Showing posts with label Side Table Makeover. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Side Table Makeover. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Make a Clock from Old Round Side Table

We had a great weekend with family!!



That's my daughter, my Mom,

my granddaughter, and my daughter-in-law!

They are a colorful group inside and out.

We are visiting the gift shop where my Mom works.

If you visit Louisville, NE,




Today I thought I would share some projects

that Rachel and I were working on .




My granddaughter found this side table

in the neighbor's trash.  

She loaded it up in her golf cart and brought it to my garage.



At first I thought, "not so much"

and was going to throw it away.

But then I thought I could salvage the round wood.

So my husband cut all of the spindles off.




Rachel had the idea for a large wall clock

so this worked perfect!


After some wood filler and sanding,

she brushed on a brown paint base.




We used a little vaseline on the edges over the brown

before applying an off white paint

(Crumb Cookie - Olymia - Lowes)

Then I made a stencil for the roman numerals

and brushed in a brown black .




Mark had to chisel out a square in the back

so the clock mechanism would set inside.

Now a little sanding for distressed edges,

and the old pink table has turned beautiful wall decor.



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That same day we also mitered some corners

on pine boards and gave an old dorm mirror

a new look.



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This is another project we made together -

an upholstered pallet ottoman.



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Love our project days!!

Sharing a love for handmade homes,

Deb



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Friday, June 14, 2013

Layered Paint Style - Red and Aqua

I'm a paint layer.
 
 
 
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I love to see the way colors blend
 
and lay next to each other.
 
 
 
 
So I lay them down
 
sometimes one layer at a time
 
and sometimes 2 or 3 colors on one brush.
 
 
Today I'm working on
 
two tables that will live in a lake home.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Layers of paint color gave them new life.
 
 
Double loading a large flat brush with
 
white and camel
 
give the legs of the table
 
a creamy old look.
 
 
 
 
Raw Sienna and Yellow Ochre for the
 
golden brown drop and drawer.
 
 
 
 
Then I triple loaded my brush
 
dipping in 3 colors,
 
aqua, raw sienna, and sea breeze.
 
Brush back and forth
 
creating color depth and separation.
 
 
 
 
If you want a more blended look,
 
add glaze.
 
If you want more color separation,
 
just paint.
 
If  you think your brush is running out of paint
 
too quickly, dip your brush in water
 
and then load.
 
For more depth and dimension,
 
dry brush raw sienna and brown in places.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I even dry brushed black on some edges.
 
(dipping in black paint and rubbing it off
 
on a paper towel, then applying)
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the Red and Aqua table,
 
I based in aqua and covered over with red
 
and then added some aqua on top again.
 
 
 
 
On the lampstand base,
 
I double loaded Dark Aqua and brown
 
for the top coat
 
and let some red base show through.
 
 
 
It's fun to experiment with color combinations.
 
So easy to change.
 
No fear.
 
 
 
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So fun to see shabby little brown
 
and unused furniture
 
become the life of the party.
 
Hope you're all up to something fun too!
 
Deb
 
 
 
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