Rockabilly's Poster Framing Exploits

rockabilly777

This post will not even make it into the top 20 most interesting things you read today, but it is a reminder that shopping in second hand/thrift/charity/whatever stores does pay off occasionally. We were out running some errands yesterday and popped into a couple thrift stores. As is common with most stores of this type, they usually have framed art that understandably, especially in this case, had run it's course of usefulness to the previous owner. As mentioned previously, I usually carry a small tape measure in the car in case I spot a frame I think may be of some use. The first store we popped into yesterday had a couple that were big enough that they warranted fetching said tape measure and checking out. Turns out they're both 30x40 inches, and as I mentioned in another thread, it just so happens there's a couple quads on their way across the pond. Touched by a wee bit of serendipity, I was. For the el-cheapo price of ten bucks each (and the application of some black spray paint), the quads already have homes (as long as quads are reliably 30x40 and not a crapshoot of sizes like those #$%&@ Australian posters  ). 





Anyhow, once the painted frames and the car-tastic quads are joined in secular postermony, I'll post the finished products here. It'll be a life changer. I'm sure you can't wait. 

mrpaisley

Fantastic! Love the frame for the Banner!  I have several and have been putting it off, now to find the wall space.

rockabilly777

Thanks! It seems like it's easier to find a wall that will accommodate 84-ish inches horizontally than it is to find one that will fit a 3 sheet without covering things like switches and outlets. I have another 3 sheet frame ready to go, but nowhere to put it yet. Arrrrggghh.

rockabilly777

Just a quick update on the 30x40 frames. They're painted and ready to go, but I've only completed one poster project so far, as I've got a few more quads on the way and one of 'em is going in the other frame I picked up. Here's how it turned out (sorry for the poor photography). I'm hot rod happy with it. 

Bruce

rockabilly777 said:

Just a quick update on the 30x40 frames. They're painted and ready to go, but I've only completed one poster project so far, as I've got a few more quads on the way and one of 'em is going in the other frame I picked up. Here's how it turned out (sorry for the poor photography). I'm hot rod happy with it. 

That's a real beauty!

rockabilly777

Thanks, Bruce. The quad for Road Devils (Hot Rod Rumble) will be the next one framed. I'll follow up here with a pic after the poster completes it's journey across the pond.

Matt

I can't make out the headlights on the two cars. I see them somewhere else though....

rockabilly777

LOL!    She must've taken a page out of Mamie Van Doren's playbook.