Making Wooden Frame For Canvas

How to build the large canvas frame.

Making wooden frame for canvas.

1x2 wood nail gun or use a hammer miter saw or you can buy a very cheap miter box wood glue t50 staple gun and channel lock pliers. Canvas art has become an easy and affordable way to display all sorts of pictures. Today i ve got a quick and easy project for you all. We ended up using 6 screws to secure the canvas to the frame because while the frames were squared up and flat the canvases weren t.

This easy canvas frame involves two 1 x 2s. Making a frame for canvas artwork involves fitting together four stretcher bars gluing or reinf. How to make a canvas frame. As always all opinions are my own.

This diy wood frame elevates the look of canvas art plus you can customize the measurements to fit your existing piece. Canvas art with a wood frame can be affordable too. Since you can do this with any photo gone are the days of buying. The inner frame or structure of every canvas i create is made out of 1 2 wood and quarter round trim.

I will show you how to make an easy wood frame that cost two 1 x 2s 2 50. Once i ve decided on the size that i want my canvas to be i cut four pieces of 1x2s one for each side of the canvas with a forty five degree angle at each end. This post is sponsored by blue ridge tools. Securing the canvas at multiple points to the frame straightened out the canvas.

All told once you have the tools you can build large scale stretched canvas for 10 00or less. Diy canvas frames are even better. All of the tools i used are common off the shelf things you can find at a home improvement store. You will create a frame that attaches to a cradle.

This is how i build a pretty and simple diy wood frame for canvas art out of 1 2 s. Next time you re struggling to choose a frame consider making your own. Part of the series. Personally i love taking family photos and having them made into canvas prints.

A gap between the art and frame gives the appearance of floating artwork for a high end look. Use finishing nails or wire brads to attach the frame to the canvas stretcher making sure to also drive nails through the mitered joints in the corner giving the wood glue some extra strength. The clean lines make this design work in most homes from modern to more traditional styles. A simple way to frame a canvas painting using simple tools.

Here s how to make a pretty and simple diy wood frame for canvas art. I bought the canvas painting from an app called wish for 20.