Easy Peasy DIY Picture frame

This DIY is so easy it doesn't even justify a tutorial.   However, I still wanted to share because it just came out so good.  I started with these sticks found on the beach.

They are actually part of the fencing used to rebuild dunes like here:

I guess it's being beaten by the sand and wind and bleached by the sun but they have a perfect patina.  I love it.  Plus they are very easy to come by (if you happen to be at a beach), and broken pieces tend to pile up with the shells and drift wood. 

Ok back to the task at hand...  I mitered the edges then used wood glue to glue them together.   A (very, very) ugly frame had to be disassembled for parts.  So I glued my beach wood to the back of the sacrificed frame:

 and voila!

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