Jane's attic update No LII: attaching frames to the walls.

Jane's attic holds many old portraits and enigmatic paintings hanging from its aging walls, sitting on the dusty floor, or the dilapidated sofa! These are interesting enough to be reviewed in a separate blog, but the purpose of this one is to discuss the way they are attached to the attic walls.

Most dolls house builders use some sort of adhesive wax or paste to fix frames to walls. That is a quick and effective way of doing things, and what's more, the paste is more or less removable. However, despite the advantages, this is not my preferred method. For starters, I like to work on the back of the frames as much as on the front, even though the back is hidden from view for obvious reasons. I don't mind that the extra details will become invisible; to me it's enough to know that they're there! Hence, if I put so much effort in making a frame look like a frame, then hanging it like one comes only naturally!

I feel that hanging the frames on the walls in the same way real ones are done, adds that extra bit of realism to my work. To achieve this, I attach a metal cord or loop to the back of the frame, and hang it from a metal hook stuck into the wall. By doing this, the upper part of the frame comes a bit off the wall, adding depth, specially when shadows and lights come into play. This is something that cannot be achieved by fixing the frames with adhesive paste (ok, it can be done, but it looks very ugly!). True, it's a lot of additional work, but I think the result is worth the effort!

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