Projects 2012 - Part 3 - Picture Ledges

I want to put pictures of my beautiful family all over the house, and with a 13m hallway I have enough walls to hang a LOT of frames! But I did not want to be banging nails into all the walls and try to line up and space them and all the other schlep that comes with hanging pictures.

So, I decided to make easy, inexpensive picture ledges to place my frames on. This way I can change around frames as I like, and I don't have a million nail holes to worry about ;-)

Here is what I started with: some lengths of pine, some beading, some glue and some small tacks.

First, I measured and cut the lengths to size

Then I glued the beading the the front

Clamp until dry

I used small brass tacks to secure the back piece after gluing

The raw ledges finished

Next, I primed them, then painted them with green, then washed with a bit of blue over

And here they are up on the wall with our frames on! I plan to make some more soon!

xxx