Thrift Store Framed Sign Makeover

This Thrift Store Framed Sign was pretty cute as is, but with a sunflower rice paper print and some chippy teal paint, you can make it over into a gorgeous statement piece for your DIY home decor! Thrift flip for the win!

Thrift Store yellow Framed Sign Makeover with a chippy teal background and a Sunflower and Bee vintage vibe rice paper printable. DIY Home decor piece.

When I saw this gorgeous yellow frame at my local Thrift Store, it immediately yelled “Amanda, take me and craft with me!” My first thought was that it looked like the frame on the front door of Monicas apartment in Friends! #IYKYK

Once you see it, you can’t unsee it LOL! But, once I got my hands on it, I remade it into something wayyyy cuter than the ‘Friends frame’.

If you know me, then you know I’m obsessed with Digital Deco Designs! She makes gorgeous rice paper printables that you can either download and print at home, or you can have them printed and shipped to you. I print them right at home and it’s a total game changer.

Recently she made an entire Sunflower Bundle that is Out.Of.This.World.

Several sunflower rice paper prints laid out on a table with the yellow frame sign, a puzzle piece sign, and a generic wall clock.

The particular print that I chose for this Thrift Store Clock Makeover is “Bee a Sunflower 2“, but don’t worry I used “a different one “Bee a Sunflower 1” to makeover a Thrift Store Clock, so you’ll have inspo for both of the “Bee a Sunflower” prints!

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Supplies Needed to Makeover a Thrift Store Framed Sign

The thrifted framed sign before it was made over, with the yellow outer frame, and grey and white chevron pattern background.

Thrift Store Frame
Digital Deco Designs Rice Paper “Bee a Sunflower 2”
Teal paint
Candle wax
Packing Tape
Antique wax
Mod Podge

How to Makeover a Thrift Store Framed Sign

I made this Thrift Store Frame on video, so you can WATCH it or click on the picture right below.

Amanda holding the completed craft on a Facebook Live thumbnail.

Watch the full video here

This was a super easy one to makeover since I didn’t even have to paint the frame. It was already the perfect color yellow, I just added some Antique Wax to the edges and around it to dirty and grunge it up and give it a more distressed look.

For the background, I ALMOST kept the Chevron, but ultimately decided to pull the Teal out of the print by making the background Teal. But since I wanted to preserve the chevron I didn’t first paint over it. I decided to do the chippy technique so that you can see it peek through.

The outer yellow frame of the sign, distressed with the wood showing through and grunged up with antique wax.

To do chippy, cover the entire background surface with a layer of candle wax. Any type of wax will do! Just rub it over the top.

Then paint the teal over top the candle wax.

Once it’s dried, take a piece of packing tape and “chip” it by laying the tape down on top of the paint, pressing it down firmly, and then pulling it up. Repeat the process all over the background as much as you want until you get the desired look!

The background of the sign with grungy antique waxed chippy teal background with little bits of the grey chevron showing through.

Mod Podge the “Bee a Sunflower 2” rice paper print to the center of the thrifted frame.

The center of the framed sign with the Sunflower Bee rice paper print Mod Podged to the center.

As easy as that, we have a gorgeous Thrift Store Framed Sign!

I have it on my front door here, but I think it will live right on my living room wall in the future.

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