Anchor Upcycle Craft Project
My sister had a woman give her a bunch of unwanted beach-themed decorations… which my sister didn’t want either. So, lucky me!! Knowing that I am decorating my house in that theme my sister saved the decorations for me. This is one of the items:
I said “oooh, I really like it! But I’m going to paint it black!” In case you can’t tell from the picture, it was a really light aqua color, not white. I took off the rope (it was just stapled to the back), washed the sticky residue off of the wood, then painted it with three coats of black paint. I didn’t want it to just be solid boring black though, so I got out some sandpaper and distressed the high spots and the edges.
Then my dilemma…. what to use as a glaze to finish off the distressed parts? Should I leave them white? Brown? Reddish to look like rust? Hmmmm. Then in my stash of paints I saw a metallic bronze. Perfect! I mixed some of the metallic paint with water, brushed it over the distressed areas, let it sit for about 30 seconds, then dabbed it off with paper towel. I let that all dry and then covered it all with a coat of Mod Podge because really, everything’s better with Mod Podge! I put the rope back on, this time securing it with trusty hot glue.
Here’s the finished look– so excited for the new bathroom!
blogangela on March 10th 2011 in Home Decor, Paint
Marie @ Sally Lee by the Sea responded on 16 Mar 2011 at 12:24 am #
It turned out really, really cute!!! well done :O)
Bathroom Makeover! | Curious Country Creations Crafty Life responded on 04 Apr 2011 at 3:28 pm #
[...] are all re-used, re-painted items that were given to me. See my previous posts about the Anchor Upcycle, Salt Cedar Vase, and Bird Re-Do project. The bottles on the shelf I got at a thrift store. I [...]