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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 164949, member: 56&quot;]I bought 2 framed watercolors of parrots. Amateur efforts signed Ch Baltes 1951.&nbsp; Each frame measures about 17” by 13”, each painting is about 13 ¼” by 5”.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]45198[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I decided to re-frame them, and that I didn’t like all that unused space, so I decided to combine them into a single frame.&nbsp; I used the photos I had taken and did mock-ups of how they might look.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]45199[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The biggest quandary I faced was that each painting was on a large sheet of paper.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]45200[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I decided to trim them so they could be mounted side by side without overlapping.&nbsp; Normally, I wouldn’t trim even blank paper surrounding a painting.&nbsp; My excuse was that they’re not great paintings, though reasonably nice decorations, and nothing but blank paper was lost – no notes or remarks or suchlike.&nbsp; Also, if someone wants to frame them individually, that can still be done.&nbsp; They could even be returned to their original configurations.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]45201[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Having trimmed them, I framed them using a white mat, but decided that looked awfully bland.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]45202[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So I decided to add green as a counter to the white.&nbsp; Back to the computer for more mock-ups.</p><p><br /></p><p>Didn’t like this.&nbsp; Still too much white.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]45203[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Didn’t like this.&nbsp; Too much green.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]45204[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Didn’t like this.&nbsp; Looks like there ought to be some kind of label.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]45205[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I tried a few other things, but eventually ended up with this.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]45206[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>That is how the paintings are currently framed.&nbsp; A white mat overlaid with stencil-cut green construction paper.</p><p><br /></p><p>How did I do?&nbsp; Good?&nbsp; Bad?&nbsp; Ugly?&nbsp; Idiosyncratic?&nbsp; Waste of time?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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