Make custom photo boards

Step one
Remove any old artwork from your frames and give them a wipe to clean off any dust. Remove and safely discard the glass panels as you won’t need these for this project. Set aside the backing card from the frames.

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Step two
For frames with a plastic finish, apply a coat of Resene Waterborne Smooth Surface Sealer to prepare the surface for painting. If you are working with wooden frames, give them a light sand and then apply a coat of Resene Quick Dry waterborne primer undercoat.

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Step three
Once your surface preparation has dried, apply two coats of your chosen paint colour. Sarah used Resene Alabaster.

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Step four
Take your wallpaper samples and glue them down onto your backing boards using a quality PVA glue.

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Step four detail
Apply with a testpot brush to get an even coverage of glue across the wallpaper. (Sarah chose two prints in a cool white weatherboard effect from the Resene Serendipity wallpaper collection).

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Step four detail
If you were papering a much larger surface, you might like to use wallpaper paste, which can also be purchased from Resene ColorShops. Once the wallpaper has dried onto the backing boards, trim away any excess paper from the edges using a craft knife.

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Step five
Take your wooden craft pegs and measure out where you want to place them on the wallpaper. Glue them down using PVA glue (preferably clear-drying). Only glue down the back of the peg so that the spring function still works.

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Step five detail
Glue them down using PVA glue (preferably clear-drying). Only glue down the back of the peg so that the spring function still works.

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Step six
Once the pegs have all dried, re-assemble your frames and pop your favourite photos into the pegs! Sarah has used wedding photos taken by Poppymoss Photography, but the great thing about these photo boards is by simply changing out the photos you can have a totally new theme every time.