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Window Screen and Art Work Old screen and drawings create art From "From Junky to Funky" episode DFJF-110

Designer David Beaupre uses an old screen door and the homeowner's architectural drawings to create unique art work for the room.

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Once an old screen door; now a funky way to display the homeowner's drawings as wall art.

Materials:

1" x 2" pine
Screen door
Copied architectural drawing
Stain
Cloth tape
Staples
Wood putty
Eyelets
Saw
Clamps
Staple gun
Straight razor
T-square

	Figure A
	Figure B

1. Put the stretcher bars together into three frames (32" x 47"). Use glue and a t-square to make the frames, and then use wood putty to fill in the gaps where needed. It's a good idea after applying the wood glue to square-up the edges using a t-square and clamp it to the worktable.

2. Clean the screen door.

3. Stain the frames and screen door.

4. Spray with polyurethane and let dry.

5. Color in copied drawings with marker--darken the black lines if needed (figure A).

6. Lay one dry frame over the colored plans. Mark, cut and then flip the frame over. Staple and tape the drawings to the frame. Repeat this process with the other two frames.

7. Lay the screen door face up and arrange the drawings underneath (figure B). Center, mark and cut the drawings.

8. Flip the screen door over, and then tape and staple the drawings to the back.

9. Screw in eyelets to the top of the frame and screen door for mounting.
   

Tips:

• Anchoring brackets were created out of store bought rosette details, commonly used in door trim applications.

• An eyebolt was attached to the center of the rosette.

• The rosette was then mounted to Gabe's wall using four screws with heavy duty drywall anchors.

• Aircraft cable was then run between the two anchors. The aircraft cable was tied using metal crimping sleeves and thimbles. Turnbuckles were also used to allow adjustment of line tension.

Project Expense:

Screen door: Free
Wood frames: $20
Photo copies: $52
Materials: $14

Total: $86