Diy Frame Mat

And now for the best trick for budget friendly bright white diy photo mats.

Diy frame mat.

It drives me caaa razy. Here the image is cut apart each section mounted on 1 4 foam. Now my sweet attley has even more pink in her room and plenty of family photos. You can purchase custom mats however i chose to make mine for a fraction of the cost using foam board.

Huge impact low price. All of these can be found at craft or art supply stores. Beginning with a turquoise mat add 1 2 foam board on top and end with the addition of a white mat on top of the foam board. Check out that photo gallery wall that wound up being super affordable.

Because the print didn t fit. If you ve ever used the ikea ribba frames you ll know that the mats are more of a cream than a pure white. I love the addition of a mat to artwork. Picture frames mat board ruler cutting mat exacto knife pencil tape or hardware for holding the art in the frame.

Are you ready to have your mind blown. For reference i made my mat 3 wide on each side of the picture and my frame was 2 3 4 wide on all sides. It helps it stand out and gives a buffer between the artwork and the diy frame. Let s start by creating the picture frame mat.

Especially when the mat doesn t match the bright white of the frame. Diy picture frame mat. Between the crazy inexpensive frame solution i came up with and these diy photo mats the entire project cost right at 65 00. Of course you also need art or photos you ll put in the frame and the tape is for taping the art inside the frame if you don t have another way to hold it in.

Carol duvall host of hgtv s the carol duvall show shares her discoveries about matting and framing artwork.