DIYs How to Frame a Poster

Just in case you think that everything is squared away here at Thistlewood?

Last year I left my Christmas wreath on the front door so long that birds built a nest in it.

Truth.

One minute I was opening the door to carolers and the next? I was watching a mama bird feed her chicks.

I learned my procrastination lesson and the Christmas wreaths are all packed away this year. But the house is always ready for birds and nests. I love decorating with them for spring. Instead of my Christmas wreath, this time they are on a vintage reproduction poster. All kinds of birds and all kinds of nests and dozens of speckled eggs.

Posters like these are SO AFFORDABLE. You can find them so many different places and they are usually under $10. I actually did a little research for us and found over a dozen of them featuring everything from fruit to flowers butterflies to frogs and I’m sharing them at the end of the post.

But how do you decorate with a poster?

You can frame it under glass (kind of expensive).

You can tape it to the wall (Shaun Cassidy I’m looking at you).

Or you can make your own super inexpensive frame in minutes.

Just. Like. This.

Here’s the finished frame project in my kitchen.

You may have seen it peeking through when I shared my topiary kitchen island here.

If you are wondering what it’s hanging on? That’s a vintage pool cue that I found at a thrift store. It was turned into a chalkboard years ago.

I fell in love with this poster when I saw it. I also have a vintage Christmas tree one that I put up on the same chalkboard at Christmastime with vintage Christmas trees on it.

And now that I found so many different options for these posters, I’m going to order this flower poster for the summer.

Posters like this one are SO AFFORDABLE (most of them are under $10) and with a couple of wood slats and some sticky tape, you can make a frame for them in under 30 minutes.

Here’s the how-to.

EDITED TO ADD THE MOST AMAZING THING:

(First of all—this is why I LOVE writing this blog—you all are SO MUCH smarter than me and have the BEST IDEAS. After I wrote this post. After I did the DIY. Someone commented in the comments that there’s a kit you can buy for the posters with magnets on each side. 

An EVEN easier DIY.

So I researched the options and found this option to frame a poster with magnets.

You can see it in the size needed for these posters here.

How to Frame a Poster

22″ x 1″ wood slat

thick foam double-sided tape

jute twine

vintage poster (I’ve linked over 24 different options here)

Step 1: Choose the poster and flatten it

Before you frame the poster, you’ll want to make sure that your poster is completely flat.

You can place it under several heavy books to flatten it or even just leave it out flat on a counter or table.

It kind of has a way of flattening itself.

Step 2: Cut wood slats

You may have wood slats in your workshop—if not you can find them at the local hardware store.

I also found them on Amazon, but they came in large bundles of them and we only need two.

These wood slats measure 22″ long.

You’ll want to cut the slats about 1 1/2″ longer than the width of the poster.

Step 3: Add tape

Now at this point in the directions you may be wondering—why tape?

You could use glue, but it will damage the poster and pieces of the poster will pull away if you ever want to “unframe” it.

You could also staple it to the wood, but I was worried about damage to the poster, too.

So instead? I came up with the idea of using double-sided super sticky foam tape.

I actually tore the tape in half and added pieces to the slat.

I started about an 1 1/2″ in from each side (the width of the poster) and added the tape.

We are going to tape the poster to the wood slats. I was able to remove the tape from the poster without damaging it if I was very careful.

Step 4: Press the wood in place

Now that you have the tape on the wood?

Flip the poster over and press it in place.

Repeat all the steps with both sides of the poster.

Step 5: Wrap jute twine around both sides

Cut a piece of twine about 24″ long.

Wrap the edge of the jute twine around one edge, tie it in place and repeat for the other side, knotting securely.

Be sure and leave enough twine in the center to hang the poster.

That’s it.

See how easy?

A poster like this makes the perfect large piece of art without breaking the bank.

And the best part?

Birds on a poster like this are so much better than birds in my wreath.

• butterfly vintage art poster
• vegetable vintage art poster
• mushroom vintage art poster
• flower vintage art poster
• bird and nest vintage art poster
• insect vintage art poster
• sea life vintage art poster
• leaf vintage art poster
• flower vintage art poster

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