Chicken wire and Old Family Photos

I know you don't do nutty things like this, but I do.  I bought a roll of chicken wire last summer, and I had no idea what I would do with it.  It sat in the garage for almost a year before I found a use for it.  


I had recently decided that I no longer had room for all of the extra frames in my house.  They are left overs from my photography business days.  So I came to the decision that I would use the frames or get rid of them.

This is a wood frame; the frames you find these days are usually made from resin.  I didn't photograph the process of stapling the chicken wire to the frame, since it seems self-explanatory.  I took the chicken wire, cut it to size using tin snips, and used a staple gun to staple it in place, pulling it taunt as I went around the frame.  


I used photos from my MIL's house.  Mr CH loves this project.  


A. I used photos from his family and 


B. It was a zero cost project (the chicken wire was sitting around and the frame was no longer being used to hold a photo.)  

That adorable little house, was his grandparents'.  Even the clothespins are vintage, since they also came from my MIL's house.  Below is a photo of the family and possibly the neighbors.  

Here's Mr. CH's dad carrying his mom over the threshold, long before there was a Mr. CH.

And there's Mr. CH's mom.  She was quite a hottie in her day.   I have those pearls she's wearing too, BTW.  


This bulletin board is just part of the changes I made to my dining room. Come back later to see my French chairs from the antique auction and and other French touches I made to my room.  I am so pleased with it, and it was done on a tight budget.   

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