Once we had a plan for the headboard, I knew that I wanted to put the elephant prints above it. I loved the elephants with the heart and wanted it to go in the center, but felt that it needed a more dramatic frame to showcase it. I tend to hang on to things for way too long, and had some old 8x10 silver picture frames (from our old house...that we moved out of 10 years ago) that I could spray paint black. I had leftover paint from the handles on the dresser refinish I did, so that was easy. I had fabric leftover from making the pillows for the church pew, so I decided to cover a canvas and then hang the frame on that. The 11x14 canvas was only $5.99 for a pack of two at Hobby Lobby, making this project pretty cheap.
I wanted quick and easy, and I got it. I sprayed the frames and set them aside to dry. For the canvas, I put the fabric face down, sprayed the canvas with spray adhesive, and pressed them together. Next I flipped it over, sprayed the sides and back edges, and folded the fabric up. I trimmed the extra fabric off, folded the corners down, and stapled them. Done and done.
The only thing left was to hang the canvas, measure where I wanted the other pictures to hang, and hang them all up. Super easy! The picture on the top left really isn't hanging crooked...that would send me over the edge. I just didn't hold my phone straight enough when I took the picture and didn't feel like going back upstairs to redo it.
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