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Frame Makeovers

How to Make Chicken Wire Frames from Thrift Store Finds

Here’s a throwback DIY tutorial for! This has been my most popular project over the past 5 years… chicken wire frames! I first published this on August 4, 2014, and people have been reading and making these ever since. Actually, these are so easy I didn’t even take step-by-step photos.  First, let’s take a look at the before photos.

This is what the frames looked like before I painted them to make my chicken wire display frames

I just don’t understand why Bikeman didn’t want this beautiful vintage “painting” hanging in our living room.

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Frames are easy to find and usually pretty inexpensive.  I got all the ones shown here for $5 or less.  Even the giant one with the beautiful “painting”.  If there is a canvas or illustration on a board you’ll need to pull out the fasteners on the back.  Sometimes these are just staples.  Use some pliers and just make sure you don’t drop any on the ground where you could step on them later.  (Ask me how I know that…)

Chicken wire frames DIY. A quick easy way to display jewelry. | DuctTapeAndDenim.com

Supplies Needed for DIY Chicken Wire Frames

  • frame
  • chicken wire
  • paint & brush
  • sealer
  • staples

Tools Needed:

  • staple gun
  • pliers
  • wire cutters or tin snips

Wipe down the frame to remove any dust.  Then just slap on a little paint.  For these three frames I used CeCe Caldwell’s Memphis Blue and Vintage White.  The turquoise one is my own homemade “chalk” paint.  You can find the recipe here. You can see in the close ups how carefully I brushed on the paint.  I was going for a shabby look so each frame got one coat of paint and a little wet distressing.  I waxed the white frame and used my faithful Minwax polycrylic on the two blue ones.

After drying, I flipped these over and rolled my chicken wire on top.  I used wire cutters to cut it to size then stapled it in.  NOTE:  I used the shortest staples I could find, 1/4″.  If the frame is very thin where I need to staple I angle them back toward the thicker part of the wood.  Some of the wire ends were still sticking out so I turned them under with my pliers.


Close up of my chicken wire framesOK, so now that I look at them, they do look a lot better than the before photo.  And I still have that beautiful painting!  Maybe it will appear on the blog again if I can figure out what to do with it.  Let me know if you have any ideas.

UPDATE: Here’s what I did with that “painting”. 

These chicken wire frames are great for storing, displaying, and organizing jewelry, making mood boards, hanging Christmas cards or other holiday decor, or as a family message board.

The photo below shows the frames hard at work in my booth at Treasure Island Flea.  If you’d like to see more ideas of how to display at flea markets follow my display Pinterest board.

Frames on the side wall of my booth at Treasure Island Flea

If you enjoyed these chicken wire frames, you might also like these:

  • Thrift Store Frames to Jewelry Displays
  • More Painted Thrift Store Frames
  • 21 Things to do with Thrift Store Frames
  • 25 Things You Should ALWAYS Buy at Thrift Stores

Thanks for reading!  Don’t forget to sign up for my email list below so you won’t miss any of my thrift store makeovers! Originally published August 4, 2014 and featured on Share Sunday 41 at Our Rosie Life, Linky Party #214 @ Boogieboard Cottage, Skip the Housework Link Party #56, Ben Franklin Crafts Shop Monroe, 7 Charming Chicken Wire Crafs on Life as a Mama.

‘Til the next project,

 Ann @ Duct Tape and Denim

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32 Comments

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Comments

  1. Shambray says

    August 5, 2014 at 9:20 am

    I love these! I made one a few months ago and I love how versatile it is since you can switch out what is in the middle.

    Reply
  2. Pauline Molinari says

    August 6, 2014 at 3:38 pm

    What a great idea! I LOVE how these turned out! Thanks for sharing on the Monday Funday Party!

