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Tweak, and Tweak Again

I found these two pictures almost a year ago at a nearby consignment shop. The price on these was around $3.50 for both. The first thing I did was change the plastic frames to white, and use some gold Rub 'n Buff  to accent the corners. I've always liked these pictures of the women working. MAKEOVER #1 COMPLETE Yesterday, I decided I'd take these apart and find different pictures to go in them for the guest bath.   When I did, I found that the original pictures must have been replaced with these (women pictures), because, these are on regular paper, and were taped behind the mat. So once I found some pictures on line that I liked for the bath room, I decided that the mats should be painted.  They are a velvet type fabric, not card board mats as I expected.  So it took about 3 coats of latex paint (Valspar Sample), Running Stream to cover the mats, and overnight to dry enough to work with. I chose these photos from a we...