For a although now, I&rsquove been holding off on publishing about our master bed room because of two things: the curtains are too limited so I need to have to sew a strip on the bottom of each individual one and&hellip I didn&rsquot know what to do with the wall earlier mentioned the bed. I&rsquom however dragging my toes with the curtains (sewing&rsquos haaaarrrrdddd), but&hellip I worship the new-and-enhanced wall over the bed. I observed those amazing classic map prints and was so delighted to cling them up!
FLOATING ACRYLIC FRAMES ON THE Low-priced
I grabbed four maps for the learn bed room: Washington, Providence, Brooklyn, and New York&hellip 4 cities of great importance to us! I didn&rsquot want a reliable frame to take absent from the attractiveness of these maps so&hellip I resolved to consider another stab at floating acrylic frames. On a price range.
Materials FOR FLOATING Body
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- standoff mounts
- optional: gold spray paint
- prolonged #six screws and anchors if necessary
- you&rsquoll need to have a slim and extensive drill bit to suit within your standoff mount. I applied this one from Property Depot
- Glue Dots
- Acrylic. Lowes will cut acrylic for you&hellip I additional three inches to every single dimension so these 18 x 24 inch maps intended my acrylic was minimize to 24 x 30. To reduce prices, I utilized 4 sheets of acrylic and glued the artwork specifically on to every sheet&hellip obviously it will be a bit nicer to use 1 sheet of acrylic on possibly aspect of the artwork, but it will add a different $fifty+ to the price of this venture.
- laser degree
Action one: SPRAY PAINT MOUNTING Hardware
Spray paint your mounting hardware if you want it gold. (I imply&hellip who doesn&rsquot want it gold, suitable?!)
Tip: adhere standoff mounts into an previous cardboard box for simple spraying
Action 2. DRILL HOLES IN ACRYLIC
Drill holes in your acrylic at just about every corner. To drill via acrylic, use painters tape on just about every facet of the acrylic to preserve it from cracking. On a flat floor with a skinny piece of wooden or cardboard underneath, slowly and gradually utilize increasing strain to drill all the way by your acrylic. (Make positive you depart the protective sheet on the total time&hellip acquire it off just just before hanging.)
Stage 3. Measure YOUR FRAMES
Evaluate and mark the place you will have to have to screw in your standoff mounts. Use the laser stage to make it much easier. (Imagine useful reference or not, my frames are all stage&hellip we just reside in a historic residence devoid of also quite a few ideal angles!)
Stage four. Attach ACRYLIC MOUNTS TO WALL
Connect the bottom of the standoff mounts. This is the place you&rsquoll have to have the unique drill little bit. The screw goes by the standoff mount into the wall so I required a long skinny bit to arrive at by the standoff mount to screw it in. Later you&rsquoll screw the cap on with the sheet of acrylic pinched involving the cap the rest of the mount.
Step five. GLUE ARTWORK On to ACRYLIC
Glue artwork on to your acrylic. This is in which I&rsquom preserving income by only employing Just one sheet of acrylic. BUT&hellip.simply because I&rsquom only applying a person sheet of acrylic, I necessary to adhere my prints straight on to the acrylic. Hold this in thoughts when choosing your artwork&hellip this technique could not be great for any artwork of benefit or significance.  I employed adhesive dots, but any form of glue or tape need to get the job done!
Action six. Connect ARTWORK TO MOUNTS
Screw the sheets of acrylic with maps adhered onto the standoff mounts.
Congrats- you&rsquore carried out!
I appreciate how thoroughly clean and simple a floating acrylic frame is. I made one for the young children room in our outdated dwelling, but DIYd the hardware. I&rsquom thrilled by these standoff mounts and aside from the crooked ceiling, Adore how these perform around our bed. The maps make me happy (as evidenced by the maps I have hanging all over our house), but the floating acrylic frames in good shape the marginally extra chic area that is coming collectively in our learn bed room. A person action nearer to exhibiting you the whole room!!