    Reply
  3. Kimberly says

    August 11, 2014 at 2:13 pm

    I love this. Pinned. We truly love you being a part of our party. I hope you get chance to stop by tonight at 7 pm. It wouldn’t be a party without you! http://loulougirls.blogspot.com/
    Happy Monday! Lou Lou Girls

    Reply
  4. Michele @ Our Rosey Life says

    August 15, 2014 at 6:17 pm

    Hi Ann, Love your frames and adding the chicken wire makes them so versatile. Obviously you use them for displays at the flea market. I’m thinking I could do this and display a collage of snapshots. So cute!

    Reply
  5. Stella Lee@ Purfylle says

    February 8, 2015 at 5:33 pm

    I kept reading to find out why you would want chicken wire in your frames. This is so clever!

    Reply
    • ducttapeanddenim says

      February 8, 2015 at 7:58 pm

      Thanks, Stella! Glad it caught your attention. 🙂

      Reply
  6. Charlotte says

    February 9, 2015 at 7:29 am

    This is a perfect way to reuse and restyle old frames. I have to do this. Next visit to the thrift store I will look for frames to redesign. Pinned!
    /Charlotte – My Green Nook

    Stopping by from the Snickerdoodle Sunday party 🙂

    Reply
    • ducttapeanddenim says

      February 9, 2015 at 7:40 am

      Thanks for pinning. I’d love to see your frames when you’re done!

      Reply
  7. Jess says

    February 9, 2015 at 6:36 pm

    So cute!! I LOVE this idea!

    Thanks for joining the Link Up this week!

    Reply
  8. Sarah R. says

    February 10, 2015 at 6:14 pm

    Love ’em all- I’ve been wanting to try this myself!! So many thanks for popping by Snickerdoodle Sunday with your latest make…hope to see you again this weekend!

    Sarah (Sadie Seasongoods)

    Reply
  9. Ashley ~ 3 Little Greenwoods says

    February 11, 2015 at 11:30 am

    Fabulous way to use those yucky frames from the thrift stores! Thanks so much for sharing on Show Me Saturday!

    Reply
  10. michelle says

    June 28, 2015 at 10:47 am

    I did this and my staples went through the frame. Going to try again using e6000 I think

    Reply
    • ducttapeanddenim says

      June 29, 2015 at 9:23 am

      Michelle, I’ve done that, too. I had to get the shortest staples I could find. I think they’re 1/4″. That helps on most. But on some I also have to angle the staples back toward a thicker part of the wood.

      Thanks for your comment. I think I’ll update my post and include this information!

      Reply
  11. Regina Nation says

    March 20, 2016 at 10:46 am

    What brand or type of staple gun do you use? I have made these types of frames before but always had trouble getting my staples to go into the hard wood. Thanks for the help.

    Reply
    • ducttapeanddenim says

      March 20, 2016 at 5:51 pm

      Regina, Here’s an Amazon link to the one I have: http://amzn.to/1UvDdtH It’s a Stanley light duty staple gun. If the wood is hard you might have to put a lot of pressure on it to keep the gun from bouncing back. Let me know if that helps any. Thanks for reading!

      Reply
      • Regina Nation says

        March 21, 2016 at 9:31 am

        Thanks for the information!!

        Reply
  12. Jeri says

    April 19, 2017 at 8:39 am

    any ideas on what to put behind your chicken wire frame if you do not want to clip photos or things to it, I am looking for print ideas to put behind mine but do not know what kind???

    Reply
    • ducttapeanddenim says

      April 19, 2017 at 9:43 am

      We put burlap behind some for one of our flea markets. The jewelry showed up much better that way. You could also take the original photo and cover it with any fabric or even just paint it a solid color. Thanks for asking and I’d love to hear what you end up doing!

      Reply
  13. Linda at Mixed Kreations says

    July 21, 2019 at 11:35 am

    Clever idea for upcycling old frames. I need to make one for my craft room. Would be perfect for my notes and reminders.

    Reply
  14. Michelle says

    July 8, 2020 at 7:14 pm

    What a great way to display earrings! I love how these turned out.

    Reply

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