A Great Grate Camouflage
by
Lsherbach
5 Materials
$5
2 Hours
Easy
Every day, at least a dozen times a day, I have to pass the intake vent for my HVAC system...it is sooooo ugly! I tried painting it the same color as the wall but all that did was make ugly a nice color.
I had seen a wooden cut out wall décor at HOME GOODS that size wise, might work; but just didn't want to spend the money. When I looked closely at the wall décor, a lite bulb went off, and this is what happened next:
Before
After
I gathered my materials
and got to it!
First, I painted over the canvas with black paint. ( this painting was the disappointing result of a "sip n paint" nite with the ladies - it is possible I had too much wine).
Then I cut some scrapbooking paper into 3"x3" squares
and after laying them out for spacing and visual appeal, I modge podged them to the front of the canvas to give the look of tile. Finishing with a topcoat of modge podge. When that was completely dry
using the KEY stencil, I added acrylic seafoam paint.
When that was dry, I flipped the canvas over and on the back of the canvas with a pencil I traced a fleur de lis pattern which I then cut out using my fiskars exacto cutter.
This took a bit of time, and patience; but the end result was worth it. Because when all the shapes were cut away, and I flipped the canvas over...
Do you see the ugly intake grate? I don't! And there is plenty of openness to allow for free flow of air.
This is my stencil project!
Happy crafting everyone
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How clever is this?? Love to see how people's creative minds work!!
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I love it , it turned out beautiful.
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Still holding up perfectly
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Beautiful!.. I'm wondering how you have it hanging away from the wall.
I live in a mobile home and all my vents and return are in the floor. Any ideas what I can do for that?
Why that extra black area strip