The loose design concept was: "simple, modern, could be part of a retro space show (Star Trek, the Jetsons) and not antique, crafty or Victorian"
- Deep, square picture frame about 20" x 20" at the Goodwill.
- Removed the glass and backer board (which I was happy to find was a hard composite material like MDF, not cardboard as I thought it would be).
- Turned the whole thing around. This doesn't really change it in any appreciable way, but I needed the depth to be in the front so a simple mental switcheroo, and voila ... back is now front.
- Spray painted with my beloved silver (I don't know why, but I just love to spray paint stuff silver!)
- Drilled holes and inserted 5/8" wooden rods from Home Depot, cut to size
- Covered backer board in leftover blue shantung from my bedroom curtains
- Spray painted everything silver, many, many coats with sanding and spackling trying to hide the holes where the rods were inserted.
- Gave up on spray paint on the sides, decided to hot glue a ribbon on the edge.
