The frame ended up looking pretty decent. Certainly not sleek, but I think that adds to the character of it. It looks homemade but I like it!
Honestly the hardest part for me was figuring out how to work with the shoe polish. At first it would wipe off too easily, so I waited. But think I waited too long and I had to really scrub to get it off. The idea was to put black shoe polish all over it, and then wipe it off to get the desired "antique" look. In the end I was happy with it though.
After I glued the background to the frame, I had some issues. This is a terrible picture, but it is the best my phone could do. I had to use hot glue so it would set quickly, but by the time I got the glue all the way around, it had started to solidify on the other side. I had already started with a somewhat crooked frame from the warping of the poster board and texture of the plaster. So adding the hot glue issue meant that my background was not exactly sealed around the edges and you could see daylight between the frame and the background.
To solve the problem, I taped around the edges on the back with clear tape. Then I spray painted it black to make sure that if anything was showing around the edges, it was black. I thought that was actually pretty smart of me ;-)
Here is the finished product. I need to mount a hanger on the back somehow and then I'll be able to add it to our decor at our house...until I need to take it down and bring it back as an example the next time I do this project with kids.
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