In a previous post about picture frames I mentioned that I had built a set of picture frames for my wife’s birthday with a close up picture of each of our children. Fast forward a year later and I am looking at the pictures and want to give her an updated set of pictures of the kids. The problem is the original set of picture frames where constructed from purple heart and it will not be easy to replaced the pictures.
I could continue to make picture frames, but eventually I will run out of wall space in our bedroom! So what to do?
I recently purchased raised panel door router bit set. The grove where the raised panel fits in is 1/4” wide, just the right width for the glass, mat, picture and backer. Using mahogany I routed a set of rails and stiles for each frame. I glued and nailed two stiles and the top rail together. The bottom rail I fastened with flat bar strip of metal that I picked up at the local home improvement store.
Anytime I want to replace the pictures all I need to do is remove four screws add slide out the bottom rail!
And by the way, my wife loves the second set of pictures of the kids. With both sets of the pictures next to each other it is neat to see how the kids have changed over the past year.
