My home isn’t fancy. It isn’t filled with expensive decor. But it is filled with love and things that I love like this large DIY chicken wire frame that hangs in my living room. I made way back in 2015 and I love it as much now, if not more, than I did right after I made it.
I had been wanting to make a large chicken wire frame for eons, but there was one thing that kept me from making one and that’s that I’m CHEAP. Yup, it’s true, I’m a cheapskate. I had to wait until I found the perfect sized preferably free frame somewhere, a big one, one big enough to look substantial over the mantle in my living room. Then one lucky day, my husband and I were driving down a street in San Francisco on our way home and I screamed, “STOP!”
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This rather large frame was just laying there waiting for me to see it and bring it home. My husband did stop the car rather reluctantly. When he saw the size of the frame, he was sure it wouldn’t fit in the car, but I said, “Oh, I’ll make it fit and if it doesn’t, I’ll walk home with it.” Long story short: it fit.
Turning this frame into a snapshot display was quite easy. Check it out!
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How to Make a Chicken Wire Frame
Supplies:
- Frame
- Staple guns (with staples of course or else it’s gonna be useless)
- Wire cutters
- Chicken wire
- Protective eye goggles (safety first)
- Gloves (chicken wire is pokey)
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Instructions:
Put on your gloves and protective eyewear.
Use the wire cutters to cut a piece of chicken wire slightly larger than the opening of your frame.
Use the staple gun to attach the chicken wire to the back of the frame. Once you are done, cut the excess chicken wire off with your wire cutters.
It’s as easy as that! Hang your chicken wire frame wherever you like and you can use magnets or tiny clothespins (from a craft store) to hang pictures on it.
My chicken wire fame hangs over the mantel in the living room and brings me joy every time I look at it.
SO so so so COOL & Creative!! WOW.
I love it!
Great idea and very creative to say the least! I found this article searching online for chicken and livestock advice and projects. It sparked an interest and I read the entire article and all the do it yourself steps. Great post and great use of chicken wire! Thanks for sharing:) http://www.originalshelters.com/
Thank you so much for the nice comment. I’m loving the frame and it gives me a reason to actually get snapshots printed.