DIY Twine Wrapped Canister
by
Holly Grace
$10
2 Hours
Easy
Hello everybody! I have a fun little project to show you today. This is just a neat little example of how you can take something so plain and give it a brand new look. Home decor doesn't have to cost you a fortune!
I was rooting around at the back of the store the other day, looking for something that I could upcycle and I found this guy…
And I thought, that is way to cool to leave like that. So I grabbed a can of Chalk spray paint. Seriously, I love that stuff! Like I always say guys — nice light, and even coats! It’s better to do three light coats then to have one heavy coat full of drips😉
After my three coats were dry, I sanded the protruding designs that were on the glass. Do you like my manicure? LOL There is not point to me painting my nails. I don’t know why I even bother
I love how sanding the protruding parts of the glass give this piece such great definition.
I still thought that this canister needed a little something else. I had this contact cement out cause we were also making our tire planter. As soon as I saw it, I knew what I wanted to do.
I brushed the contact cement on the middle of the canister.
And from here, all I did was start wrapping the twine around. Super easy!
I had to apply more contact cement as I worked because it was like a ZILLION degrees out and my contact cement was drying faster than I could get the twine on!
When I look at contact cement I get the strongest urge to have apples dipped in caramel sauce. Doesn’t it look like caramel sauce? lol … yummy.
For the lid, I decided I wanted something that looked almost like tin. The lid that was on the canister was just plastic. First I spray painted white, cause I originally thought that I wanted it to match, but I didn’t like that.
I grabbed some black spray paint and a metallic silver spray paint.
While the silver was still a little tacky, I took some sandpaper and just roughed it a little bit. This gave a more realistic look.
So, what do you think? Let me know!
This upcycles canister is going to look amazing in it's new home... whenever I figure out where that will be lol
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I've seen similar items at Marshall's...expensive. Now I'll be checking out Thrift shops for jars like or similar to this.
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Love your idea!
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Thank you !
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