Upcycled Oak Hardwood Flooring Frame
- By Joan
- March 10, 2019
- 9 Comments
My youngest son, Nathan, whom I’ve sent off to college, keeps showing up on my doorstep. This time he was looking to make a frame for his older brother for his birthday (the one who just had a baby).
Did I have any hardwood flooring leftover? Why yes I did. This is the same hardwood flooring I had picked up at an old farmhouse 2 years ago. I used some of it to line the bottom of the old lifeboat trunk, but I still had plenty left.
When I had first picked up the old flooring, I thought someone had ripped it out and had done an amazing job of getting rid of all the nails. Turned out, the flooring had never been used. Even better.
So first Nathan steals my hardwood floor and then he needs a piece of glass.
I do happen to have a bunch of old frames sitting around. Well now I have a bunch of old frames sitting around and one doesn’t have a piece of glass.
The reason he wanted to use the oak flooring is because it has a tongue and groove. The groove edge of the flooring is absolutely perfect for inserting a picture and glass.
Use a miter saw to cut the 45 degree angles on the hardwood flooring making sure you leave allowance for inserting the picture into the groove.
It was probably at this point I realized, hey, I like this project, I need to take pictures!
Sand any rough edges and stain.
If your flooring does not happen to be stained already and you like this color, this is Early American by Varathane.
He used Corner Braces
The bottom two corners got a squirt of Loctite Super Glue. He wanted to use wood glue but didn’t have time to let it set, apparently he had places to go, people to see. The Loctite sets up within 5 minutes.
Use screws to attach the corner brackets to those bottom two corners.
Insert the picture and the glass into the groove portion of the hardwood flooring frame.
Finish closing up the frame with the remaining corner braces. If you want to be able to change out your photos, don’t glue the top piece.
Just giving you all a view of the back. Nathan considered using this side of the flooring as the front but didn’t know what to do with the lettering.
The final finished frame. I promised Nathan I wouldn’t post it until he had a chance to give it to his brother, who, by the way loved it.
I would officially like to invite Nathan over any time to do a project. Hey, all I had to do was take pictures… this is my kind of project. 🙂
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Definitely outside the box and looks kind of industrial cool. Good job. What a wonderful picture too!
Wait. You used grooves on inner frame side to insert photo and glass. What happened to the tongues of the wood on the outside? Lovely frame.
The tongues are all still there, they’re just not that noticeable.
Love this! Great idea!
Sandi
What a sweet gift for his brother! I love both sides of the frame. I think you need one with the letters showing too. That looks so cool!
I like how he used the corner brackets on the front – gives it a masculine industrial vibe along with the stain color. Joan, it looks like the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree ?
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