Spoon Hanger Upcycled Into A Picture Frame

05/05/2016 by [email protected] 17 Comments

I love upcycling and repurposing items from the thrift store! I found this awesome spoon hanger / rack at salvation army for $3.99 and couldn’t resist. I had no idea what I was going to make but I knew I had to have it. After throwing around some ideas with my facebook friends I did what any other mother obsessed with her child would do, I made a picture frame. The beauty of this piece is that the pictures are interchangeable and can be switched out easily. Love it.

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I don’t even know what these things are called…. spoon holder, spoon rack, spoon hanger? Either way they are EVERYWHERE. I see them in the thrift store all the time and since people these days do not have as much use for them they are cheap (if they aren’t then talk to a manager and tell him you won’t pay over 5$. Seriously) I think a jewelry hanger or a kids hair accessory hanger would also be a great upcycle project for these racks.

Materials: spoon hanger, primer, paint, clear gloss spray, spring paper clips

First I stapled picture hanging wire onto the back so that I could hang this on my wall easily.

Next I sprayed on Primer. I use black Rustoleum Painters Touch from Amazon. It lasts for a large amount of projects, great stuff! Tip: Use black for projects that you want to look antique / rustic/ vintage. Use white for basic clean cut painting. I keep both on hand at all times.

So I only have a few paint colors from previous projects and do not want to use them again so I added white paint to my existing green I used on my Exquisite Emerald Nightstand. I don’t know if this paint mixture is ideal, I’m not a paint expert but it worked for me and seems to be holding up great. It came out a really cool Mint Green.

After deciding how I want to space my pictures I sanded down the spots where my spring paper clips would go and then hot glued them down.

At first I was thinking I would leave the clips silver but they didn’t look very good so I decided to paint them. Much better!

The best part about painting over black primer is that you can sand down all corners and edges to expose the black underneath and it looks awesome. Here are some before and then after pictures of sanded edges

Lastly I cut my pictures to be square and I rounded the edges with this corner punch from amazon

I love how it turned out. The green is perfect and it is super easy to change out the pictures. I hope this post inspired you to go and upcycle something!

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Hannah @ Joyful Life says

01/12/2014 at 3:34 pm

Super cute! and so resourceful! I see those ALL of the time! Perfect for instagram pics. Im popping by from the Sunday Social Media Social. Will definitely be following on Bloglovin, Pintrest and Twitter!

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- [email protected] says
  
  01/12/2014 at 6:50 pm
  
  Thank you so much for visiting Hannah!I will connect with you now. I have been to your site before and it is GORGEOUS, I love the design and the feather logo.
  
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Courtney @ Crafts by Courtney says

01/12/2014 at 5:44 pm

Sonnet this tuned out great! You did such a great job and I loved that you turned this into a photo display. I have never used that primer before I’ll have to try that for my next project.

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Bette @ Somerset Lane says

01/13/2014 at 11:50 am

It turned out awesome! I totally didn’t see that coming! You have a great eye for re-purposing things!

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- [email protected] says
  
  01/13/2014 at 12:24 pm
  
  Thanks Bette! So glad you like it
  
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Katie says

01/13/2014 at 6:37 pm

Hi Sonnet! I LOVE this idea. I totally should have picked up that spoon rack I took a picture of at Goodwill last week, but I have a feeling it might still be there. Like you said… these things are everywhere! Your pictures are adorable, as well!!! Such a fun post!

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Kelly says

01/17/2014 at 2:34 pm

What a great upcycle! I will have to keep my eye out for one of those now!

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- [email protected] says
  
  01/17/2014 at 7:02 pm
  
  Glad you like it Kelly! I see them around a lot, and there are so many cute ways to use them
  
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Ariean @OneKriegerChick says

01/18/2014 at 5:18 am

You’ve done it again, Sonnet…Super cute upcycle!! Love your daughters sweet little face! Thank you for linking up to the Hit Me With Your Best Shot Link Party…I’m featuring you this morning on OneKriegerChick!

Happy Weekend!
~Ariean http://onekriegerchick.com/

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- [email protected] says
  
  01/18/2014 at 1:45 pm
  
  Yay! Thanks so much Ariean, I can’t wait to link up again. Thanks for featuring me again this week, you made my day!
  
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Alexis @ Persia Lou says

01/18/2014 at 10:34 am

So smart! I have totally seen tons of similar spoon holder things at the thrift store.

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- [email protected] says
  
  01/18/2014 at 8:43 pm
  
  Thanks so much Alexis!
  
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Angela (Life in Velvet) says

01/19/2014 at 8:47 pm

This is so cute, and such a creative idea! I love the color and the clips! Thanks so much for linking up with us at Thursday STYLE!

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Abby @ Just a Girl and Her Blog says

01/20/2014 at 6:20 am

Girl! This is so cute! What a great way to display photos of those adorable kiddos! (And you can’t beat the price! 😀 )

~Abby =)

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Patti says

02/12/2016 at 12:32 pm

I love it! So creative and unique. Awesome job.

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