DIY Repurposed Window Picture Frame — Easy, Cute, and Inexpensive

A couple weeks ago I saw a bunch of old windows for sale on a Facebook tag sale site.

I knew exactly what I wanted to do with them, and I offered the guy selling them $3 a piece for the whole lot.

He agreed, and I got a whole bunch of them.

I knew exactly what I wanted to do with a couple of them — turn them into picture frames.

Here’s what they looked like when I first got them:

They were white on one side and a maroonish/brown color on the other side.

I wanted to use the white side, but I didn’t want to repaint them. I wanted them to look old and worn, which they already were, but they needed a little cleaning up.

So I sanded them a little with the sander to smooth them out.

Then I sanded any little areas that were flaky by hand.

I screwed two eye hooks into the back of the frame and ran some picture wire through them so I could hang it up when I was done.

Then I washed off the windows, and they were good to go.

Here’s a closer look:

The window panes are kind of an odd size — 9(ish) inches square, and I didn’t have six 8X10 photos I wanted to group together, so I just printed out a bunch of pictures on regular old paper.

I printed some in color from vacations to the beach and also some black and white head shots of the kids from about seven years ago before Number 7 was even born.

I kind of liked the faded look of the pictures on the paper. Plus, I had to cut them and I wasn’t ready to permanently cut any “good” pictures.

So I measured and marked them, and then I cut them all to the same size with a paper cutter.

Next I used regular transparent tape to just tape the pictures into the frame.

And that was it!

Now I have two frames that I LOVE!

You really can’t see the tape unless you are looking for it, and now I can easily change the pictures out if I want at some point down the line. I may even use them to display some of the kids’ art work.

I LOVE how they both look, but I especially love how this one looks in my kitchen.

And each frame only cost me $3!

Next time you come across some old windows or if you have any lying around your house, maybe you can make one for yourself, too.

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