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Spoonful of Imagination has a great tutorial for creating a wood pallet post frame! Maps, vintage posters and the like will pop right off the walls with this DIY.

2. Vintage

Hop on over to Chris Loves Julia to find out how to create a charming vintage poster frame right at home! How stylish and fun would a gallery wall be made of various size frames?

3. Tape

Design Sponge took tape and made it work! Use washi or painter’s tape to create larger scale frames for your posters. It’s easy, it’s fun and you can do so many different styles this way.

4. $5

If you’re looking for an easy and inexpensive way to frame your favorite posters and prints, visit Urban Acreage for the details on this one!

5. Scrap Wood

Curbly has another DIY using scrap wood as the foundation. Follow the tutorial and add a bit of paint to the mix for a pop of color if you’d like!

6. Spray Paint

Even spray paint could transform a poster frame in a pinch. Refined Chaos did it in mere minutes and the finished product is perfect.

7. Pressed Glass

Follow along with this YouTube video as you learn how to make one of these beautiful, pressed glass frames. Showcase maps, music, book pages and more with one of these pieces.

8. Marquee

Two Thirty-Five Designs made this special, movie marquee poster that we are absolutely drooling over. And this may be my personal favorite of the bunch.

9. Plexiglass

Over at Food 52, you’ll learn how to make a super chic and snazzy poster frame that involves a plexiglass finish. Take a look after the jump!

10. Simple

The Handyman’s Daughter made this super simple DIY poster frame and we’re in love. Just check out how to utilize some wood and create something new!

11. Acrylic

City Suburb Sanity made these gorgeous – and budget-friendly – floating acrylic poster frame and we’ve absolutely fallen in love. Check out the details!

12. Rustic

Check out Knick of Time For this tutorial! You’ll learn how to create a thick and rustic poster frame that will hold anything from prints to seed bags!

13. Classroom

Run over to Design Mom and grab the details for creating these vintage-inspired, classroom poster frames that you home or … classroom … will love!

14. Hangers

Of course, some hangers could always do the trick. Use By Fryd as a means of beautiful and eclectic inspiration for your walls and posters!

15. Clipboards

Love Grows Wild made some photo clipboards that are also perfect for displaying posters – just make them on a larger scale. We love them in hallways or stairwells!

16. Clips

Are you not in love with the innovation and simplicity of this clipped frame from Junkaholique? It’s perfect for both modern and more industrial styles.

17. Twine

Here’s another hanging DIY poster frame that we’re in love with. Lay Baby Lay Added some twine to their design and we’re swooning for it!

18. Large-Scale

Design Sponge has a DIY that works well with larger-scale posters or prints. Hop on over and check out the simple tutorial.

19. Copper

If you want something extra, outside-the-box then you”ll want to go to Curbly and learn the ins and outs of how to create these copper frames.

20. Tassels

Similar to some others on the list, this hanging poster frame is special because of its tassels! My Poppet knows how to make and add special details.

21. Lines

Create a modern clothesline like the one you see here featured over at Apartment Therapy. Your posters will be on chic display for everyone who comes on in!

22. Wooden

Similar to the vintage poster frame above, Snaps has a great tutorial for this simplistic and easy wooden frame we’re swooning for. Perfect for prints and posters of all sizes!

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How to Repurpose Old Frames

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1 Hanging Jewelry Box

Hanging Jewelry Box: Okay, yes, I’m on a storage kick these days. Have I mentioned that our house is kind of small? With very few surfaces on which to put stuff? I bought a much-needed jewelry box the other day, and when I got it home I realized there was no place to put it. Seriously. The only (via Monaluna)

2 Easy Wainscoting

Easy Wainscoting (via Little Miss Penny Wenny)

3 Custom Chalkboard

Custom Chalkboard (via She Makes a Home)

4 Sunglasses Holder

Sunglasses Holder (via Pull Teeth)

5 Secret Medicine Cabinet

Secret Medicine Cabinet: Monday I featured a giveaway for a Jesse Miller art print (go here to enter). I have three of them framed in my main bath. I had a few of you asking where I found the great frames. I agree, the frames ARE great. However, I have a secret. My fantastic frames are actually medicine (via 4 Men 1 Lady)

6 Photo Booth

Photo Booth (via Esther Gray Photography)

7 Frame Memory Wreath

Frame Memory Wreath: I am always looking for new ways to display photos. I love unique ideas and this one from new contributor Karianne from Thistlewood Farms takes the cake. She used a grapevine wreath and… (via Infarrantly Creative)

