Do it yourself Spending plan FLOATING ACRYLIC FRAMES

For a though now, I&rsquove been keeping off on posting about our master bed room since of two matters: the curtains are far too brief so I require to sew a strip on the bottom of just about every just one and&hellip I didn&rsquot know what to do with the wall previously mentioned the bed. I&rsquom still dragging my feet with the curtains (stitching&rsquos haaaarrrrdddd), but&hellip I worship the new-and-enhanced wall in excess of the bed. I located all those astounding vintage map prints and was so pleased to hang them up!

FLOATING ACRYLIC FRAMES ON THE Inexpensive

I grabbed 4 maps for the grasp bedroom: Washington, Providence, Brooklyn, and New York&hellip four metropolitan areas of worth to us! I didn&rsquot want a good frame to take away from the natural beauty of these maps so&hellip I determined to just take&nbspanother stab at floating acrylic frames. On a finances.

Products FOR FLOATING Body

(affiliate links integrated for your ease):

• standoff mounts


• optional:&nbspgold spray paint


• extensive #six screws and anchors if needed


• you&rsquoll will need a slender and very long drill little bit to fit within your standoff mount. I utilised&nbspthis just one&nbspfrom Property Depot


• Glue Dots


• Acrylic. Lowes will slice acrylic for you&hellip I extra 3 inches to each individual dimension so these 18 x 24 inch maps intended my acrylic was minimize to 24 x thirty. To cut fees, I made use of four sheets of acrylic and glued the artwork directly on to every single sheet&hellip obviously it will be a little bit nicer to use one sheet of acrylic on either side of the artwork, but it will include an additional $50+ to the price tag of this challenge.


• laser degree
  

  Phase 1: SPRAY PAINT MOUNTING Components

  
  
  

  Spray paint your mounting hardware if you want it gold. (I signify&hellip who&nbspdoesn&rsquot&nbspwant it gold, ideal?!)
  
  Suggestion: adhere standoff mounts into an old cardboard box for effortless spraying

  
  
  

  Stage 2. DRILL HOLES IN ACRYLIC

  
  
  

  Drill holes in your acrylic at every corner. To drill by way of acrylic, use painters tape on each and every aspect of the acrylic to keep it from cracking. On a flat surface area with a slender piece of wooden or cardboard underneath, slowly but surely utilize escalating strain to drill all the way by means of your acrylic. (Make guaranteed you leave the protective sheet on the entire time&hellip choose it off just in advance of hanging.)

  
  
  

  Step 3. Measure YOUR FRAMES

  
  
  

  Evaluate and mark w here by you will require to screw in your standoff mounts. Use the laser stage to make it simpler. (Believe that it or not, my frames are all stage&hellip we just dwell in a historic property without having far too a lot of appropriate angles!)

  
  
  

  Move 4. Connect ACRYLIC MOUNTS&nbspTO WALL

  
  
  

  Attach the bottom of the standoff mounts. This is where you&rsquoll will need the distinctive drill little bit. The screw goes by way of the standoff mount into the wall so I needed a long skinny bit to attain by the standoff mount to screw it in. Later on you&rsquoll screw the cap on with the sheet of acrylic pinched among the cap the rest of the mount.

  
  
  

  Action 5. GLUE ARTWORK On to ACRYLIC

  
  
  

  Glue artwork onto your acrylic. This is where by I&rsquom conserving income by only utilizing One particular sheet of acrylic. BUT&hellip.since I&rsquom only working with a single sheet of acrylic, I desired to adhere my prints straight onto the acrylic. Maintain this in head when deciding upon your artwork&hellip this strategy may possibly not be fantastic for any artwork of benefit or worth.&nbsp I employed adhesive dots, but any form of glue or tape should really work!

  
  
  

  Phase six. Connect&nbspARTWORK TO MOUNTS

  
  
  

  Screw the sheets of acrylic with maps adhered on to the standoff mounts.

  
  
  
  

  Congrats- you&rsquore done!

  
  
  

  I love how clear and easy a floating acrylic frame is. I&nbspmade one particular for the little ones space&nbspin our old residence, but DIYd the components. I&rsquom thrilled by these standoff mounts and apart from the crooked ceiling, Like how these get the job done more than our bed. The maps make me joyful (as evidenced by the maps I have&nbsphanging all above our property), but the floating acrylic frames in good shape the marginally much more chic room that is coming collectively in our master bedroom. One phase nearer to demonstrating you the whole home!!