Picture Frames Woodworking Projects

Four custom designed frames to use for all sorts of purposes, like framing pictures, or art. You could even leave the center part not cut out and make a cutting board or use as a serving tray or trive...

Sawbuck projects! Cut it out from scrap wood you probably have in your workshop. You could sell the wooden frames as is for a buck or two. The customer could get their own mirror or glass to use as a ...

We enjoy scroll sawing and fretwork, but these finely cut pieces are often damaged when handling and displaying. We have solved this by mounting the finished pieces in simple frames for display. Begin...

These four pages will lead you though the process of creating our scroll saw silhouettes. We use the witch project (reduced size pattern provided) to show the techniques and options because it is a ve...

Most homes could use a few more picture frames. In the following WOOD project we will explain three examples that will please both family and friends. First is the tilting picture frame, then it is...

Subtle cloud-lift rails and square-peg ornamentation capture the styling of famed architects Greene and Greene who embraced the English Arts and Crafts style. This picture frame will accept a 5 x 7 in...

These great-looking photo frames are so easy to make, you will be turning them out for everyone on your gift list. We have designed frames to fit single 5 x 7 inch photos and the increasingly popular ...

Classic styling combined with your perfectly paired photos make an eye-grabbing display. The stands timeless good looks complement any picture, and the pivoting frames add visual interest.

Here is a project that is both eye-catching and easy to build, recommendations you just can not beat when you are looking for a few hours of fun in the shop. Suitable for a 5 x 7 photo. Full size patt...

Store about 50 of your favorite snapshots right in the frame, then change photos easily and quickly whenever you feel like it. Simple moldings glued to a plywood panel bring this project together in a...

Create your own themed display with these framed scrollsawn copper panels. The panels look great when illuminated from behind with candles, electric bulbs, or sunlight through a window. And, if you ar...

If your brush is a camera and your canvas a snapshot, try displaying your photos like works of art. Inspired by the design of a full-size painters easel, this miniature version easily adjusts to displ...

Turn a few scraps, a bit of acrylic, and an hour of time into a keepsake for family or friends.

Riftsawn grain and ebonized square pegs for your favorite 8x10 inch photo. What appear to be fussy mortise and tenon joints pinned with pyramid-shaped square pegs, are actually easy-to-build half-laps...

Here is a low-tech, high appeal trio of picture frames. If you can turn on a router, you can turn heads with these eye-catching displays for your photos. Rather than settle for basic rectangular frame...

This easy-to-build box displays up to 10 favorite photos and provides a convenient place for everything from a deck of cards and coasters to envelopes and stamps to pocket change and earrings. Plus, w...

Here is a last-minute gift you can assemble from hardwood odds and ends. The two-sided design lets you double the number of photos displayed by placing them back-to-back between the panes. So you can ...

You will have fun with this project when you build it and each time you add the most recently released presidential coin. As a skill builder you will learn how to easily make an eye-catching, built-up...

No matter how beautiful its photographs, a calendar invariably looks tacked up when stuck to a wall or refrigerator. This frame makes any calendar look like a classy part of your homes interior. To ra...

Framed pictured frames. A novel twist on grouping pictures together. Shown here with a bead board backer board, but anything could be used. Show off your miter skills or at the very least you will get...