2805 Potpourri Friday So happy that this post was featured ... Thanks Honey at 2805.
A real Challenge …
Don’t know
what this challenge taught me … maybe more confidence in myself.
My inspiration came from this shelf unit I saw on eBay and it sold for over $200.00. It was blue, very shabby
and weathered.
I said … that is a piece of cake, I can make one of those. Don’t know why I wanted one, but just wanted the challenge, and I had the courage … (and the help from Mr. Z.)
I said … that is a piece of cake, I can make one of those. Don’t know why I wanted one, but just wanted the challenge, and I had the courage … (and the help from Mr. Z.)
Well, when I was getting ready for our annual Subdivision Garage Sale, I decided a stair-step shelf would be nice to have for display and
offer for sale.
I took these seven wonderful pieces of knotty pine boards that
I bought at a thrift for $3.00, thinking I would someday paint some signs and built this stair-step display instead.
I am sorry, but I had to get rid of Dancer, Donder, Dasher and Comet and the other Reindeer. I sanded but tried to leave traces of the red and white paint along with the green. This is how it ended up.
I am sorry, but I had to get rid of Dancer, Donder, Dasher and Comet and the other Reindeer. I sanded but tried to leave traces of the red and white paint along with the green. This is how it ended up.
Shelves are about 24" across ...
about 5½" deep and the shelf unit is about 24" tall and 22" deep.
Open in the back.
We used new
board for the sides, so those were intentionally banged up a bit to age. Paint and stain was added to hopefully match up with the old boards. Before painting
the steps with my DIY white chalk paint, I smeared Vaseline in several areas, especially on the knots
so the paint would not adhere there. Do that and the paint will wipe right off and give you a natural peeling look.
Heavy sanding
continued the aging process.
I set up a display on my front porch until I could find time to number the shelves.
You can click on the picture for a better view.
The lighting in the next pictures is a little different so the shelf looks much lighter.
The numbers were printed on my Laser printer
in a mirror image and then transferred with a hot iron. This is effective to
achieve the time-worn look, but it will also remove some of the paint in the process.
Keep the paper hot while peeling it off and that helps with less loss of paint.
Love the knots !!!
This was a
challenge, but I was very happy with the way it turned out. It sold very
quickly in my garage sale …(under priced, I am sure) … to
a dealer opening a new booth in a shop. She was most happy and bought most of
things that we had up-cycled for this sale.
I love to
re-purpose and up-cycle and will continue to do that with my collection of junk
around here as long as I am able to do so.
Hope you enjoyed seeing my challenge.
Don't think I want to build another one though.
What are you re-purposing/re-cycling and saving from the dump?
Blessings,
