might sit off the wall a little, but I used hanging wire on the back — so the wire would just reach a little bit further back to the wall if that makes any sense at all. Will this kind of overlap between 2 mouldings support the weight of the acrylic glass?

Hi, could you please tell me how did you attach the canvas to the frame? Maybe with some photos? Thank You, Cecilia.

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