It's all in the numbers.Chalk painted benches

A couple years ago, I/we, Mr. Z. and I built three little tables or benches out of vintage pine lumber that I salvaged from a shack my sister tore down. Broke my heart that she tore down this 100 year old house.

Just before Thanksgiving, I started making changes in my dining room because the décor was stagnant and changes needed to be made.  I brought some primitive stuff in from the garage and work storage to stage a setup and see if I would like it. The long bench and my little bench with the drawer that we built would work well with my idea of stacking/staging. There you see it on top of the long bench.

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The drawer was from an old dresser. We cut the depth down to fit and I added a vintage drawer pull. The sides still had a lot of chippy paint.

This was looking pretty good, but just a little too rustic so I decided to paint the two benches a matching gray. I mixed my own chalk paint using sand-free grout powder and paint that I had on hand. The long bench was not a problem and it was perfect for the plan. The little bench also turned out good, but it needed something more ... just too plain.          
                                                                   

Since I planned to use clocks and numbers as a theme for this display, I dressed the drawer with numbers and a clock face under the handle. I drew the design up with the numbers; reversed then; printed them out on wax paper with my ink jet printer and transferred/ironed them on the drawer front. I did the same with the clock face under the handle. The wax finish had to be sanded off first. Transferring a large clock or clock face to the top is still in the plans. I was really pleased with the numbers transfer. The clock face transfer did not go on as easy ... maybe some wax was left on the surface and it pulled more paint, but it looks aged and that is what I wanted.  

The handle had a round center, so that was perfect for the clock face. I added plastic clock hands under the handle.

This was fun/learning  project to do and serves the purpose for right now.

I LOVE to recycle or repurpose.

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