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DIY Gold Antiqued Frame

Filed Under: DIY Tagged With: antique, antique frame, antique gold frame, antiqued, diy antiquing a frame, diy gold frame, gold frame, vintage

I love when I can find an ornate frame at a thrift store! I had painted this one white a while back, and to be honest, I can’t remember what color it was to begin with. Although I love it white, I was looking for an antiqued gold look at this time. That’s the nice thing about paint, if I want to change it back or paint it a different color later on, I can do it easily.

I’ve used this technique several other times. I start off by using a couple different colors of gold spray paint. I just used what I had on hand. I think it would work out great to just have one color as well, I just like to think that I’m layering the gold colors. I started out with rustoleum “vintage gold“, it’s a bright shiny, kind of ugly, color of gold…but it’s what I had on hand.

I could start with a rub n buff, but it would be more expensive and take way more time. Using the spray paint helps me to get full coverage before I move onto the next step of antiquing wax.

Once I had the vintage gold color on, I used rustoleum “antique brass metallic“ color spray paint. I covered the frame as much as I could. It was tough to get in the spots that were smaller, but that wasn’t a big deal because I knew I was going to use antiquing wax and could use my paintbrush in the smaller spots.

After the frame was dry, I used a small paintbrush and applied antiquing wax/dark wax over the paint. The metallic paint was pretty shiny so I wasn’t sure if it was going to work well, but once the antiquing/dark wax was on and it had cured and dried, it was great!

You can see in the photo below how parts under were missed…

I used the dark wax to cover up those spots and they blended right in with the rest of the frame.

I love how it turned out! It’s exactly the color that I was going for! It looks very similar to the other huge frame that I painted a while back. That frame was the biggest one I’ve ever painted!

This is the perfect technique if you’re looking for something that you want to antique, or make to look older. The antiquing/dark wax works amazingly well to give it an old look!

I used a different wax/glaze on the last frame that I did and it worked just as good.

I do love how the metallic paint that I used this time gives it a little bit of a shine under the antiquing wax. have you ever tried a similar technique?

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  1. Tamara_r3 says

    March 1, 2022 at 4:41 pm

    Not surprising in the least, but it looks fantastic!! ????

    • My Vintage Porch says

      March 1, 2022 at 10:20 pm

      Thank you so much Tamara!

  2. LORRI says

    March 1, 2022 at 4:47 pm

    Yes I usually spray paint then use Rub and Buff because my frames aren’t as large as I ones you painted. Good to know about the antiquing wax!!! You must have some large spaces to put those frames on. When thriting I always look at the frames.????

    • My Vintage Porch says

      March 1, 2022 at 10:20 pm

      Good idea! I love using that stuff

  3. SUSAN says

    March 1, 2022 at 5:36 pm

    Looks great! You certainly did a good job. I loved it white also though.

    • Phyllis says

      March 1, 2022 at 6:45 pm

      It looks so beautiful and I love the picture in it. I loved the white too but I think I love the gold more what a great job you did on it

      • My Vintage Porch says

        March 1, 2022 at 10:19 pm

        Thank you Phyllis! I love the gold more too, especially for that art

    • My Vintage Porch says

      March 1, 2022 at 10:19 pm

      Thank you Susan! Me too

  4. B Greenlaw says

    March 1, 2022 at 7:06 pm

    Amazing as usual!!! ????

    • My Vintage Porch says

      March 1, 2022 at 10:19 pm

      So sweet of you Bev! Thank you!

  5. Jessica Mushrush says

    March 1, 2022 at 8:43 pm

    Wow! That turned out AMAZING. So super complimentary to the painting. Awe, sweet golden art perfection. You are hood at what you do, Natalie!
    #inspired

    • My Vintage Porch says

      March 1, 2022 at 10:18 pm

      Thank you so much Jessica! I love how it looks with that art ????

  6. Joy Gross says

    March 2, 2022 at 1:43 am

    It turned out so beautiful ????

  7. Lisa says

    March 2, 2022 at 5:55 am

    I love it! I also have a similar frame but with a mirror in it. I painted it white just like you did and often wished I would not have painted it. I am going to try exactly what you did and hope for the same beautiful results. I like it white but I LOVE IT GOLD. As always, another fantastic job by YOU. ♥

  8. Carol Middleton says

    March 3, 2022 at 6:14 pm

    Beautiful!! I have spray painted a metal coffee table antique gold . It has similar detail that the frame has. Did you apply the wax all over or just in the carved detail areas? Thanks so much !!

  9. www.vouchersort.co.uk says

    March 4, 2022 at 2:14 pm

    Hello, just wanting to make you aware in Firefox your pictures don’t display fully.

  10. Jennifer B says

    March 5, 2022 at 6:09 pm

    Would the wax work on a brass lamp too? Would I need to sand it before? Just curious if you know..

  11. Norma says

    March 8, 2022 at 6:28 am

    Love the details and color of this frame.. The art is beautiful with this frame.
    Thank you.

    • My Vintage Porch says

      March 8, 2022 at 1:42 pm

      Thank you so much Norma!

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