Alice Would Love This!
by
Jodi Jackson
(IC: blogger)
9 Materials
I picked up this great buffet from a friend who was trying to clean out her garage. It had veneer damage on the top which made it a perfect candidate for painting! Running short on inspiration I searched Pintrest and found some Alice in Wonderland inspiration.
I started by sanding and then priming the top. The veneer damage was bad enough that I needed to peel some of it up and fill with wood filler. Once that was done, I sanded and re-primed.
Next I started filling in the piece with all of the colors I picked.
Once I had the base colors, I started applying diamonds and stripes.
I am not a good enough artist to free hand diamonds. For the doors I used a diamond stencil that gave it a great look!
I taped off the sides for the stripes.
I burnished the tape with my base coat to prevent bleeding.
I painted the blue stripes.
Once it was dry, I pulled the tape to reveal the stripes.
I applied large diamonds with a stencil I cut myself to the top.
Once all of that was done, I covered the entire thing in a dark soft wax and aged with sandpaper. I then coated with a topcoat. I do believe Alice would love this and that it would look fabulous in her Wonderland home!
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Suggested materials:
- Kilz Premium White Water Based Primer (Home Depot)
- Black Bean Chalk Type Paint (Heirloom Traditions)
- Kelly's Seaside Blue Chalk Type Paint (Heirloom Traditions)
- French Vanilla Chalk Type Paint (Heirloom Traditions)
- Metallic Masters Gilding Patina in Gold (Heirloom Traditions)
- Diamond Stencil (Amazon)
- Stencil Paper (Hobby Lobby)
- Dark Umber Soft Wax (Heirloom Traditions)
- Polyvine Wax Varnish Dead Flat (Amazon)
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
Published September 5th, 2016 11:49 PM
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Heidi Smith on Sep 07, 2016I love this! So gorgeous!!
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Angela Rischin on Sep 09, 2016I love it to pieces . Which I was as talented
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Jodi Jackson on Sep 09, 2016Thank you so much!
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