Once again here is a tutorial that I'm doing but I'm pretty sure you all know how to do it.
I have been staring at this monstrosity for a couple days now and wanted to just get rid of it. My DH wanted to keep it so I decided to make it look A LOT better. Here is the before and after pictures. I can't wait to put it up now.
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The scrapbook paper I used.
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The supplies. Basically.
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Before I did any painting I taped off the spots that I didn't want to get paint on. That would be the metal parts.
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Next I painted the sides and part of the front. Since I am putting paper over the top I didn't need to paint that part. Just enough to cover the parts that aren't papered.
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The backside doesn't really need the paint either so I did the same kind of thing. I used two coats of black acrylic paint.
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Next I measured and cut out the paper to the right size. I only had to use one 12x12" paper. The dimensions were 6 inches across so I only had to cut the paper in half and I could use whatever I needed.
So, I put a nice layer of Mod Podge on the wood and laid the paper over it. I smoothed the paper out so that there weren't any bubbles. (Somehow I still got bubbles though. You just cut a slight slit into the bubble and smooth out.)
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After you let that dry for a couple minutes then you put a nice layer over the top of the paper. I did this twice. You can do however many coats you want.
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The finished product after it dried. Way cuter than what I started with. I'm still thinking it needs some more work though. I think I will probably add some cute ribbon around the key hooks.
What do you think I should add?
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8 comments:
I love this< i see things like this at the thrift store all the time and have never gotten one, but I think I will now. Thanks for the inspiration.
This looks great! Thanks for sharing, your blog is so cute!
-Tiff
Do you want it to be girly? I think a big white gerber daisy would be great near one of the top corners. or something on the front of each metal part? I seriously need to start thrifting with you. Wanna go sometime??
Thanks ladies. I do love your comments!
Susanne. I'm not sure Bryan would care for it, but then again, when does he ever? I was thinking about something on the metal part and maybe some small pieces of ribbon around the hooks. We shall see though.
Nice change! Love that it's so thrifty too! I agree, it needs a little something, but I'm not sure what. It looks masculine now. How about some sort of filigree sticker/rub on along the front the silver shelves? Just a thought....
I am so loving the rub on idea! I'll have to see what I can find.
Thanks!
Aren't you glad you didn't get rid of it? Loving it!!!
Living it up at Lakewood,
Cindy
Very cute! What about putting a small label on each shelf? Or a number? It looks great!
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