2 things...Number one, I have been wanting this picture frame from Ikea for probably 4 years now! Number two, I had NEVER glazed anything until this project.
Not sure why it took me so long to buy this frame. It was only $29 and it's HUGE! Every time I would go to Ikea I would walk buy it and think to myself, "should I get it?" When we moved out to the cabin I decided I wanted to do a fun eclectic gallery wall above our couch. I knew this frame would be the perfect fit for the wall. With that said, my sister and I headed out to Ikea and that frame was actually on my list this time! When I got there I found out it was on sale for $27!! I am SO glad I bought it because I looked online and they don't sell it anymore. They do however sell a smaller, white version of it.
Now to the glazing part. I have always had glazing visions in my head, but have never really had the perfect project for it. When I bought this frame I wasn't sure if I was going to leave it black or paint it. I wanted it to really pop off our pine walls so I decided to paint it cream and figured this would be the perfect time to glaze something.
I bought my glaze at home depot. I read online somewhere that you needed to put the color paint in the glaze that you wanted it to be. I just assumed the glaze was brown, not sure why! When opened up the glaze much to my surprise it was white. Thank goodness I had some leftover stain from my project earlier in the day. So I dumped about 2 cups of glaze in a bowl and added a little stain to it. It became gray so added more stain until I really liked the color. To mix it I had to use whisk because the glaze is very thick and the stain was super thin.
At first I was a little nervous since I had never done this AND did not feel like reading the directions! I took a little paint brush and started in the cracks. Then I just took a paper towel and wiped off what I didn't like. After about 1 minute I was no longer nervous and went to town on that thing!
Warning....glazing might be like meth, it only takes one time and you are addicted.
2 side notes.... Number one, I needed about 3 tablespoons of glaze for this project, NOT 2 cups. Number 2, you can't really mess it up. I was so afraid at first I was going to mess it up, but as long as you have a paper towel there to wipe up stuff you don't like, you are good to go!
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