What to do with an old window frame

My neighbor gave me this old window frame a few years ago. I wasn't sure what to do with it. Most the glass was missing and the glass that was there was cracked. So I punched out all the glass, and sanded the the whole thing down. Then I painted it black and distressed it by doing some more sanding.

I wanted to hang it up in the house somewhere, but couldn't make up my mind as to where.

I finally just thought I would see how it would look outside, somewhere.

I put it in my front flower bed.

I'm not sure if I want to maybe plant something that would crawl up it, or just leave it the way it is.
But I do like it in the flower bed!

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4th of July Painted Window

I saw this tutorial a couple of years ago and have wanted to give it a try.

But I was too chicken.

Don't ask me why, but some crafts just really intimidate me!

Anyway, the other night I was up watching Masterpiece Mystery { which is one of my fav shows to watch!}

and I decided to pull an old window I had out of my garage and finally get this window painting done!

Here's the end result~

What do you think? I'm pretty proud of myself for doing this. And if I can do this, anyone can! So go here to see how to do this yourself!
Happy Independence weekend everyone!