8 Frame Headboard

Frame Headboard: One of my favorite projects in Dylan’s Bedroom is her headboard. The original plan was to use the head and foot board that we were using before (because its fantastic). The problem was, that against the hexagon wall it made your eyes start convulsing because there was just SO MUCH going on. I needed to put [] (via Vintage Revivals)

9 Clothespin Photo Display

Clothespin Photo Display (via The Talia Christine Files)

10 Spring Wreath

Spring Wreath: I have really had Spring on the brain lately even though there is still snow on the ground! I made this frame wreath so that it could look a little more like March and less like January around here. There aren’t any flowers blooming outside so I had to take things into my own hands. I gathered some scraps from my little scrap bins. And made (via Delia Creates)

11 Serving Tray

Serving Tray: Learn how to make a beautiful serving tray from a picture frame. A thrifty DIY project! (via Christina’s Adventures)

12 Sentimental Wall Art

Sentimental Wall Art (via Maple & Magnolia)

13 American Gothic Costume

American Gothic Costume (via Seakettle)

14 Confetti Filled Frame

Confetti Filled Frame: Sometimes life is so much better when its a little colourful, wouldn’t you agree? A while ago I stumbled upon Australian brand Lovestar and fell head over heels with their bright, sparkly aesthetic encompassed in perspex neon items for the home, and knew they would be the perfect… (via A Pair & A Spare)

15 Paint Chip Calendar

Paint Chip Calendar: With only a picture frame and some colored paper, make a reusable calendar to get you through 2013 and beyond. (via Mom Spark)

16 Picture Frame Kid Chair

Picture Frame Kid Chair: Can you drill a small hole and then drive a screw into it with a screwdriver? Yes, you can! Can you cut a piece of pine 1×2 with a handsaw? Yes, you can! And do you know what that means? You can make this chair! Yes, you can! A couple of picture frames from the thrift store, a couple of 1x2s, and some screws, glue, fabric, and paint. If you’ve never made anything with wood, this is a great intro project. And if you have made stuff with wood, you’ll fly right through this. Let’s get started! (via Apartment Therapy)

17 Framed Dessert Table Trays

Framed Dessert Table Trays: This is a simple project but one that can pack a lot of punch and be used in many different ways. Lindy reused old frames to create kitschy dessert table trays… All you need is a spray can, woode… (via Ruffled)

18 Frame Tray

Frame Tray (via Lemon Tree Creations)

19 Easy Ceiling Medallion

Easy Ceiling Medallion: Create a one-of-a-kind ceiling medallion for your dining room with these step-by-step instructions at (via HGTV)

20 Key Holder

Key Holder: DIY key holder, diy (via Lara’s Knits and Bits)

21 Pin Cushion

Pin Cushion: Do you sew? Ive started sewing just this past year, and even though Im not very good at it yet, I love to see what Im able to create with some thread and fabric! Today Ill show you how to create a Picture Frame Pin Cushion to not only hold your pins while you sew, (via Love Grows Wild)

22 Pantone Paint Chip Memo Board

Pantone Paint Chip Memo Board (via Burlap and Lace)

23 Chore Charts

Chore Charts: How I love and dislike having my kids do chores! I love when chores get done happily and quickly and how it helps me around the house, helps me feel like Im teaching my kids to work, and act… (via Lemon Squeezy Home)

24 Collage Frames

Collage Frames (via Home….. the history of our before’s and after’s)

25 Chalkboard Pedestal Frames

Chalkboard Pedestal Frames (via Mud Pie Studio)

26 Magnetic Organizational Board

Magnetic Organizational Board (via The House of Smiths)

27 Easy Shadow Box

Easy Shadow Box: How to make a diy shadow box frame from thrift store or yard sale finds. Easy step by step tutorial to make your own shadow box. (via My Repurposed Life)

28 Frame Side Table

Frame Side Table (via Richmond Thrifter)

29 Bulletin Board

Bulletin Board: Framed Bulletin Board and more on (via Martha Stewart)

30 Herb Drying Rack

Herb Drying Rack: Inspiring others to lead a simple natural farm life every day. (via Fresh Eggs Daily)

31 Message Board

Message Board: While I had my chicken wire at the ready, after just finishing this little $5 thrift store cabinet, I threw together this quick and easy chicken wire message (via Confessions of a Serial Do-it-Yourselfer)

32 Jewelry Organizer

Jewelry Organizer (via Tenth Avenue South)

33 Table Organizer

Table Organizer (via Wishful Tinker)

34 Frame Wall Flower

Frame Wall Flower: If at first you don’t succeed, order pizza (via Whit’s Amuse Bouche)

35 Frame Fridge Magnets

Frame Fridge Magnets (via The Way We Are)

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