{"id":16195,"date":"2013-02-24T23:42:12","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T04:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=16195"},"modified":"2013-02-27T17:11:17","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T22:11:17","slug":"easy-way-to-change-your-photo-mats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=16195","title":{"rendered":"Easy Way To Change Your Photo Mats"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">I want to give Carmel over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourfifthhouse.com\/\"><em>Our Fifth Hous<\/em>e<\/a> a shout-out for giving me the idea for this project. \u00a0She showed how to use any wrapping paper that you like to enhance the mats on your photos or artwork.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2013\/02\/24\/easy-way-to-change-your-photo-mats\/img_4634\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16196\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16196\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4634-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4634-1024x614.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4634-430x258.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">We <a title=\"Our Bar Update\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2013\/02\/19\/our-bar-update\/\">revamped the bar area<\/a>\u00a0last week in our house. \u00a0Even though the look was updated, I wanted to still use six black and white photos that I snapped while on a bicycling trip in France. \u00a0They just looked at home on the bar, but I knew they would be more interesting if the mats were dressed up a little bit. \u00a0I bought some black and white striped paper and used it to cover the existing mats that were already in the frames.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2013\/02\/24\/easy-way-to-change-your-photo-mats\/img_4635\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16197\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16197\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4635-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4635-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4635-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Just like Carmel instructed, I wrapped the outside like a gift and then cut an opening in the center.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2013\/02\/24\/easy-way-to-change-your-photo-mats\/img_4637\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16198\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16198\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4637-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4637-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4637-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Then I just cut diagonal slits in the corners and folded in the insides.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2013\/02\/24\/easy-way-to-change-your-photo-mats\/img_4638\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16199\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16199\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4638-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4638-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4638-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Then I put them all back together with the original photos and the original frames.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2013\/02\/24\/easy-way-to-change-your-photo-mats\/img_4640\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16200\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16200\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4640-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4640-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4640-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Although it is hard to see it in this photo, this is a shot of a French monastery \u00a0that was blown up in WW II.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2013\/02\/24\/easy-way-to-change-your-photo-mats\/img_4669\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16494\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16494\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4669-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4669-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4669-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">I hung two prints on top of the mirror on each side of the bar and propped one on each side.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2013\/02\/24\/easy-way-to-change-your-photo-mats\/img_4678\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16495\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16495\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4678-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4678-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_4678-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">The black and white paper with the black and white photos are just the right combo to go along with everything else I did to the bar.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Take care.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Linking to\u00a0<a title=\"Between Naps On the Porch\" href=\"http:\/\/www.betweennapsontheporch.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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