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January 5, 2017

DIY Copper Detail Frame

I believe I have approximately 30 plain black frames laying around my house. I tried the photo wall collage thing and I did not dig it. So they are pretty much just sitting around my house in random places. I like the simplicity of a plain black frame, but a few of them needed some sort of fancy little touch.

DIY Copper detail frame update. Super easy Ikea hack!

I have used this copper foil tape for maybe 3 other things and thought this could add a little life to my dull frames.

All you need for this quick update is thin copper foil tape and a picture frame or two.

First, I took the back off the frames (but honestly if you’re careful enough you don’t even need to do this!)

DIY Copper detail frame update. Super easy Ikea hack!

I cut 8 strips of equal length and put them all on one frame at once then decided it looked a little too busy. The good news is this tape is sticky and will stay put, but it is also adjustable and easily removable! So experiment away.

DIY Copper detail frame update. Super easy Ikea hack!

As you can see I ended up splitting the 8 strips between two frames. I really like the way these turned out with a touch of metal. They’re still simple, but not so Ikea anymore.

DIY Copper detail frame update. Super easy Ikea hack!

Do you have a bunch of boring frames laying around that could use a simple (and super fast) update?

Have a few plain old frames lying around? Make them a little more beautiful with a simple update like this.

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