Upcycle: Tin Shingle to Wall Art

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My sister scored several of these tin shingles and she gave me several. I loved the chippy paint and even the rust!  It all adds character and you can’t buy that in a store. I built a super easy frame and voila! from roof to wall.

The first thing I did was test the paint for lead. I didn’t want to be messing with it if it had lead paint.  You can find lead testing kits here.

Each shingle has an edge where they were overlapped and I didn’t want that to show in my frame so I measured it to hide that but to show most of the character.

I had an old piece of wood in the barn so I used that but you could use any piece of wood you have, as long as it’s long enough to make all 4 sides.

Using a miter saw, I cut the 4 sides of the frame and then used a brad nail gun to nail it together through each corner.

I used my favorite Minwax Expresso Stain to stain the frame.  While the frame was drying I used a sanding block to distress the center of the shingle a little more.There were several coats of paint so I loved that I was able to see a little of each layer.

I used a small drill bit to drill through the shingle three places on each side. I drilled it into a piece of scrap wood.

Then I attached the shingle to the wood with small screws.

I absolutely LOVE how it came out.

I have it sitting on my sunroom buffet for now but I may hang it up, so I added a picture hanger to the back.